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Numbers 18 (WEBP)

[1] Yahweh 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.
[2] Bring 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.
[3] They 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.
[4] They 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.
[6] Behold, 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.
[7] You 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.”
[8] Yahweh 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.
[9] This 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.
[10] You 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. 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.
[12] “I have given to you all the best of the oil, all the best of the vintage, and of the grain, the first fruits of them which they give to Yahweh.
[13] The 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.
[14] “Everything devoted in Israel shall be yours.
[15] Everything 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.
[16] You shall redeem those who are to be redeemed of them from a month old, according to your estimation, for five shekels of money, according to the shekel° of the sanctuary, which weighs 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.
[18] Their meat shall be yours, as the wave offering breast and as the right thigh, it shall be yours.
[19] All the wave offerings of the holy things which the children of Israel offer to Yahweh, I have 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.”
[20] Yahweh 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.
[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.
[22] Henceforth the children of Israel shall not come near the Tent of Meeting, lest they bear sin, and die.
[23] But 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.
[24] For 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.’ ”
[25] Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
[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.
[27] Your 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.
[28] Thus 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.
[29] Out of all your gifts, you shall offer every wave offering to Yahweh, of all its best parts, even the holy part 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.
[31] You may eat it anywhere, you and your households, for it is your reward in return for your service in the Tent of Meeting.
[32] You 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.’ ”

Numbers 18:16a A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces.
Numbers 18:16b A gerah is about 0.5 grams or about 7.7 grains.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Numbers 18 (KJVS)

