F.
The Levitical service and the Aaronic priesthood, with their reward
18:1-32
1.
The Levitical service and the Aaronic priesthood
vv. 1-7
Num. 18
:1
18:1
Then Jehovah
1said to Aaron, You and your sons and your father’s household with you shall
abear the iniquity of the sanctuary; and you and your sons with you shall bear the
2iniquity of your priesthood.
Num. 18
:2
18:2
And your brothers also, the tribe of
1Levi, the tribe of your father, bring near with you, so that they may be joined to you and
aminister to you, while you and your sons with you are before the Tent of the Testimony.
Num. 18
:3
18:3
And they shall keep your charge and the charge of all the
atent, but they shall
bnot come near to the furnishings of the sanctuary and to the altar, so that they do not die, neither they nor you.
Num. 18
:4
18:4
And they shall be joined to you and keep the charge of the Tent of Meeting for all the service of the tent, but a stranger shall not come near to you.
Num. 18
:5
18:5
And you shall keep the charge of the
1sanctuary and the charge of the
1altar, so that there may be no more wrath upon the children of Israel.
Num. 18
:6
18:6
And I Myself have taken your brothers the Levites from among the children of Israel. They are a
1agift to you, given to Jehovah, to do the service of the Tent of Meeting.
Num. 18
:7
18:7
But you and your sons with you shall attend to your priesthood for everything concerning the altar and
awithin the veil, and you shall carry out your service. I give you the
bpriesthood as a service of
1gift, but the stranger who comes near shall be put to death.
2.
The reward
vv. 8-32
a.
To Aaron and his sons as the priests
vv. 8-20
Num. 18
:8
18:8
Then Jehovah spoke to Aaron, And I Myself have given you charge of My heave offerings, even all the holy things of the children of Israel; I have given them to you because of the
aanointing, and to your sons, as a perpetual statute.
Num. 18
:9
18:9
This shall be yours of the most holy things,
1kept from the fire. Every offering of theirs, even every
ameal 2offering of theirs and every
bsin offering of theirs and every
ctrespass offering of theirs, which they shall render to Me, shall be
3most holy for you and for your sons.
Num. 18
:10
18:10
As the most holy things you shall
aeat it; every
1male shall eat it; it shall be holy to you.
Num. 18
:11
18:11
This also is yours, the
aheave offering of their gift, even all the
bwave offerings of the children of Israel. I have given them to
cyou and to your
1sons and to your
1daughters with you, as a perpetual statute; everyone who is clean in your house may
deat it.
Num. 18
:12
18:12
All the
1best of the
aoil, and all the
1best of the new wine and of the grain, their
bfirstfruits that they give to Jehovah, I have given to you.
Num. 18
:13
18:13
The firstfruits of all that is in their land, which they bring to Jehovah, shall be yours; everyone who is clean in your house may eat it.
Num. 18
:14
18:14
Everything adevoted in Israel shall be yours.
Num. 18
:15
18:15
Everything that
aopens the womb of all flesh, which they present to Jehovah, whether human or animal, shall be yours; nevertheless the firstborn of human beings you shall surely
1bredeem, and the firstborn of unclean animals you shall redeem.
Num. 18
:16
18:16
And those who are to be redeemed from a month old you shall redeem, according to your estimation, for
afive shekels of silver, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs.
Num. 18
:17
18:17
But the
afirstborn of a cow or the firstborn of a sheep or the firstborn of a goat you shall not redeem; they are holy. You shall sprinkle their blood upon the altar and burn their fat as an offering by fire for a satisfying fragrance to Jehovah.
Num. 18
:18
18:18
But their flesh shall be yours; like the breast of the
awave offering and like the right thigh, it shall be yours.
Num. 18
:19
18:19
All the
aheave offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer to Jehovah, I have given to you and to your sons and your daughters with you, as a perpetual statute. It is a
1bcovenant of salt forever before Jehovah for you and for your descendants with you.
Num. 18
:20
18:20
And Jehovah said to Aaron,
aYou shall have
1no inheritance in their land, nor shall you have any portion among them; I am your
bportion and your inheritance among the children of Israel.
b.
To the Levites as the serving ones in the Tent of Meeting
vv. 21-32
Num. 18
:21
18:21
And to the children of Levi I have now given every
1atithe in Israel for an inheritance in return for their service which they carry out, the service of the Tent of Meeting.
Num. 18
:22
18:22
From now on the children of Israel shall not come near the Tent of Meeting, so that they do not incur sin and die.
Num. 18
:23
18:23
But the Levites shall do the
aservice of the Tent of Meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity; it shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations. And among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.
Num. 18
:24
18:24
For the tithe of the children of Israel, which they offer as a heave offering to Jehovah, 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.
Num. 18
:25
18:25
Then Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
Num. 18
:26
18:26
Moreover you shall speak to the Levites and say to them, When you take from the children of Israel the tithe which I have given you from them as your inheritance, then you shall offer up a
1aheave offering from it for Jehovah, a
btithe of the tithe.
Num. 18
:27
18:27
And your heave offering shall be reckoned to you as though it were the grain of the threshing floor and the fullness of the wine press.
Num. 18
:28
18:28
Thus you shall also offer a heave offering to Jehovah from all your tithes, which you receive from the children of Israel; and from it you shall give
aJehovah’s heave offering to
1Aaron the priest.
Num. 18
:29
18:29
Out of all your gifts you shall offer every heave offering of Jehovah, from all the best of it, the sanctified portion of it from them.
Num. 18
:30
18:30
Therefore you shall say to them, When you heave from it the best of it, then it shall be reckoned to the Levites as though it were the produce of the threshing floor and the produce of the wine press.
Num. 18
:31
18:31
And you may
aeat it in every place, you and your households, for it is your
1reward in return for your service in the Tent of Meeting.
Num. 18
:32
18:32
And you shall bear no sin by reason of it, when you have heaved from it the best of it. But you shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, so that you do not die.
