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I am giving you the priesthood as a bestowed service, but the outsider who comes near shall be put to death. <p><font color="#000000"><b><i>The Priests Portion</i></b></font><p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/18-8.htm" target="_top"><b>8</b></a></span>Then the L<font size="1">ORD</font> spoke to Aaron, Now behold, I Myself have given you charge of My offerings, even all the holy gifts of the sons of Israel I have given them to you as a portion and to your sons as a perpetual allotment. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/18-9.htm" target="_top"><b>9</b></a></span>This shall be yours from the most holy <i>gifts reserved</i> from the fire; every offering of theirs, even every grain offering and every sin offering and every guilt offering, which they shall render to Me, shall be most holy for you and for your sons. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/18-10.htm" target="_top"><b>10</b></a></span>As the most holy <i>gifts</i> you shall eat it; every male shall eat it. It shall be holy to you. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/18-11.htm" target="_top"><b>11</b></a></span>This also is yours, the offering of their gift, even all the wave offerings of the sons of Israel; I have given them to you and to your sons and daughters with you as a perpetual allotment. Everyone of your household who is clean may eat it. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/18-12.htm" target="_top"><b>12</b></a></span>All the best of the fresh oil and all the best of the fresh wine and of the grain, the first fruits of those which they give to the L<font size="1">ORD</font>, I give them to you. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/18-13.htm" target="_top"><b>13</b></a></span>The first ripe fruits of all that is in their land, which they bring to the L<font size="1">ORD</font>, shall be yours; everyone of your household who is clean may eat it. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/18-14.htm" target="_top"><b>14</b></a></span>Every devoted thing in Israel shall be yours. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/18-15.htm" target="_top"><b>15</b></a></span>Every first issue of the womb of all flesh, whether man or animal, which they offer to the L<font size="1">ORD</font>, shall be yours; nevertheless the firstborn of man you shall surely redeem, and the firstborn of unclean animals you shall redeem. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/18-16.htm" target="_top"><b>16</b></a></span>As to their redemption price, from a month old you shall redeem them, by your valuation, five shekels in silver, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/18-17.htm" target="_top"><b>17</b></a></span>But the firstborn of an ox or the firstborn of a sheep or the firstborn of a goat, you shall not redeem; they are holy. You shall sprinkle their blood on the altar and shall offer up their fat in smoke <i>as</i> an offering by fire, for a soothing aroma to the L<font size="1">ORD</font>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/18-18.htm" target="_top"><b>18</b></a></span>Their meat shall be yours; it shall be yours like the breast of a wave offering and like the right thigh. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/18-19.htm" target="_top"><b>19</b></a></span>All the offerings of the holy <i>gifts,</i> which the sons of Israel offer to the L<font size="1">ORD</font>, I have given to you and your sons and your daughters with you, as a perpetual allotment. It is an everlasting covenant of salt before the L<font size="1">ORD</font> to you and your descendants with you. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/18-20.htm" target="_top"><b>20</b></a></span>Then the L<font size="1">ORD</font> said to Aaron, You shall have no inheritance in their land nor own any portion among them; I am your portion and your inheritance among the sons of Israel. <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/18-21.htm" target="_top"><b>21</b></a></span>To the sons of Levi, behold, I have given all the tithe in Israel for an inheritance, in return for their service which they perform, the service of the tent of meeting. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/18-22.htm" target="_top"><b>22</b></a></span>The sons of Israel shall not come near the tent of meeting again, or they will bear sin and die. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/18-23.htm" target="_top"><b>23</b></a></span>Only the Levites shall perform the service of the tent of meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity; it shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations, and among the sons of Israel they shall have no inheritance. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/18-24.htm" target="_top"><b>24</b></a></span>For the tithe of the sons of Israel, which they offer as an offering to the L<font size="1">ORD</font>, I have given to the Levites for an inheritance; therefore I have said concerning them, They shall have no inheritance among the sons of Israel. <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/18-25.htm" target="_top"><b>25</b></a></span>Then the L<font size="1">ORD</font> spoke to Moses, saying, <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/18-26.htm" target="_top"><b>26</b></a></span>Moreover, you shall speak to the Levites and say to them, When you take from the sons of Israel the tithe which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then you shall present an offering from it to the L<font size="1">ORD</font>, a tithe of the tithe. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/18-27.htm" target="_top"><b>27</b></a></span>Your offering shall be reckoned to you as the grain from the threshing floor or the full produce from the wine vat. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/18-28.htm" target="_top"><b>28</b></a></span>So you shall also present an offering to the L<font size="1">ORD</font> from your tithes, which you receive from the sons of Israel; and from it you shall give the L<font size="1">ORDS</font> offering to Aaron the priest. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/18-29.htm" target="_top"><b>29</b></a></span>Out of all your gifts you shall present every offering due to the L<font size="1">ORD</font>, from all the best of them, the sacred part from them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/18-30.htm" target="_top"><b>30</b></a></span>You shall say to them, When you have offered from it the best of it, then <i>the rest</i> shall be reckoned to the Levites as the product of the threshing floor, and as the product of the wine vat. