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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 said () unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy father’s house with thee shall bear () the iniquity of the sanctuary: and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear () the iniquity of your priesthood.
[2] And thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring () thou with thee, that they may be joined () unto thee, and minister () unto thee: but thou and thy sons with thee shall minister before the tabernacle of witness.
[3] And they shall keep () thy charge, and the charge of all the tabernacle: only they shall not come nigh () the vessels of the sanctuary and the altar, that neither they, nor ye also, die. ()
[4] And they shall be joined () unto thee, and keep () the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, for all the service of the tabernacle: and a stranger () shall not come nigh () unto you.
[5] 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.
[6] And I, behold, I have taken () your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel: to you they are given () as a gift for the Lord, to do () the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.
[7] Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep () your priest’s office for every thing of the altar, and within the vail; and ye shall serve: () I have given () your priest’s office unto you as a service of gift: and the stranger () that cometh nigh shall be put to death. ()
[8] And the Lord spake () unto Aaron, Behold, I also have given () thee the charge of mine heave offerings of all the hallowed things of the children of Israel; unto thee have I given () them by reason of the anointing, and to thy sons, by an ordinance for ever.
[9] This shall be thine of the most holy things, reserved from the fire: every oblation of their’s, every meat offering of their’s, and every sin offering of their’s, and every trespass offering of their’s, which they shall render () unto me, shall be most holy for thee and for thy sons.
[10] In the most holy place shalt thou eat () it; every male shall eat () it: it shall be holy unto thee.
[11] And this is thine; the heave offering of their gift, with 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, by a statute for ever: every one that is clean in thy house shall eat () of it.
[12] All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of the wheat, the firstfruits of them which they shall offer () unto the Lord, them have I given () thee.
[13] And whatsoever is first ripe in the land, which they shall bring () unto the Lord, shall be thine; every one that is clean in thine house shall eat () of it.
[14] Every thing devoted in Israel shall be thine.
[15] Every thing that openeth the matrix in all flesh, which they bring () unto the Lord, whether it be of men or beasts, shall be thine: nevertheless the firstborn of man shalt thou surely () redeem, () and the firstling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem. ()
[16] And those that are to be redeemed () from a month old shalt thou redeem, () according to thine estimation, for the money of five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs.
[17] 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 savour unto the Lord.
[18] And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave breast and as the right shoulder are thine.
[19] All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer () unto the Lord, have I given () thee, and thy sons and thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: it is a covenant of salt for ever before the Lord unto thee and to thy seed with thee.
[20] And the Lord spake () unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance () in their land, neither shalt thou have any part among them: I am thy part and thine inheritance among the children of Israel.
[21] And, behold, I have given () the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, () even the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.
[22] Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh () the tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear () sin, and die. ()
[23] But the Levites shall do () the service of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they shall bear () their iniquity: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations, that among the children of Israel they have () no inheritance.
[24] But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer () as an heave offering unto the Lord, I have given () to the Levites to inherit: therefore I have said () unto them, Among the children of Israel they shall have () no inheritance.
[25] And the Lord spake () unto Moses, saying, ()
[26] Thus speak () unto the Levites, and say () unto them, When ye take () of the children of Israel the tithes which I have given () you from them for your inheritance, then ye shall offer () up an heave offering of it for the Lord, even a tenth part of the tithe.
[27] And this your heave offering shall be reckoned () unto you, as though it were the corn of the threshingfloor, and as the fulness of the winepress.
[28] Thus ye also shall offer () an heave offering unto the Lord of all your tithes, which ye receive () of the children of Israel; and ye shall give () thereof the Lord’s heave offering to Aaron the priest.
[29] Out of all your gifts ye shall offer () every heave offering of the Lord, of all the best thereof, even the hallowed part thereof out of it.
[30] Therefore thou shalt say () unto them, When ye have heaved () the best thereof from it, then it shall be counted () unto the Levites as the increase of the threshingfloor, and as the increase of the winepress.
[31] And ye shall eat () it in every place, ye and your households: for it is your reward for your service in the tabernacle of the congregation.
