1 Disse o Senhor a Arão: Tu, e teus filhos, e a casa de teu pai contigo levareis sobre vós a iniquidade relativamente ao santuário; tu e teus filhos contigo levareis sobre vós a iniquidade relativamente ao vosso sacerdócio. 2 Também farás chegar contigo a teus irmãos, a tribo de Levi, a tribo de teu pai, para que se ajuntem a ti e te sirvam, quando tu e teus filhos contigo estiverdes perante a tenda do Testemunho. 3 Farão o serviço que lhes é devido para contigo e para com a tenda; porém não se aproximarão dos utensílios do santuário, nem do altar, para que não morram, nem eles, nem vós. 4 Ajuntar-se-ão a ti e farão todo o serviço da tenda da congregação; o estranho, porém, não se chegará a vós outros. 5 Vós, pois, fareis o serviço do santuário e o do altar, para que não haja outra vez ira contra os filhos de Israel. 6 Eu, eis que tomei vossos irmãos, os levitas, do meio dos filhos de Israel; são dados a vós outros para o Senhor, para servir na tenda da congregação. 7 Mas tu e teus filhos contigo atendereis ao vosso sacerdócio em tudo concernente ao altar, e ao que estiver para dentro do véu, isto é vosso serviço; eu vos tenho entregue o vosso sacerdócio por ofício como dádiva; porém o estranho que se aproximar morrerá.

8 Disse mais o Senhor a Arão: Eis que eu te dei o que foi separado das minhas ofertas, com todas as coisas consagradas dos filhos de Israel; dei-as por direito perpétuo como porção a ti e a teus filhos. 9 Isto terás das coisas santíssimas, não dadas ao fogo: todas as suas ofertas, com todas as suas ofertas de manjares, e com todas as suas ofertas pelo pecado, e com todas as suas ofertas pela culpa, que me apresentarem, serão coisas santíssimas para ti e para teus filhos. 10 No lugar santíssimo, o comerás; todo homem o comerá; ser-te-á santo. 11 Também isto será teu: a oferta das suas dádivas com todas as ofertas movidas dos filhos de Israel; a ti, a teus filhos e a tuas filhas contigo, dei-as por direito perpétuo; todo o que estiver limpo na tua casa as comerá. 12 Todo o melhor do azeite, do mosto e dos cereais, as suas primícias que derem ao Senhor, dei-as a ti. 13 Os primeiros frutos de tudo que houver na terra, que trouxerem ao Senhor, serão teus; todo o que estiver limpo na tua casa os comerá. 14 Toda coisa consagrada irremissivelmente em Israel será tua. 15 Todo o que abrir a madre, de todo ser vivente, que trouxerem ao Senhor, tanto de homens como de animais, será teu; porém os primogênitos dos homens resgatarás; também os primogênitos dos animais imundos resgatarás. 16 O resgate, pois (desde a idade de um mês os resgatarás), será segundo a tua avaliação, por cinco siclos de dinheiro, segundo o siclo do santuário, que é de vinte geras. 17 Mas o primogênito do gado, ou primogênito de ovelhas, ou primogênito de cabra não resgatarás; são santos; o seu sangue aspergirás sobre o altar e a sua gordura queimarás em oferta queimada de aroma agradável ao Senhor. 18 A carne deles será tua, assim como será teu o peito movido e a coxa direita. 19 Todas as ofertas sagradas, que os filhos de Israel oferecerem ao Senhor, dei-as a ti, e a teus filhos, e a tuas filhas contigo, por direito perpétuo; aliança perpétua de sal perante o Senhor é esta, para ti e para tua descendência contigo. 20 Disse também o Senhor a Arão: Na sua terra, herança nenhuma terás e, no meio deles, nenhuma porção terás. Eu sou a tua porção e a tua herança no meio dos filhos de Israel.

