¹ 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.

² 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.

³ 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^◦.

⁴ 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.

⁵ 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.

⁶ 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^◦.

⁷ 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.

⁸ 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.

⁹ 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.

¹⁰ In the holy of holies shalt thou eat it; every male shall eat it; it shall be holy to thee.

¹¹ 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.

¹² 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.

¹³ 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.

¹⁴ Every devoted·​·thing in Israel shall be thine.

¹⁵ 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^◦.

¹⁶ 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.

¹⁷ 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.

¹⁸ And their flesh shall be for thee as the chest portion of the waving, and as the right hind·​·quarter is for thee.

¹⁹ 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.

²⁰ 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.

²¹ 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^◦.

²² Neither must the sons of Israel any·​·more come·​·near unto^▵ the Tabernacle of the congregation^◦, lest they bear sin, and die.

²³ 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.

²⁴ 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.

²⁵ And Jehovah spoke to^▵ Moses, saying,

²⁶ 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.

²⁷ 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.

²⁸ 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.

²⁹ From all your gifts you shall lift·​·up^◦ every uplifting^◦ of Jehovah, of all its fat, the holy·​·part of it from it.

³⁰ 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.

³¹ 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^◦.

³² 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.