[32] And ye shall bear () no sin by reason of it, when ye have heaved () from it the best of it: neither shall ye pollute () the holy things of the children of Israel, lest ye die. ()

Numbers 18:12 Heb. fat
Numbers 18:22 Heb. to die
Numbers 18:29 Heb. fat

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Numbers 18 (BYZ)

[1] και ειπεν κυριος προς ααρων λεγων συ και οι υιοι σου και ο οικος πατριας σου λημψεσθε τας αμαρτιας των αγιων και συ και οι υιοι σου λημψεσθε τας αμαρτιας της ιερατειας υμων
[2] και τους αδελφους σου φυλην λευι δημον του πατρος σου προσαγαγου προς σεαυτον και προστεθητωσαν σοι και λειτουργειτωσαν σοι και συ και οι υιοι σου μετα σου απεναντι της σκηνης του μαρτυριου
[3] και φυλαξονται τας φυλακας σου και τας φυλακας της σκηνης πλην προς τα σκευη τα αγια και προς το θυσιαστηριον ου προσελευσονται και ουκ αποθανουνται και ουτοι και υμεις
[4] και προστεθησονται προς σε και φυλαξονται τας φυλακας της σκηνης του μαρτυριου κατα πασας τας λειτουργιας της σκηνης και ο αλλογενης ου προσελευσεται προς σε
[5] και φυλαξεσθε τας φυλακας των αγιων και τας φυλακας του θυσιαστηριου και ουκ εσται θυμος εν τοις υιοις ισραηλ
[6] και εγω ειληφα τους αδελφους υμων τους λευιτας εκ μεσου των υιων ισραηλ δομα δεδομενον κυριω λειτουργειν τας λειτουργιας της σκηνης του μαρτυριου
[7] και συ και οι υιοι σου μετα σου διατηρησετε την ιερατειαν υμων κατα παντα τροπον του θυσιαστηριου και το ενδοθεν του καταπετασματος και λειτουργησετε τας λειτουργιας δομα της ιερατειας υμων και ο αλλογενης ο προσπορευομενος αποθανειται
[8] και ελαλησεν κυριος προς ααρων και εγω ιδου δεδωκα υμιν την διατηρησιν των απαρχων απο παντων των ηγιασμενων μοι παρα των υιων ισραηλ σοι δεδωκα αυτα εις γερας και τοις υιοις σου μετα σε νομιμον αιωνιον
[9] και τουτο εστω υμιν απο των ηγιασμενων αγιων των καρπωματων απο παντων των δωρων αυτων και απο παντων των θυσιασματων αυτων και απο πασης πλημμελειας αυτων και απο πασων των αμαρτιων οσα αποδιδοασιν μοι απο παντων των αγιων σοι εσται και τοις υιοις σου
[10] εν τω αγιω των αγιων φαγεσθε αυτα παν αρσενικον φαγεται αυτα συ και οι υιοι σου αγια εσται σοι
[11] και τουτο εσται υμιν απαρχη δοματων αυτων απο παντων των επιθεματων των υιων ισραηλ σοι δεδωκα αυτα και τοις υιοις σου και ταις θυγατρασιν σου μετα σου νομιμον αιωνιον πας καθαρος εν τω οικω σου εδεται αυτα
[12] πασα απαρχη ελαιου και πασα απαρχη οινου και σιτου απαρχη αυτων οσα αν δωσι τω κυριω σοι δεδωκα αυτα
[13] τα πρωτογενηματα παντα οσα εν τη γη αυτων οσα αν ενεγκωσιν κυριω σοι εσται πας καθαρος εν τω οικω σου εδεται αυτα
[14] παν ανατεθεματισμενον εν υιοις ισραηλ σοι εσται
[15] και παν διανοιγον μητραν απο πασης σαρκος α προσφερουσιν κυριω απο ανθρωπου εως κτηνους σοι εσται αλλ η λυτροις λυτρωθησεται τα πρωτοτοκα των ανθρωπων και τα πρωτοτοκα των κτηνων των ακαθαρτων λυτρωση