21 Aos filhos de Levi dei todos os dízimos em Israel por herança, pelo serviço que prestam, serviço da tenda da congregação. 22 E nunca mais os filhos de Israel se chegarão à tenda da congregação, para que não levem sobre si o pecado e morram. 23 Mas os levitas farão o serviço da tenda da congregação e responderão por suas faltas; estatuto perpétuo é este para todas as vossas gerações. E não terão eles nenhuma herança no meio dos filhos de Israel. 24 Porque os dízimos dos filhos de Israel, que apresentam ao Senhor em oferta, dei-os por herança aos levitas; porquanto eu lhes disse: No meio dos filhos de Israel, nenhuma herança tereis. 25 Disse o Senhor a Moisés: 26 Também falarás aos levitas e lhes dirás: Quando receberdes os dízimos da parte dos filhos de Israel, que vos dei por vossa herança, deles apresentareis uma oferta ao Senhor: o dízimo dos dízimos. 27 Atribuir-se-vos-á a vossa oferta como se fosse cereal da eira e plenitude do lagar. 28 Assim, também apresentareis ao Senhor uma oferta de todos os vossos dízimos que receberdes dos filhos de Israel e deles dareis a oferta do Senhor a Arão, o sacerdote. 29 De todas as vossas dádivas apresentareis toda oferta do Senhor: do melhor delas, a parte que lhe é sagrada. 30 Portanto, lhes dirás: Quando oferecerdes o melhor que há nos dízimos, o restante destes, como se fosse produto da eira e produto do lagar, se contará aos levitas. 31 Comê-lo-eis em todo lugar, vós e a vossa casa, porque é vossa recompensa pelo vosso serviço na tenda da congregação. 32 Pelo que não levareis sobre vós o pecado, quando deles oferecerdes o melhor; e não profanareis as coisas sagradas dos filhos de Israel, para que não morrais.

1 And Jehovah said unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy fathers’ 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, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring thou near with thee, that they may be joined unto thee, and minister unto thee: but thou and thy sons with thee shall be before the tent of the testimony. 3 And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of all the Tent: only they shall not come nigh unto the vessels of the sanctuary and unto the altar, that they die not, neither they, nor ye. 4 And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the tent of meeting, for all the service of the Tent: 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 wrath no 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 a gift, given unto Jehovah, to do the service of the tent of meeting. 7 And thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priesthood for everything of the altar, and for that within the veil; and ye shall serve: I give you the priesthood as a service of gift: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

8 And Jehovah spake unto Aaron, And I, behold, I have given thee the charge of my heave-offerings, even all the hallowed things of the children of Israel; unto thee have I given them by reason of the anointing, and to thy sons, as a portion for ever. 9 This shall be thine of the most holy things, reserved from the fire: every oblation of theirs, even every meal-offering of theirs, and every sin-offering of theirs, and every trespass-offering of theirs, which they shall render unto me, shall be most holy for thee and for thy sons. 10 As the most holy things shalt thou eat thereof; every male shall eat thereof: it shall be holy unto thee. 11 And this is thine: the heave-offering of their gift, even 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, as a portion for ever; every one that is clean in thy house shall eat thereof. 12 All the best of the oil, and all the best of the vintage, and of the grain, the first-fruits of them which they give unto Jehovah, to thee have I given them. 13 The first-ripe fruits of all that is in their land, which they bring unto Jehovah, shall be thine; every one that is clean in thy house shall eat thereof. 14 Everything devoted in Israel shall be thine. 15 Everything that openeth the womb, of all flesh which they offer unto Jehovah, both of man and beast shall be thine: nevertheless the first-born of man shalt thou surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem. 16 And those that are to be redeemed of them from a month old shalt thou redeem, according to thine estimation, for the money of five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary (the same 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 savor unto Jehovah. 18 And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave-breast and as the right thigh, it shall be thine. 19 All the heave-offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer unto Jehovah, have I given thee, and thy sons and thy daughters with thee, as a portion for ever: it is a covenant of salt for ever before Jehovah unto thee and to thy seed with thee. 20 And Jehovah said unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any portion among them: I am thy portion and thine inheritance among the children of Israel.

21 And unto 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 And henceforth the children of Israel shall not come nigh 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 for ever throughout your generations; and among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance. 24 For the tithe of the children of Israel, which they offer as a heave-offering unto Jehovah, I have given to the Levites for an inheritance: therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.

25 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 26 Moreover thou shalt speak unto the Levites, and say unto them, When ye take of the children of Israel the tithe which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then ye shall offer up a heave-offering of it for Jehovah, a tithe of the tithe. 27 And your heave-offering shall be reckoned unto you, as though it were the grain of the threshing-floor, and as the fulness of the winepress. 28 Thus ye also shall offer a heave-offering unto Jehovah of all your tithes, which ye receive of the children of Israel; and thereof ye shall give Jehovah’s heave-offering to Aaron the priest. 29 Out of all your gifts ye shall offer every heave-offering of Jehovah, of all the best thereof, even the hallowed part thereof out of it. 30 Therefore thou shalt say unto them, When ye heave the best thereof from it, then it shall be reckoned unto the Levites as the increase of the threshing-floor, and as the increase of the wine-press. 31 And ye shall eat it in every place, ye and your households: for it is your reward in return for your service in the tent of meeting. 32 And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, when ye have heaved from it the best thereof: and ye shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, that ye die not.

