Numbers [In the desert] 18:17-22

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.