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Numbers 18

The Lord said to Aaron, 'You, your sons and your father's house with you will bear the wrongdoing of the sanctuary, and you and your sons with you will bear the wrongdoing of your priesthood.' And bring your brothers too, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, with you — so they can be joined to you and serve you. But you and your s

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The charge of the priests

The Lord said to Aaron, 'You, your sons and your father's house with you will bear the wrongdoing of the sanctuary, and you and your sons with you will bear the wrongdoing of your priesthood.' And bring your brothers too, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, with you — so they can be joined to you and serve you. But you and your sons with you will be before the tent of the testimony. They will keep your charge and the charge of the whole tent. Only they will not approach the vessels of the sanctuary or the altar, so they don't die, and you too. They will be joined to you and keep the charge of the tent of meeting, for all the service of the tent. And no stranger will approach you. And you will keep the charge of the sanctuary and the charge of the altar, so there is no more anger on the Israelites. And look — I have taken your brothers the Levites from among the Israelites. They are a gift to you, given to the Lord, to do the service of the tent of meeting. So you and your sons with you will keep your priesthood for everything about the altar and inside the curtain. And you will serve. I have given your priesthood to you as a gift of service. And the stranger who comes near will be put to death.

And the Lord said to Aaron: You and your sons and your father's house with you will carry the wrongdoing of the holy place. And you and your sons with you will carry the wrongdoing of your priesthood. And bring your brothers too, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, with you — so they can be joined to you and serve you. But you and your sons with you will be in front of the tent of the testimony. And they'll keep your charge and the charge of the whole tent. Only they won't come near the vessels of the holy place or the altar, so they don't die, and you too. And they'll be joined to you and keep the charge of the tent of meeting, for all the service of the tent. And no stranger will come near you. And you'll keep the charge of the holy place and the charge of the altar, so there's no more anger on the people of Israel. And look — I've taken your brothers the Levites from among the people of Israel. They're a gift to you, given to the Lord, to do the service of the tent of meeting. So you and your sons with you will keep your priesthood for everything about the altar and inside the curtain. And you'll serve. I've given your priesthood to you as a gift of service. And the stranger who comes near will be put to death.

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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest’s office for everything 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.

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The Lord said to Aaron, 'You, your sons and your father's house with you will bear the wrongdoing of the sanctuary, and you and your sons with you will bear the wrongdoing of your priesthood.'

Plain English

And the Lord said to Aaron: You and your sons and your father's house with you will carry the wrongdoing of the holy place. And you and your sons with you will carry the wrongdoing of your priesthood.

King James Version, 1611

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.

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And bring your brothers too, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, with you — so they can be joined to you and serve you. But you and your sons with you will be before the tent of the testimony.

Plain English

And bring your brothers too, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, with you — so they can be joined to you and serve you. But you and your sons with you will be in front of the tent of the testimony.

King James Version, 1611

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.

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They will keep your charge and the charge of the whole tent. Only they will not approach the vessels of the sanctuary or the altar, so they don't die, and you too.

Plain English

And they'll keep your charge and the charge of the whole tent. Only they won't come near the vessels of the holy place or the altar, so they don't die, and you too.

King James Version, 1611

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.

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They will be joined to you and keep the charge of the tent of meeting, for all the service of the tent. And no stranger will approach you.

Plain English

And they'll be joined to you and keep the charge of the tent of meeting, for all the service of the tent. And no stranger will come near you.

King James Version, 1611

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.

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And you will keep the charge of the sanctuary and the charge of the altar, so there is no more anger on the Israelites.

Plain English

And you'll keep the charge of the holy place and the charge of the altar, so there's no more anger on the people of Israel.

King James Version, 1611

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.

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And look — I have taken your brothers the Levites from among the Israelites. They are a gift to you, given to the Lord, to do the service of the tent of meeting.

Plain English

And look — I've taken your brothers the Levites from among the people of Israel. They're a gift to you, given to the Lord, to do the service of the tent of meeting.

King James Version, 1611

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.

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So you and your sons with you will keep your priesthood for everything about the altar and inside the curtain. And you will serve. I have given your priesthood to you as a gift of service. And the stranger who comes near will be put to death.

Plain English

So you and your sons with you will keep your priesthood for everything about the altar and inside the curtain. And you'll serve. I've given your priesthood to you as a gift of service. And the stranger who comes near will be put to death.

King James Version, 1611

Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest’s office for everything 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.

