Numbers 18:12-30

121All the 2best of the fresh oil and all the 3best of the fresh wine and of the grain, the first fruits of what they give to the Lord, I have given them to you. 134The first ripe fruits of all that is in their land, which they bring to the Lord, shall be yours; everyone of your household who is clean may eat it. 145Everything banned from secular use in Israel shall be yours. 1567Every firstborn of the womb of all flesh, whether human or animal, which they offer to the Lord, shall be yours; however you must redeem the human firstborn, and the firstborn of unclean animals you shall redeem. 16As to 8their redemption price, from a month old you shall redeem them, by your assessment, five 9shekels in silver by the 10shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs. 17But 11the firstborn of an ox, the firstborn of a sheep, or the firstborn of a goat, you shall not redeem; they are holy. 12You shall sprinkle their blood on the altar and offer up their fat in smoke as an offering by fire, for a soothing aroma to the Lord. 18However, their 13meat shall be yours; it shall be yours like the 14breast of a wave offering and like the right thigh. 1915All the offerings of the holy gifts, which the sons of Israel offer to the Lord, I have given to you and your sons and your daughters with you, as a permanent allotment. It is 16a permanent covenant of salt before the Lord to you and your 17descendants with you.” 20Then the Lord said to Aaron, “18You shall have no inheritance in their land nor own any portion among them; 19I am your portion and your inheritance among the sons of Israel.

21“To the sons of Levi, behold, I have given all the 20tithe in Israel as an inheritance, in return for their service which they perform, the service of the tent of meeting. 22And 21the sons of Israel shall not come near the tent of meeting again, or they will bring sin on themselves and die. 23Only the Levites shall perform the service of the tent of meeting, and they shall 22bear their own guilt; it shall be a permanent statute throughout your generations, and among the sons of Israel 23they shall have no inheritance. 24For the tithe of the sons of Israel, which they offer as an offering to the Lord, I have given to the Levites as an inheritance; therefore I have said concerning them, ‘24They shall have no inheritance among the sons of Israel.’”

25Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 26“Moreover, you shall speak to the Levites and say to them, ‘When you take from the sons of Israel 25the tithe which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then you shall present an offering from it to the Lord, a 26tithe of the tithe. 27Your offering shall be credited to you like the grain from the threshing floor or the full produce from the wine vat. 28So you shall also present an offering to the Lord from all your tithes, which you receive from the sons of Israel; and from it you shall give the Lord’s offering to Aaron the priest. 29Out of all your gifts you shall present every offering due to the Lord, from all the 27best of them, 28the sacred part from them.’ 30And you shall say to them, ‘When you have 29offered from it the best of it, then the rest shall be credited to the Levites like the product of the threshing floor, and like the product of the wine vat.