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And Jehovah said to▵ Aaron , Thou◦ and thy sons and thy father ’s house with◦ thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary; and thou◦ and thy sons with◦ thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood .
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And thy brothers also of the tribe of Levi , the tribe ◦ of thy father , come··near with◦ thee, that they may be joined to thee, and minister to thee; but thou◦ and thy sons with◦ thee shall minister before the Tabernacle of the testimony.
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And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of all the Tabernacle ; only▵ they shall not come··near to▵ the vessels of the sanctuary or to▵ the altar , and they◦ shall not die , both◦ they◦, and◦ you◦.
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And they shall be joined to thee, and keep the charge of the Tabernacle of the congregation ◦, for all the service of the Tabernacle ; and a stranger shall not come··near to▵ you.
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And you shall keep the charge of the sanctuary , and the charge of the altar , that there be no◦ rage any··more upon the sons of Israel .
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And I◦, behold, I have taken your brothers the Levites from among▵ the sons of Israel ; to you they are given as a gift for Jehovah , to serve the service of the Tabernacle of the congregation ◦.
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And thou◦ and thy sons with◦ thee shall keep your priesthood for every thing of the altar , and for that inside the veil; and you shall serve ; I have given you◦ the priesthood as a gift of service ; and the stranger who draws··near shall be put ··to··death.
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And Jehovah spoke to▵ Aaron , Behold, I◦ also have given thee the charge of My upliftings◦ of◦ all the holy things of the sons of Israel ; to thee I have given them for the anointing, and to thy sons, for a statute of an age.
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This shall be for thee from the holy of holies from the fire : every offering of theirs, every gift··offering of theirs, and every sin offering of theirs, and every guilt offering of theirs, which they shall return unto Me, it◦ shall be a holy of holies for thee and for thy sons.
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In the holy of holies shalt thou eat it; every male shall eat it; it shall be holy to thee.
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And this is thine: the uplifting◦ of their gift, with all the wave offerings of the sons of Israel ; I have given them to thee, and to thy sons and to thy daughters with◦ thee, by a statute of an age; everyone who is clean in thy house shall eat of it.
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All the fat of the olive··oil, and all the fat of the must* and grain , their firstfruits◦ which they shall give to Jehovah , to thee I have given them.
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A firstfruit of all that is in the land , which they shall bring to Jehovah , shall be thine; everyone who is clean in thy house shall eat of it.
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Every devoted··thing in Israel shall be thine.
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All that opens··up the womb of◦ all flesh , which they offer to Jehovah , among◦ man and among◦ beast , shall be for thee; only▵ redeeming◦ shalt thou redeem◦ the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of the unclean beast shalt thou redeem◦.
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And those who are to be redeemed◦ from a son of a month shalt thou redeem◦, with thy value, the silver of five shekels , by the shekel of the sanctuary ; this◦ is twenty gerahs.
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Only▵ the firstborn of an ox, or the firstborn of a sheep▵, or the firstborn of a goat , thou shalt not redeem◦; they◦ are holy ; thou shalt sprinkle their blood on the altar , and shalt burn· their fat ·for··incense for a fire··offering, for a restful smell to Jehovah .
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And their flesh shall be for thee as the chest portion of the waving , and as the right hind··quarter is for thee.
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All the upliftings◦ of the holy things, which the sons of Israel lift··up◦ to Jehovah , have I given to thee, and to thy sons and to thy daughters with◦ thee, for an eternal statute; it◦ is a covenant of salt of eternity before Jehovah to thee and to thy seed with◦ thee.
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And Jehovah said to▵ Aaron , Thou shalt not inherit in their land , and thou shalt not have◦ a part in their midst . I◦ am thy part and thine inheritance in the midst of the sons of Israel .
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And, behold, I have given the sons of Levi all the tithe in Israel for an inheritance , in··exchange··for their service which they◦ serve , even the service of the Tabernacle of the congregation ◦.
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Neither must the sons of Israel any··more come··near unto▵ the Tabernacle of the congregation ◦, lest they bear sin, and die .
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But the Levites shall serve the service of the Tabernacle of the congregation ◦, and they◦ shall bear their iniquity ; it shall be an eternal statute for your generations , that in the midst of the sons of Israel they shall not inherit an inheritance .
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But◦ the tithes of the sons of Israel , which they lift··up◦ as an uplifting◦ to Jehovah , I have given to the Levites for an inheritance ; therefore I have said to them◦, In the midst of the sons of Israel they shall not inherit an inheritance .
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And Jehovah spoke to▵ Moses , saying,
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Then speak to▵ the Levites, and say to▵ them, When◦ you take from the sons of Israel the tithes , which I have given to you from them for your inheritance , then you shall lift··up◦ an uplifting◦ from it for Jehovah , even a tithe* of the tithe .
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And this your uplifting◦ shall be reckoned to you, as though it were the grain of the threshing··floor , and as the fullness of the winepress.
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So also shall you◦ lift··up◦ an uplifting◦ to Jehovah from all your tithes , which you take from the sons of Israel ; and you shall give from it Jehovah ’s uplifting◦ to Aaron the priest.
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From all your gifts you shall lift··up◦ every uplifting◦ of Jehovah , of all its fat , the holy··part of it from it.
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And thou shalt say to▵ them, When you have lifted··up◦ its fat from it, then it shall be reckoned to the Levites as the increase of the threshing··floor , and as the increase of the winepress.
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And you shall eat it in every place , you◦ and your houses ; for it◦ is your wage in··exchange··for your service in the Tabernacle of the congregation ◦.
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And you shall not bear sin on··account··of it, when you have lifted ··up◦ from it the fat of it; and you shall not profane the holy things of the sons of Israel , and you shall not die .