[1] And the LORD H3068 said H559 (8799) unto Aaron H175, Thou and thy sons H1121 and thy father’s H1 house H1004 with thee shall bear H5375 (8799) the iniquity H5771 of the sanctuary H4720: and thou and thy sons H1121 with thee shall bear H5375 (8799) the iniquity H5771 of your priesthood H3550.
[2] And thy brethren H251 also of the tribe H4294 of Levi H3878, the tribe H7626 of thy father H1, bring H7126 (8685) thou with thee, that they may be joined H3867 (8735) unto thee, and minister H8334 (8762) unto thee: but thou and thy sons H1121 with thee [shall minister] before H6440 the tabernacle H168 of witness H5715.
[3] And they shall keep H8104 (8804) thy charge H4931, and the charge H4931 of all the tabernacle H168: only they shall not come nigh H7126 (8799) the vessels H3627 of the sanctuary H6944 and the altar H4196, that neither they, nor ye also, die H4191 (8799).
[4] And they shall be joined H3867 (8738) unto thee, and keep H8104 (8804) the charge H4931 of the tabernacle H168 of the congregation H4150, for all the service H5656 of the tabernacle H168: and a stranger H2114 (8801) shall not come nigh H7126 (8799) unto you.
[5] And ye shall keep H8104 (8804) the charge H4931 of the sanctuary H6944, and the charge H4931 of the altar H4196: that there be no wrath H7110 any more upon the children H1121 of Israel H3478.
[6] And I, behold, I have taken H3947 (8804) your brethren H251 the Levites H3881 from among H8432 the children H1121 of Israel H3478: to you [they are] given H5414 (8803) [as] a gift H4979 for the LORD H3068, to do H5647 (8800) the service H5656 of the tabernacle H168 of the congregation H4150.
[7] Therefore thou and thy sons H1121 with thee shall keep H8104 (8799) your priest’s office H3550 for every thing H1697 of the altar H4196, and within H1004 the vail H6532; and ye shall serve H5647 (8804): I have given H5414 (8799) your priest’s office H3550 [unto you] as a service H5656 of gift H4979: and the stranger H2114 (8801) that cometh nigh H7131 shall be put to death H4191 (8714).
[8] And the LORD H3068 spake H1696 (8762) unto Aaron H175, Behold, I also have given H5414 (8804) thee the charge H4931 of mine heave offerings H8641 of all the hallowed things H6944 of the children H1121 of Israel H3478; unto thee have I given H5414 (8804) them by reason of the anointing H4888, and to thy sons H1121, by an ordinance H2706 for ever H5769.
[9] This shall be thine of the most H6944 holy things H6944, [reserved] from the fire H784: every oblation H7133 of theirs, every meat offering H4503 of theirs, and every sin offering H2403 of theirs, and every trespass offering H817 of theirs, which they shall render H7725 (8686) unto me, [shall be] most H6944 holy H6944 for thee and for thy sons H1121.
[10] In the most H6944 holy H6944 [place] shalt thou eat H398 (8799) it; every male H2145 shall eat H398 (8799) it: it shall be holy H6944 unto thee.
[11] And this [is] thine; the heave offering H8641 of their gift H4976, with all the wave offerings H8573 of the children H1121 of Israel H3478: I have given H5414 (8804) them unto thee, and to thy sons H1121 and to thy daughters H1323 with thee, by a statute H2706 for ever H5769: every one that is clean H2889 in thy house H1004 shall eat H398 (8799) of it.
[12] All the best H2459 of the oil H3323, and all the best H2459 of the wine H8492, and of the wheat H1715, the firstfruits H7225 of them which they shall offer H5414 (8799) unto the LORD H3068, them have I given H5414 (8804) thee.
[13] [And] whatsoever is first ripe H1061 in the land H776, which they shall bring H935 (8686) unto the LORD H3068, shall be thine; every one that is clean H2889 in thine house H1004 shall eat H398 (8799) [of] it.
[14] Every thing devoted H2764 in Israel H3478 shall be thine.
[15] Every thing that openeth H6363 the matrix H7358 in all flesh H1320, which they bring H7126 (8686) unto the LORD H3068, [whether it be] of men H120 or beasts H929, shall be thine: nevertheless the firstborn H1060 of man H120 shalt thou surely H6299 (8800) redeem H6299 (8799), and the firstling H1060 of unclean H2931 beasts H929 shalt thou redeem H6299 (8799).
[16] And those that are to be redeemed H6299 (8803) from a month H2320 old H1121 shalt thou redeem H6299 (8799), according to thine estimation H6187, for the money H3701 of five H2568 shekels H8255, after the shekel H8255 of the sanctuary H6944, which [is] twenty H6242 gerahs H1626.
[17] But the firstling H1060 of a cow H7794, or the firstling H1060 of a sheep H3775, or the firstling H1060 of a goat H5795, thou shalt not redeem H6299 (8799); they [are] holy H6944: thou shalt sprinkle H2236 (8799) their blood H1818 upon the altar H4196, and shalt burn H6999 (8686) their fat H2459 [for] an offering made by fire H801, for a sweet H5207 savour H7381 unto the LORD H3068.
[18] And the flesh H1320 of them shall be thine, as the wave H8573 breast H2373 and as the right H3225 shoulder H7785 are thine.
[19] All the heave offerings H8641 of the holy things H6944, which the children H1121 of Israel H3478 offer H7311 (8686) unto the LORD H3068, have I given H5414 (8804) thee, and thy sons H1121 and thy daughters H1323 with thee, by a statute H2706 for ever H5769: it [is] a covenant H1285 of salt H4417 for ever H5769 before H6440 the LORD H3068 unto thee and to thy seed H2233 with thee.
[20] And the LORD H3068 spake H559 (8799) unto Aaron H175, Thou shalt have no inheritance H5157 (8799) in their land H776, neither shalt thou have any part H2506 among H8432 them: I [am] thy part H2506 and thine inheritance H5159 among H8432 the children H1121 of Israel H3478.
[21] And, behold, I have given H5414 (8804) the children H1121 of Levi H3878 all the tenth H4643 in Israel H3478 for an inheritance H5159, for H2500 their service H5656 which they serve H5647 (8802), [even] the service H5656 of the tabernacle H168 of the congregation H4150.
[22] Neither must the children H1121 of Israel H3478 henceforth H5750 come nigh H7126 (8799) the tabernacle H168 of the congregation H4150, lest they bear H5375 (8800) sin H2399, and die H4191 (8800).
[23] But the Levites H3881 shall do H5647 (8804) the service H5656 of the tabernacle H168 of the congregation H4150, and they shall bear H5375 (8799) their iniquity H5771: [it shall be] a statute H2708 for ever H5769 throughout your generations H1755, that among H8432 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 they have H5157 (8799) no inheritance H5159.
[24] But the tithes H4643 of the children H1121 of Israel H3478, which they offer H7311 (8686) [as] an heave offering H8641 unto the LORD H3068, I have given H5414 (8804) to the Levites H3881 to inherit H5159: therefore I have said H559 (8804) unto them, Among H8432 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 they shall have H5157 (8799) no inheritance H5159.
[25] And the LORD H3068 spake H1696 (8762) unto Moses H4872, saying H559 (8800),
[26] Thus speak H1696 (8762) unto the Levites H3881, and say H559 (8804) unto them, When ye take H3947 (8799) of the children H1121 of Israel H3478 the tithes H4643 which I have given H5414 (8804) you from them for your inheritance H5159, then ye shall offer H7311 (8689) up an heave offering H8641 of it for the LORD H3068, [even] a tenth H4643 [part] of the tithe H4643.
[27] And [this] your heave offering H8641 shall be reckoned H2803 (8738) unto you, as though [it were] the corn H1715 of the threshingfloor H1637, and as the fulness H4395 of the winepress H3342.
[28] Thus ye also shall offer H7311 (8686) an heave offering H8641 unto the LORD H3068 of all your tithes H4643, which ye receive H3947 (8799) of the children H1121 of Israel H3478; and ye shall give H5414 (8804) thereof the LORD’S H3068 heave offering H8641 to Aaron H175 the priest H3548.
[29] Out of all your gifts H4979 ye shall offer H7311 (8686) every heave offering H8641 of the LORD H3068, of all the best H2459 thereof, [even] the hallowed part H4720 thereof out of it.
[30] Therefore thou shalt say H559 (8804) unto them, When ye have heaved H7311 (8687) the best H2459 thereof from it, then it shall be counted H2803 (8738) unto the Levites H3881 as the increase H8393 of the threshingfloor H1637, and as the increase H8393 of the winepress H3342.
[31] And ye shall eat H398 (8804) it in every place H4725, ye and your households H1004: for it [is] your reward H7939 for H2500 your service H5656 in the tabernacle H168 of the congregation H4150.
[32] And ye shall bear H5375 (8799) no sin H2399 by reason of it, when ye have heaved H7311 (8687) from it the best H2459 of it: neither shall ye pollute H2490 (8762) the holy things H6944 of the children H1121 of Israel H3478, lest ye die H4191 (8799).

