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and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/18-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And thy brethren also, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring thou near with thee, that they may be joined unto thee, and minister unto thee: but thou and thy sons with thee shall be before the tent of the testimony. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/18-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of all the Tent: only they shall not come nigh unto the vessels of the sanctuary and unto the altar, that they die not, neither they, nor ye. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/18-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the tent of meeting, for all the service of the Tent: and a stranger shall not come nigh unto you. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/18-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar; that there be wrath no more upon the children of Israel. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/18-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel: to you they are a gift, given unto Jehovah, to do the service of the tent of meeting. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/18-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priesthood for everything of the altar, and for that within the veil; and ye shall serve: I give you the priesthood as a service of gift: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.</p> <p class="hdg">The Priests' Portion</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/18-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And Jehovah spake unto Aaron, And I, behold, I have given thee the charge of my heave-offerings, even all the hallowed things of the children of Israel; unto thee have I given them by reason of the anointing, and to thy sons, as a portion for ever. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/18-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>This shall be thine of the most holy things, reserved from the fire: every oblation of theirs, even every meal-offering of theirs, and every sin-offering of theirs, and every trespass-offering of theirs, which they shall render unto me, shall be most holy for thee and for thy sons. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/18-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>As the most holy things shalt thou eat thereof; every male shall eat thereof: it shall be holy unto thee. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/18-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And this is thine: the heave-offering of their gift, even all the wave-offerings of the children of Israel; I have given them unto thee, and to thy sons and to thy daughters with thee, as a portion for ever; every one that is clean in thy house shall eat thereof. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/18-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>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 unto Jehovah, to thee have I given them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/18-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>The first-ripe fruits of all that is in their land, which they bring unto Jehovah, shall be thine; every one that is clean in thy house shall eat thereof. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/18-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Everything devoted in Israel shall be thine. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/18-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Everything that openeth the womb, of all flesh which they offer unto Jehovah, both of man and beast shall be thine: nevertheless the first-born of man shalt thou surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/18-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And those that are to be redeemed of them from a month old shalt thou redeem, according to thine estimation, for the money of five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary (the same is twenty gerahs). <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/18-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, thou shalt not redeem; they are holy: thou shalt sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shalt burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a sweet savor unto Jehovah. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/18-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave-breast and as the right thigh, it shall be thine. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/18-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>All the heave-offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer unto Jehovah, have I given thee, and thy sons and thy daughters with thee, as a portion for ever: it is a covenant of salt for ever before Jehovah unto thee and to thy seed with thee. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/18-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And Jehovah said unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any portion among them: I am thy portion and thine inheritance among the children of Israel.</p> <p class="hdg">The Levites' Portion</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/18-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And unto the children of Levi, behold, I have given all the tithe in Israel for an inheritance, in return for their service which they serve, even the service of the tent of meeting. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/18-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And henceforth the children of Israel shall not come nigh the tent of meeting, lest they bear sin, and die. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/18-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>But the Levites shall do the service of the tent of meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations; and among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/18-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>For the tithe of the children of Israel, which they offer as a heave-offering unto Jehovah, I have given to the Levites for an inheritance: therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.</p> <p class="hdg">The Heave Offering</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/18-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/18-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Moreover thou shalt speak unto the Levites, and say unto them, When ye take of the children of Israel the tithe which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then ye shall offer up a heave-offering of it for Jehovah, a tithe of the tithe. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/18-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>And your heave-offering shall be reckoned unto you, as though it were the grain of the threshing-floor, and as the fulness of the winepress. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/18-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Thus ye also shall offer a heave-offering unto Jehovah of all your tithes, which ye receive of the children of Israel; and thereof ye shall give Jehovah's heave-offering to Aaron the priest. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/18-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Out of all your gifts ye shall offer every heave-offering of Jehovah, of all the best thereof, even the hallowed part thereof out of it. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/18-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Therefore thou shalt say unto them, When ye heave the best thereof from it, then it shall be reckoned unto the Levites as the increase of the threshing-floor, and as the increase of the wine-press. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/18-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>And ye shall eat it in every place, ye and your households: for it is your reward in return for your service in the tent of meeting. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/18-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, when ye have heaved from it the best thereof: and ye shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, that ye die not.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">American Standard Version, 1901<br /><br /><a href="//bereanbible.com">Section Headings Courtesy BereanBible.com<br />© 2013, 2014 Used by Permission</a><span class="p"><br /><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../numbers/17.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Numbers 17"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Numbers 17" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../numbers/19.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Numbers 19"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Numbers 19" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/numbers/18-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframe120.htm" width="122" height="602" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br /></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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