Numbers [In the desert] 18:16-27

¹⁶You shall redeem those who are to be redeemed of them from a month old, according to your estimation, for five shekels 2 oz; 56.7 g of money, after the shekel of the sanctuary, (the shekel is 0.4oz; 11.34 g; or called twenty gerahs 20/50 of an oz)

¹⁷“But you shall not redeem the firstborn of a cow, or the firstborn of a sheep, or the firstborn of a goat. They are holy. You shall sprinkle their blood on the altar, and shall burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a pleasant aroma to Adonai .

¹⁸Their meat shall be yours, as the wave offering breast and as the right thigh, it shall be yours.

¹⁹All the wave offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel God prevails offer to Adonai , have I given you, and your sons and your daughters with you, as a chok ·portion· forever. It is a covenant of salt forever before Adonai to you and to your offspring with you.”

²⁰Adonai said to Aaron Light-bringer, “You shall have no inheritance in their land, neither shall you have any portion among them. I am your portion and your inheritance among the children of Israel God prevails. (7)

²¹“To the children of Levi United with, behold, I have given all the tithe in Israel God prevails for an inheritance, in teshuvah ·complete return· for their service which they serve, even the service of the Tent of Meeting.

²²Henceforth the children of Israel God prevails shall not come near the Tent of Meeting, lest they bear sin, and die.

²³But the Levites Descendants of United with shall do the service of the Tent of Meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity. It shall be a statute forever throughout all your generations. Among the children of Israel God prevails, they shall have no inheritance.

²⁴For the tithe of the children of Israel God prevails, which they offer as a wave offering to Adonai , I have given to the Levites Descendants of United with for an inheritance. Therefore I have said to them, ‘Among the children of Israel God prevails they shall have no inheritance.’”

²⁵Adonai spoke to Moses Drawn out, saying,

²⁶“Moreover you shall speak to the Levites Descendants of United with, and tell them, ‘When you take of the children of Israel God prevails the tithe which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then you shall offer up a wave offering of it for Adonai , a tithe of the tithe.

²⁷Your wave offering shall be credited to you, as though it were the grain of the threshing floor, and as the fullness of the wine press.