What's given to the priests

The Lord spoke to Aaron: I have given you the charge of my heave offerings, of all the holy things of the Israelites. I have given them to you because of the anointing, and to your sons, as a permanent rule. This will be yours of the most holy things, kept from the fire: every offering of theirs, every grain offering of theirs and every sin offering of theirs and every guilt offering of theirs that they give me, will be most holy for you and for your sons. 'You will eat it in the most holy place. Every male will eat it. It will be holy to you.' And this is yours: the heave offering of their gift, with all the wave offerings of the Israelites. I have given them to you and to your sons and to your daughters with you, as a permanent rule. Everyone clean in your house will eat it. All the best of the oil and all the best of the wine and of the wheat, the firstfruits of them that they offer to the Lord, I have given them to you. And whatever is first ripe in the land, that they bring to the Lord, will be yours. Everyone clean in your house will eat it. Everything set apart in Israel will be yours. Everything that opens the womb of all flesh that they bring to the Lord, of men or of animals, will be yours. But you will definitely redeem the firstborn of man, and you will redeem the firstborn of unclean animals. And those to be redeemed, from a month old you will redeem, for the money of five shekels by the shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs. But the firstborn of a cow or the firstborn of a sheep or the firstborn of a goat you will not redeem. They are holy. You will throw their blood on the altar and burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a pleasing aroma to the Lord. And their flesh will be yours, like the wave breast and like the right thigh. All the heave offerings of the holy things that the Israelites offer to the Lord, I have given to you and to your sons and to your daughters with you, as a permanent rule. It is a covenant of salt forever before the Lord for you and for your offspring with you. The Lord said to Aaron, 'You will have no inheritance in their land and no part among them. I am your part and your inheritance among the Israelites.'

And the Lord spoke to Aaron: Look — I've given you the charge of my lifted offerings, of all the holy things of the people of Israel. I've given them to you because of the anointing, and to your sons, by a rule forever. This will be yours of the most holy things, kept from the fire: every offering of theirs, every grain offering of theirs and every sin offering of theirs and every guilt offering of theirs that they give me, will be most holy for you and for your sons. You'll eat it in the most holy place. Every male will eat it. It'll be holy to you. And this is yours: the lifted offering of their gift, with all the wave offerings of the people of Israel. I've given them to you and to your sons and to your daughters with you, by a rule forever. Everyone clean in your house will eat it. All the best of the oil and all the best of the wine and of the wheat, the firstfruits of them that they offer to the Lord, I've given them to you. And whatever is first ripe in the land, that they bring to the Lord, will be yours. Everyone clean in your house will eat it. Everything set apart in Israel will be yours. Everything that opens the womb of all flesh that they bring to the Lord, of men or of animals, will be yours. But you'll definitely redeem the firstborn of man, and you'll redeem the firstborn of unclean animals. And the ones to be redeemed, from a month old you'll redeem, for the money of five shekels by the shekel of the holy place, which is twenty gerahs. But the firstborn of a cow or the firstborn of a sheep or the firstborn of a goat you won't redeem. They're holy. You'll throw their blood on the altar and burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a pleasing smell to the Lord. And their flesh will be yours, like the wave breast and like the right thigh. All the lifted offerings of the holy things that the people of Israel offer to the Lord, I've given to you and to your sons and to your daughters with you, by a rule forever. It's a covenant of salt forever in front of the Lord for you and for your offspring with you. And the Lord spoke to Aaron: You won't have any inheritance in their land, and you won't have any share among them. I'm your share and your inheritance among the people of Israel.

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. This shall be thine of the most holy things, reserved from the fire: every oblation of theirs, every meat 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. In the most holy place shalt thou eat it; every male shall eat it: it shall be holy unto thee. 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. 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. 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. Every thing devoted in Israel shall be thine. 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. 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. 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. And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave breast and as the right shoulder are thine. 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. 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.

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The Lord spoke to Aaron: I have given you the charge of my heave offerings, of all the holy things of the Israelites. I have given them to you because of the anointing, and to your sons, as a permanent rule.

Plain English

And the Lord spoke to Aaron: Look — I've given you the charge of my lifted offerings, of all the holy things of the people of Israel. I've given them to you because of the anointing, and to your sons, by a rule forever.

King James Version, 1611

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.

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This will be yours of the most holy things, kept from the fire: every offering of theirs, every grain offering of theirs and every sin offering of theirs and every guilt offering of theirs that they give me, will be most holy for you and for your sons.

