1 Y ahweh said to Aaron, “You and your sons and your fathers’ house with you shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary; and you and your sons with you shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.

And the Lord said to Aaron, You and your sons and your father’s house with you shall bear and remove the iniquity of the sanctuary. And you and your sons with you shall bear and remove the iniquity of your priesthood.

2 B ring your brothers also, the tribe of Levi, 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.

And your brethren also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, bring with you, that they may be joined to you and minister to you; but only you and your sons with you shall come before the Tent of the Testimony.

3 T hey shall keep your commands, and the duty of the whole Tent; only they shall not come near to the vessels of the sanctuary and to the altar, that they not die, neither they, nor you.

And the Levites shall attend you and attend to all the duties of the Tent; only they shall not come near the sacred vessels of the sanctuary or to the brazen altar, that they and also you die not.

4 T hey 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.

And they shall be joined to you and attend to the duties of the Tent of Meeting—all the service of the Tent—and no stranger shall come near 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.

And you shall attend to the duties of the sanctuary and attend to the altar, that there be no wrath any more upon the Israelites.

6 B ehold, I myself have taken your brothers the Levites from among the children of Israel. They are a gift to you, dedicated to Yahweh, to do the service of the Tent of Meeting.

And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the Israelites; to you they are a gift, given to the Lord, to do the service of the Tent of Meeting.

7 Y ou 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.”

Therefore you and your sons with you shall attend to your priesthood for everything of the altar and within the veil, and you shall serve. I give you your priesthood as a service of gift. And the stranger who comes near shall be put to death.

8 Y ahweh spoke to Aaron, “Behold, I myself have given you the command of my wave offerings, even all the holy things of the children of Israel. I have given them to you by reason of the anointing, and to your sons, as a portion forever.

And the Lord said to Aaron, And I, behold, I have given you the charge of My heave offerings, all the dedicated and consecrated things of the Israelites; to you have I given them and to your sons as a continual allowance forever by reason of your anointing as priests.

9 T his 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.

This shall be yours of the most holy things, reserved from the fire: every offering of the people, every cereal offering and sin offering and trespass offering of theirs, which they shall render to Me, shall be most holy for you and for your sons.

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

As the most holy thing and in a sacred place shall you eat of it; 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. I have given them to you, and to your sons and to your daughters with you, as a portion forever. Everyone who is clean in your house shall eat of it.

And this also is yours: the heave offering of their gift, with all the wave offerings of the Israelites. I have given them to you and to your sons and to your daughters with you as a continual allowance forever; everyone in your house who is clean may 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 Yahweh.

All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine and of the grain, the firstfruits of what they give to the Lord, to you have I given them.

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

Whatever is first ripe in the land, which they bring to the Lord, shall be yours. Everyone who is clean in your house may eat of it.

14 “ Everything devoted in Israel shall be yours.

Every devoted thing in Israel shall be yours.

15 E verything that opens the womb, of all flesh which they offer to Yahweh, 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.

Everything that first opens the womb in all flesh, which they bring to the Lord, whether it be of men or beasts, shall be yours. Nevertheless the firstborn of man you shall surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts you shall redeem.

16 Y ou shall redeem those who are to be redeemed of them from a month old, according to your estimation, for five shekels of money, after the shekel of the sanctuary, which weighs twenty gerahs.

And those that are to be redeemed of them, from a month old shall you redeem, according to your estimate, for the fixed price of five shekels in silver, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs.

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 Yahweh.

But the firstling of a cow or of a sheep or of a goat you shall not redeem. They are holy. You shall sprinkle their blood upon the altar and shall burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a sweet and soothing odor to the Lord.

18 T heir flesh shall be yours, as the wave offering breast and as the right thigh, it shall be yours.

And the flesh of them shall be yours, as the wave breast and as the right shoulder are yours.

19 A ll the wave offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer to Yahweh, have I given you, and your sons and your daughters with you, as a portion forever. It is a covenant of salt forever before Yahweh to you and to your offspring with you.”

All the heave offerings of the holy things which the Israelites give to the Lord I give to you and to your sons and your daughters with you, as a continual debt forever. It is a covenant of salt forever before the Lord for you and for your posterity with you.

20 Y ahweh said to Aaron, “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.

And the Lord said to Aaron, You shall have no inheritance in the land, neither shall you have any part among them. I am your portion and your inheritance among the Israelites.

21 “ To 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.

And, behold, I have given the Levites all the tithes in Israel for an inheritance in return for their service which they serve, the service of the Tent of Meeting.

22 H enceforth the children of Israel shall not come near the Tent of Meeting, lest they bear sin, and die.

Henceforth the Israelites shall not come near the Tent of Meeting, lest they incur guilt and die.

23 B ut the Levites shall do the service of the Tent of Meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity. It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations. Among the children of Israel, they shall have no inheritance.

But the Levites shall do the service of the Tent of Meeting, and they shall bear and remove the iniquity of the people. It shall be a statute forever in all your generations, that among the Israelites the Levites have no inheritance.

24 F or the tithe of the children of Israel, which they offer as a wave offering to Yahweh, I have given to the Levites for an inheritance. Therefore I have said to them, ‘Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.’”

But the tithes of the Israelites, which they present as an offering to the Lord, I have given to the Levites to inherit; therefore I have said to them, Among the Israelites they shall have no inheritance.

25 Y ahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

And the Lord said to Moses,

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

Moreover, you shall say to the Levites, When you take from the Israelites the tithe which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then you shall present an offering from it to the Lord, even a tenth of the tithe.

27 Y our 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.

And what you lift out and keep shall be credited to you as though it were the grain of the threshing floor or as the fully ripe produce of the vine.

28 T hus you also shall offer a wave offering to Yahweh of all your tithes, which you receive of the children of Israel; and of it you shall give Yahweh’s wave offering to Aaron the priest.

Likewise you shall also present an offering to the Lord of all your tithes which you receive from the Israelites; and therefore you shall give this heave offering for the Lord to Aaron the priest.

29 O ut of all your gifts, you shall offer every wave offering of Yahweh, of all its best, even the holy part of it out of it.’

Out of all the gifts to you, you shall present every offering due to the Lord, of all the best of it, even the hallowed part lifted out and held back out of it.

30 “ Therefore you shall tell them, ‘When you heave its best from it, then it shall be credited to the Levites as the increase of the threshing floor, and as the increase of the wine press.

Therefore you shall say to them, When you have lifted out and held back the best from it, then it shall be counted to the Levites just as if it were the increase of the threshing floor or of the winepress.

31 Y ou may eat it anywhere, you and your households, for it is your reward in return for your service in the Tent of Meeting.

And you may eat it in every place, you and your households, for it is your reward for your service in the Tent of Meeting.

32 Y ou shall bear no sin by reason of it, when you have heaved from it its best. You shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, that you not die.’”

And you shall be guilty of no sin by reason of it when you have lifted out and held back the best of it; neither shall you have polluted the holy things of the Israelites, neither shall you die.