Numbers [In the desert] 18:2-15

²Bring your brothers also, the tribe of Levi United with, the tribe of your father, near with you, that they may be joined to you, and minister to you; but you and your sons with you shall be before the Tent of the Testimony.

³They shall keep your orders, and the duty of the whole Tent; only they shall not come near to the utensils of the sanctuary and to the altar, that they not die, neither they, nor you.

⁴They shall be joined to you, and keep the responsibility of the Tent of Meeting, for all the service of the Tent. A stranger shall not come near to you.

⁵“You shall perform the duty of the sanctuary and the duty of the altar, that there be no more wrath on the children of Israel God prevails.

⁶Behold, I myself have taken your brothers the Levites Descendants of United with from among the children of Israel God prevails. They are a gift to you, dedicated to Adonai , to do the service of the Tent of Meeting.

⁷You and your sons with you shall keep your priesthood for everything of the altar, and for that within the veil. You shall serve. I give you the service of the priesthood as a gift. The stranger who comes near shall be put to death.”

⁸Adonai spoke to Aaron Light-bringer, “Behold, I myself have given you the charge of my wave offerings, even all the holy things of the children of Israel God prevails. I have given them to you by reason of the anointing, and to your sons, as a chok ·portion· forever.

⁹This shall be yours of the most holy things from the fire: every offering of theirs, even every meal offering of theirs, and every sin offering of theirs, and every trespass offering of theirs, which they shall render to me, shall be most holy for you and for your sons.

¹⁰You shall eat of it like the most holy things. Every male shall eat of it. It shall be holy to you.

¹¹“This is yours, too: the wave offering of their gift, even all the wave offerings of the children of Israel God prevails. I have given them to you, and to your sons and to your daughters with you, as a chok ·portion· forever. Everyone who is clean in your house shall eat of it.

¹²“I have given to you all the best of the oil, and all the best of the vintage, and of the grain, the first fruits of them which they give to Adonai .

¹³The first-ripe fruits of all that is in their land, which they bring to Adonai , shall be yours. Everyone who is clean in your house shall eat of it.

¹⁴“Everything devoted in Israel God prevails shall be yours.

¹⁵Everything that opens the womb, of all flesh which they offer to Adonai , both of man and animal shall be yours. Nevertheless, you shall surely redeem the firstborn of man, and you shall redeem the firstborn of unclean animals.