King James Version, 1611

This shall be thine of the most holy things, reserved from the fire: every oblation of theirs, every meat 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.

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'You will eat it in the most holy place. Every male will eat it. It will be holy to you.'

Plain English

You'll eat it in the most holy place. Every male will eat it. It'll be holy to you.

King James Version, 1611

In the most holy place shalt thou eat it; every male shall eat it: it shall be holy unto thee.

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And this is yours: the heave offering of their gift, with all the wave offerings of the Israelites. I have given them to you and to your sons and to your daughters with you, as a permanent rule. Everyone clean in your house will eat it.

Plain English

And this is yours: the lifted offering of their gift, with all the wave offerings of the people of Israel. I've given them to you and to your sons and to your daughters with you, by a rule forever. Everyone clean in your house will eat it.

King James Version, 1611

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.

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All the best of the oil and all the best of the wine and of the wheat, the firstfruits of them that they offer to the Lord, I have given them to you.

Plain English

All the best of the oil and all the best of the wine and of the wheat, the firstfruits of them that they offer to the Lord, I've given them to you.

King James Version, 1611

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.

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And whatever is first ripe in the land, that they bring to the Lord, will be yours. Everyone clean in your house will eat it.

King James Version, 1611

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

Everything set apart in Israel will be yours.

King James Version, 1611

Every thing devoted in Israel shall be thine.

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Everything that opens the womb of all flesh that they bring to the Lord, of men or of animals, will be yours. But you will definitely redeem the firstborn of man, and you will redeem the firstborn of unclean animals.

Plain English

Everything that opens the womb of all flesh that they bring to the Lord, of men or of animals, will be yours. But you'll definitely redeem the firstborn of man, and you'll redeem the firstborn of unclean animals.

King James Version, 1611

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.

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And those to be redeemed, from a month old you will redeem, for the money of five shekels by the shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs.

Plain English

And the ones to be redeemed, from a month old you'll redeem, for the money of five shekels by the shekel of the holy place, which is twenty gerahs.

King James Version, 1611

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.

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But the firstborn of a cow or the firstborn of a sheep or the firstborn of a goat you will not redeem. They are holy. You will throw their blood on the altar and burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a pleasing aroma to the Lord.

Plain English

But the firstborn of a cow or the firstborn of a sheep or the firstborn of a goat you won't redeem. They're holy. You'll throw their blood on the altar and burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a pleasing smell to the Lord.

King James Version, 1611

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.

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And their flesh will be yours, like the wave breast and like the right thigh.

King James Version, 1611

And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave breast and as the right shoulder are thine.

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All the heave offerings of the holy things that the Israelites offer to the Lord, I have given to you and to your sons and to your daughters with you, as a permanent rule. It is a covenant of salt forever before the Lord for you and for your offspring with you.

Plain English

All the lifted offerings of the holy things that the people of Israel offer to the Lord, I've given to you and to your sons and to your daughters with you, by a rule forever. It's a covenant of salt forever in front of the Lord for you and for your offspring with you.

King James Version, 1611

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.

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The Lord said to Aaron, 'You will have no inheritance in their land and no part among them. I am your part and your inheritance among the Israelites.'

Plain English

And the Lord spoke to Aaron: You won't have any inheritance in their land, and you won't have any share among them. I'm your share and your inheritance among the people of Israel.

King James Version, 1611

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.

The tenth for the Levites

And look — I have given the sons of Levi all the tenth in Israel as an inheritance, for their service that they serve, the service of the tent of meeting. The Israelites will not approach the tent of meeting from now on, so they don't carry sin and die. But the Levites will do the service of the tent of meeting, and they will carry their wrongdoing. It will be a permanent rule through your generations, that among the Israelites they will have no inheritance. But the tenth of the Israelites that they offer as a heave offering to the Lord, I have given to the Levites as an inheritance. That is why I have said to them: Among the Israelites they will have no inheritance. The Lord spoke to Moses: Speak to the Levites and say to them: When you take from the Israelites the tenth I have given you from them as your inheritance, then you will offer a heave offering of it for the Lord, a tenth of the tenth. And your heave offering will be counted for you as though it were the grain of the threshing floor and the fullness of the winepress. That is how you will offer a heave offering to the Lord too, of all your tenths that you get from the Israelites. And you will give of it the Lord's heave offering to Aaron the priest. Out of all your gifts you will offer every heave offering of the Lord, of all the best of it, the holy part of it. So say to them: When you've lifted the best of it, then it will be counted for the Levites as the harvest of the threshing floor and as the harvest of the winepress. And you will eat it in every place, you and your households. Because it is your wages for your service in the tent of meeting. 'You will bear no sin because of it once you have offered the best of it. Do not profane the holy things of the Israelites, or you will die.'