[16] και η λυτρωσις αυτου απο μηνιαιου η συντιμησις πεντε σικλων κατα τον σικλον τον αγιον εικοσι οβολοι εισιν
[17] πλην πρωτοτοκα μοσχων και πρωτοτοκα προβατων και πρωτοτοκα αιγων ου λυτρωση αγια εστιν και το αιμα αυτων προσχεεις προς το θυσιαστηριον και το στεαρ ανοισεις καρπωμα εις οσμην ευωδιας κυριω
[18] και τα κρεα εσται σοι καθα και το στηθυνιον του επιθεματος και κατα τον βραχιονα τον δεξιον σοι εσται
[19] παν αφαιρεμα των αγιων οσα αν αφελωσιν οι υιοι ισραηλ κυριω σοι δεδωκα και τοις υιοις σου και ταις θυγατρασιν σου μετα σου νομιμον αιωνιον διαθηκη αλος αιωνιου εστιν εναντι κυριου σοι και τω σπερματι σου μετα σε
[20] και ελαλησεν κυριος προς ααρων εν τη γη αυτων ου κληρονομησεις και μερις ουκ εσται σοι εν αυτοις οτι εγω μερις σου και κληρονομια σου εν μεσω των υιων ισραηλ
[21] και τοις υιοις λευι ιδου δεδωκα παν επιδεκατον εν ισραηλ εν κληρω αντι των λειτουργιων αυτων οσα αυτοι λειτουργουσιν λειτουργιαν εν τη σκηνη του μαρτυριου
[22] και ου προσελευσονται ετι οι υιοι ισραηλ εις την σκηνην του μαρτυριου λαβειν αμαρτιαν θανατηφορον
[23] και λειτουργησει ο λευιτης αυτος την λειτουργιαν της σκηνης του μαρτυριου και αυτοι λημψονται τα αμαρτηματα αυτων νομιμον αιωνιον εις τας γενεας αυτων και εν μεσω υιων ισραηλ ου κληρονομησουσιν κληρονομιαν
[24] οτι τα επιδεκατα των υιων ισραηλ οσα αν αφορισωσιν κυριω αφαιρεμα δεδωκα τοις λευιταις εν κληρω δια τουτο ειρηκα αυτοις εν μεσω υιων ισραηλ ου κληρονομησουσιν κληρον
[25] και ελαλησεν κυριος προς μωυσην λεγων
[26] και τοις λευιταις λαλησεις και ερεις προς αυτους εαν λαβητε παρα των υιων ισραηλ το επιδεκατον ο δεδωκα υμιν παρ αυτων εν κληρω και αφελειτε υμεις απ αυτου αφαιρεμα κυριω επιδεκατον απο του επιδεκατου
[27] και λογισθησεται υμιν τα αφαιρεματα υμων ως σιτος απο αλω και αφαιρεμα απο ληνου
[28] ουτως αφελειτε και υμεις απο των αφαιρεματων κυριου απο παντων επιδεκατων υμων οσα εαν λαβητε παρα των υιων ισραηλ και δωσετε απ αυτων αφαιρεμα κυριω ααρων τω ιερει
[29] απο παντων των δοματων υμων αφελειτε αφαιρεμα κυριω η απο παντων των απαρχων το ηγιασμενον απ αυτου
[30] και ερεις προς αυτους οταν αφαιρητε την απαρχην απ αυτου και λογισθησεται τοις λευιταις ως γενημα απο αλω και ως γενημα απο ληνου
[31] και εδεσθε αυτο εν παντι τοπω υμεις και οι οικοι υμων οτι μισθος ουτος υμιν εστιν αντι των λειτουργιων υμων των εν τη σκηνη του μαρτυριου
[32] και ου λημψεσθε δι αυτο αμαρτιαν οτι αν αφαιρητε την απαρχην απ αυτου και τα αγια των υιων ισραηλ ου βεβηλωσετε ινα μη αποθανητε

Scripture quotations from the 2018 Robinson-Pierpont edition of the Greek New Testament in the Original Greek, Byzantine Majority Text. It is in the public domain.