Num 18:21-30 | NASB2020 | STEP | “To the sons of Levi , behold , I have given all the tithe in Israel as an inheritance , in return for their service which they perform , the service of the tent of meeting .

Numbers 18:21-30

21 “To the sons of Levi, behold, I have given all the ^atithe in Israel as an inheritance, in return for their service which they perform, the service of the tent of meeting. 22 And ^bthe sons of Israel shall not come near the tent of meeting again, or they will bring sin on themselves and die. 23 Only the Levites shall perform the service of the tent of meeting, and they shall ^cbear their own guilt; it shall be a permanent statute throughout your generations, and among the sons of Israel ^dthey shall have no inheritance. 24 For 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, ‘ ^eThey shall have no inheritance among the sons of Israel.’”

25 Then 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 ^fthe tithe which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then you shall present an offering from it to the Lord, a ^gtithe of the tithe. 27 Your offering shall be credited to you like the grain from the threshing floor or the full produce from the wine vat. 28 So 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. 29 Out of all your gifts you shall present every offering due to the Lord, from all the ^{▼▼Lit fat}best of them, ^{▼▼Lit its}the sacred part from them.’ 30 And you shall say to them, ‘When you have ^{▼▼Lit lifted}offered 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.