1 The LORD said to Aaron, "You, your sons and your family are to bear the responsibility for offenses connected with the sanctuary, and you and your sons alone are to bear the responsibility for offenses connected with the priesthood.

2 Bring your fellow Levites from your ancestral tribe to join you and assist you when you and your sons minister before the tent of the covenant law.

3 They are to be responsible to you and are to perform all the duties of the tent, but they must not go near the furnishings of the sanctuary or the altar. Otherwise both they and you will die.

4 They are to join you and be responsible for the care of the tent of meeting —all the work at the tent —and no one else may come near where you are.

5 "You are to be responsible for the care of the sanctuary and the altar, so that my wrath will not fall on the Israelites again.

6 I myself have selected your fellow Levites from among the Israelites as a gift to you, dedicated to the LORD to do the work at the tent of meeting.

7 But only you and your sons may serve as priests in connection with everything at the altar and inside the curtain. I am giving you the service of the priesthood as a gift. Anyone else who comes near the sanctuary is to be put to death."

8 Then the LORD said to Aaron, "I myself have put you in charge of the offerings presented to me; all the holy offerings the Israelites give me I give to you and your sons as your portion, your perpetual share.

9 You are to have the part of the most holy offerings that is kept from the fire. From all the gifts they bring me as most holy offerings, whether grain or sin "or guilt offerings, that part belongs to you and your sons.

10 Eat it as something most holy; every male shall eat it. You must regard it as holy.

11 "This also is yours: whatever is set aside from the gifts of all the wave offerings of the Israelites. I give this to you and your sons and daughters as your perpetual share. Everyone in your household who is ceremonially clean may eat it.

12 "I give you all the finest olive oil and all the finest new wine and grain they give the LORD as the firstfruits of their harvest.

13 All the land's firstfruits that they bring to the LORD will be yours. Everyone in your household who is ceremonially clean may eat it.

14 "Everything in Israel that is devoted "to the LORD is yours.

15 The first offspring of every womb, both human and animal, that is offered to the LORD is yours. But you must redeem every firstborn son and every firstborn male of unclean animals.

16 When they are a month old, you must redeem them at the redemption price set at five shekels "of silver, according to the sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs.

17 "But you must not redeem the firstborn of a cow, a sheep or a goat; they are holy. Splash their blood against the altar and burn their fat as a food offering, an aroma pleasing to the LORD.

18 Their meat is to be yours, just as the breast of the wave offering and the right thigh are yours.

19 Whatever is set aside from the holy offerings the Israelites present to the LORD I give to you and your sons and daughters as your perpetual share. It is an everlasting covenant of salt before the LORD for both you and your offspring."

20 The LORD said to Aaron, "You will have no inheritance in their land, nor will you have any share among them; I am your share and your inheritance among the Israelites.

21 "I give to the Levites all the tithes in Israel as their inheritance in return for the work they do while serving at the tent of meeting.

22 From now on the Israelites must not go near the tent of meeting, or they will bear the consequences of their sin and will die.

23 It is the Levites who are to do the work at the tent of meeting and bear the responsibility for any offenses they commit against it. This is a lasting ordinance for the generations to come. They will receive no inheritance among the Israelites.

24 Instead, I give to the Levites as their inheritance the tithes that the Israelites present as an offering to the LORD. That is why I said concerning them: 'They will have no inheritance among the Israelites.'"

25 The LORD said to Moses,

26 "Speak to the Levites and say to them: 'When you receive from the Israelites the tithe I give you as your inheritance, you must present a tenth of that tithe as the LORD's offering.

27 Your offering will be reckoned to you as grain from the threshing floor or juice from the winepress.

28 In this way you also will present an offering to the LORD from all the tithes you receive from the Israelites. From these tithes you must give the LORD's portion to Aaron the priest.

29 You must present as the LORD's portion the best and holiest part of everything given to you.'

30 "Say to the Levites: 'When you present the best part, it will be reckoned to you as the product of the threshing floor or the winepress.

31 You and your households may eat the rest of it anywhere, for it is your wages for your work at the tent of meeting.

32 By presenting the best part of it you will not be guilty in this matter; then you will not defile the holy offerings of the Israelites, and you will not die.'"