Young’s Literal Translation

Numbers 18 (YLT)

[1] And 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;
[2] and 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.
[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;
[4] and 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;
[5] 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.
[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;
[7] and 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.’
[8] And 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.
[9] This 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;
[10] in the holy of holies thou dost eat it; every male doth eat it; holy it is to thee.
[11] ‘And this is 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;
[12] all the best of the oil, and all the best of the new wine, and wheat-their first-fruits which they give to Jehovah-to thee I have given them.
[13] ‘The first-fruits of all that is in their land, which they bring in to Jehovah, are thine; every clean one in thy house doth eat it;
[14] every devoted thing in Israel is thine,
[15] every 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.
[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 is.
[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 are: their blood thou dost sprinkle on the altar, and of their fat thou makest perfume, a fire-offering of sweet fragrance to Jehovah,
[18] and their flesh is thine, as the breast of the wave-offering, and as the right leg, it is thine;
[19] all 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 is before Jehovah, to thee and to thy seed with thee.’
[20] And Jehovah saith unto Aaron, ‘In their land thou dost not inherit, and a portion thou hast not in their midst: I am thy portion, and thine inheritance in the midst of the sons of Israel;
[21] and 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.
[22] ‘And the sons of Israel come no more near unto the tent of meeting, to bear sin, to die,
[23] and 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;
[24] but 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.’
[25] And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,
[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;
[27] and your heave-offering hath been reckoned to you as corn from the threshing-floor, and as fulness from the wine-vat;
[28] so 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;
[29] out 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.
[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;
[31] and ye have eaten it in every place, ye and your households, for it is your hire in exchange for your service in the tent of meeting;
[32] and 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.’