1 A nd Jehovah saith unto Aaron, `Thou, and thy sons, and the house of thy father with thee, do bear the iniquity of the sanctuary; and thou, and thy sons with thee, do 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 a nd also thy brethren, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring near with thee, and they are joined unto thee, and serve thee, even thou and thy sons with thee, 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 ` And they have kept thy charge, and the charge of all the tent; only, unto the vessels of the sanctuary and unto the altar they do not come near, and they die not, either they or 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 a nd they have been joined unto thee, and have kept the charge of the tent of meeting, for all the service of the tent; and a stranger doth not come near unto 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 a nd 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.

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 ` And I, lo, I have taken your brethren the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel; to you a gift they are given by Jehovah, 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 a nd thou, and thy sons with thee, do keep your priesthood, for everything of the altar, and within the vail, and ye have served; a service of gift I make your priesthood; and the stranger who is coming near is 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 A nd Jehovah speaketh unto Aaron: `And I, lo, I have given to thee the charge of My heave-offerings, of all the hallowed things of the sons of Israel -- to thee I have given them for the anointing, and to thy sons, by a statute age-during.

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 is thine of the most holy things, from the fire: all their offering, to all their present, and to all their sin-offering, and to all their guilt-offering, which they give back to Me, is most holy to thee, and to thy 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 i n the holy of holies thou dost eat it; every male doth eat it; holy it is to thee.

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 ` And this thine: the heave-offering of their gift, to all the wave-offerings of the sons of Israel, to thee I have given them, and to thy sons, and to thy daughters with thee, by a statute age-during; every clean one in thy house doth eat 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 a ll the best of the oil, and all the best of the new wine, and wheat -- their first- which they give to Jehovah -- to thee I have given them.

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 ` The first-fruits of all that in their land, which they bring in to Jehovah, are thine; every clean one in thy house doth eat 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 e very devoted thing in Israel is thine,

Every devoted thing in Israel shall be yours.

15 e very one opening a womb of all flesh which they bring near to Jehovah, among man and among beast, is thine; only, thou dost certainly ransom the first-born of man, and the firstling of the unclean beast thou dost ransom.

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 ` And their ransomed ones from a son of a month, thou dost ransom with thy valuation, of silver, five shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary, twenty gerahs it.

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 ` Only, the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, thou dost not ransom, holy they: their blood thou dost sprinkle on the altar, and of their fat thou makest perfume, a fire-offering of sweet fragrance to Jehovah,

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 a nd their flesh is thine, as the breast of the wave-offering, and as the right leg, it is thine;

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

19 a ll the heave-offerings of the holy things which the sons of Israel lift up to Jehovah I have given to thee and to thy sons, and to thy daughters with thee, by a statute age-during, a covenant of salt, age-during it before Jehovah, to thee and to thy seed with thee.'

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 A nd Jehovah saith unto Aaron, `In their land thou dost not inherit, and a portion thou hast not in their midst: I thy portion, and thine inheritance in the midst of the sons 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 a nd to the sons of Levi, lo, I have given all the tenth in Israel for inheritance in exchange for their service which they are serving -- 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 ` And the sons of Israel come no more near unto the tent of meeting, to bear sin, to die,

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

23 a nd the Levites have done the service of the tent of meeting, and they -- they bear their iniquity; a statute age-during to your generations, that in the midst of the sons of Israel they 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 b ut the tithe of the sons of Israel which they lift up to Jehovah, a heave-offering, I have given to the Levites for inheritance; therefore I have said of them, In the midst of the sons of Israel they 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 A nd Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

And the Lord said to Moses,

26 ` And unto the Levites thou dost speak; and thou hast said unto them, When ye take from the sons of Israel the tithe which I have given to you from them, for your inheritance, then ye have lifted up from it the heave-offering of Jehovah, 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 a nd your heave-offering hath been reckoned to you as corn from the threshing-floor, and as fulness from the wine-vat;

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 s o ye do lift up -- ye also -- the heave-offering of Jehovah from all your tithes which ye receive from the sons of Israel; and ye have given from it the heave-offering of Jehovah 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 ye do lift up the whole heave-offering of Jehovah; out of all its fat, -- its hallowed part -- 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 ` And thou hast said unto them, In your lifting up its fat out of it, then it hath been reckoned to the Levites, as increase of a threshing-floor, and as increase of a wine-vat;

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 a nd ye have eaten it in every place, ye and your households, for it your hire in exchange 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 a nd ye bear no sin for it, in your lifting up its fat out of it, and the holy things of the sons of Israel ye do not pollute, and ye die not.'

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.