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/18-31.htm" target="_top"><b>31</b></a></span>You may eat it anywhere, you and your households, for it is your compensation in return for your service in the tent of meeting. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/18-32.htm" target="_top"><b>32</b></a></span>You will bear no sin by reason of it when you have offered the best of it. But you shall not profane the sacred gifts of the sons of Israel, or you will die. <p><br /><br /><a href="//www.lockman.org" target="_top">NASB ©1995</a><div class="vheading2">Parallel Verses</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/numbers/18.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/numbers/18.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Watch ye in the charge of the sanctuary, and in the ministry of the altar: lest indignation rise upon the children of Israel. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/dbt/numbers/18.htm">Darby Bible Translation</a></span><br />And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar; that there come no wrath any more upon the children of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/numbers/18.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/numbers/18.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar: that there be no wrath any more upon the children of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/numbers/18.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />"You shall perform the duty of the sanctuary, and the duty of the altar; that there be wrath no more on the children of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/numbers/18.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and ye have kept the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar, and there is no more wrath against the sons of Israel.<div class="vheading2">Library</div><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_k/service_a_gift.htm">Service a Gift</a><br></span><span class="snippet">... I have given your priest's office unto you as a service of gift.'--NUM. xviii. 7. All Christians are priests--to offer sacrifices, alms, especially prayers; to make God known to men. I. Our priesthood is a gift of God's love. We are apt to think of our duties as burdensome. They are an honour and a mark of God's grace. 1. They are His gift-- (a) The power to do. All capacities and possessions from Him. (b) The wish to do. 'Worketh in you to will.' (c) The right to do, through Christ. 2. <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_k/service_a_gift.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren—</span><span class="citation2">Expositions of Holy Scripture</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_angels_grieve_for_the.htm">Whether Angels Grieve for the Ills of those whom they Guard?</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Objection 1: It would seem that angels grieve for the ills of those whom they guard. For it is written (Is. 33:7): "The angels of peace shall weep bitterly." But weeping is a sign of grief and sorrow. Therefore angels grieve for the ills of those whom they guard. Objection 2: Further, according to Augustine (De Civ. Dei xiv, 15), "sorrow is for those things that happen against our will." But the loss of the man whom he has guarded is against the guardian angel's will. Therefore angels grieve for <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_angels_grieve_for_the.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Saint Thomas Aquinas—</span><span class="citation2">Summa Theologica</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/mcgarvey/the_four-fold_gospel/xii_circumcision_temple_service_and.htm">Circumcision, Temple Service, and Naming of Jesus. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">(the Temple at Jerusalem, b.c. 4) ^C Luke II. 21-39. ^c 21 And when eight days [Gen. xvii. 12] were fulfilled for circumcising him [The rite was doubtless performed by Joseph. By this rite Jesus was "made like unto his brethren" (Heb. ii. 16, 17); that is, he became a member of the covenant nation, and became a debtor to the law--Gal. v. 3] , his name was called JESUS [see Luke i. 59], which was so called by the angel before he was conceived in the womb. [Luke i. 31.] 22 And when the days of their <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/mcgarvey/the_four-fold_gospel/xii_circumcision_temple_service_and.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">J. W. McGarvey—</span><span class="citation2">The Four-Fold Gospel</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/mcfadyen/introduction_to_the_old_testament/numbers.htm">Numbers</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Like the last part of Exodus, and the whole of Leviticus, the first part of Numbers, i.-x. 28--so called,[1] rather inappropriately, from the census in i., iii., (iv.), xxvi.--is unmistakably priestly in its interests and language. Beginning with a census of the men of war (i.) and the order of the camp (ii.), it devotes specific attention to the Levites, their numbers and duties (iii., iv.). Then follow laws for the exclusion of the unclean, v. 1-4, for determining the manner and amount of restitution <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/mcfadyen/introduction_to_the_old_testament/numbers.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">John Edgar McFadyen—</span><span class="citation2">Introduction to the Old Testament</span><p><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/numbers/18-5.htm">Numbers 18:5 NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/numbers/18-5.htm">Numbers 18:5 NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/numbers/18-5.htm">Numbers 18:5 ESV</a> • <a href="/nasb/numbers/18-5.htm">Numbers 18:5 NASB</a> • <a href="/kjv/numbers/18-5.htm">Numbers 18:5 KJV</a> • <a href="//bibleapps.com/numbers/18-5.htm">Numbers 18:5 Bible Apps</a> • <a href="/numbers/18-5.htm">Numbers 18:5 Parallel</a> • <a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../numbers/18-4.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Numbers 18:4"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Numbers 18:4" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../numbers/18-6.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Numbers 18:6"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Numbers 18:6" /></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></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mp/numbers/18-5.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"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframebhbl.htm" width="122" height="250" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div id="bot"><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /></div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhparnew.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></body></html>