And look — I've given the sons of Levi all the tenth in Israel as an inheritance, for their service that they serve, the service of the tent of meeting. And the people of Israel won't come near the tent of meeting from now on, so they don't carry sin and die. But the Levites will do the service of the tent of meeting, and they'll carry their wrongdoing. It'll be a rule forever through your generations, that among the people of Israel they'll have no inheritance. But the tenth of the people of Israel that they offer as a lifted offering to the Lord, I've given to the Levites as an inheritance. That's why I've said to them: Among the people of Israel they'll have no inheritance. And the Lord spoke to Moses: Speak to the Levites and say to them: When you take from the people of Israel the tenth I've given you from them as your inheritance, then you'll offer a lifted offering of it for the Lord, a tenth of the tenth. And your lifted offering will be counted for you as though it were the grain of the threshing floor and the fullness of the winepress. That's how you'll offer a lifted offering to the Lord too, of all your tenths that you get from the people of Israel. And you'll give of it the Lord's lifted offering to Aaron the priest. Out of all your gifts you'll offer every lifted offering of the Lord, of all the best of it, the holy part of it. So say to them: When you've lifted the best of it, then it'll be counted for the Levites as the harvest of the threshing floor and as the harvest of the winepress. And you'll eat it in every place, you and your households. Because it's your wages for your service in the tent of meeting. And you won't carry sin because of it, when you've lifted the best of it. And you won't make the holy things of the people of Israel common, so you don't die.

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. Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh the tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die. 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. 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. And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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.

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And look — I have given the sons of Levi all the tenth in Israel as an inheritance, for their service that they serve, the service of the tent of meeting.

Plain English

And look — I've given the sons of Levi all the tenth in Israel as an inheritance, for their service that they serve, the service of the tent of meeting.

King James Version, 1611

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.

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The Israelites will not approach the tent of meeting from now on, so they don't carry sin and die.

Plain English

And the people of Israel won't come near the tent of meeting from now on, so they don't carry sin and die.

King James Version, 1611

Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh the tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die.

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But the Levites will do the service of the tent of meeting, and they will carry their wrongdoing. It will be a permanent rule through your generations, that among the Israelites they will have no inheritance.

Plain English

But the Levites will do the service of the tent of meeting, and they'll carry their wrongdoing. It'll be a rule forever through your generations, that among the people of Israel they'll have no inheritance.

King James Version, 1611

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.

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But the tenth of the Israelites that they offer as a heave offering to the Lord, I have given to the Levites as an inheritance. That is why I have said to them: Among the Israelites they will have no inheritance.

Plain English

But the tenth of the people of Israel that they offer as a lifted offering to the Lord, I've given to the Levites as an inheritance. That's why I've said to them: Among the people of Israel they'll have no inheritance.

King James Version, 1611

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.

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The Lord spoke to Moses:

Plain English

And the Lord spoke to Moses:

King James Version, 1611

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

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Speak to the Levites and say to them: When you take from the Israelites the tenth I have given you from them as your inheritance, then you will offer a heave offering of it for the Lord, a tenth of the tenth.

Plain English

Speak to the Levites and say to them: When you take from the people of Israel the tenth I've given you from them as your inheritance, then you'll offer a lifted offering of it for the Lord, a tenth of the tenth.

King James Version, 1611

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.

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And your heave offering will be counted for you as though it were the grain of the threshing floor and the fullness of the winepress.

Plain English

And your lifted offering will be counted for you as though it were the grain of the threshing floor and the fullness of the winepress.

King James Version, 1611

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.

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That is how you will offer a heave offering to the Lord too, of all your tenths that you get from the Israelites. And you will give of it the Lord's heave offering to Aaron the priest.

Plain English

That's how you'll offer a lifted offering to the Lord too, of all your tenths that you get from the people of Israel. And you'll give of it the Lord's lifted offering to Aaron the priest.

King James Version, 1611

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.

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Out of all your gifts you will offer every heave offering of the Lord, of all the best of it, the holy part of it.

Plain English

Out of all your gifts you'll offer every lifted offering of the Lord, of all the best of it, the holy part of it.

King James Version, 1611

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.

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So say to them: When you've lifted the best of it, then it will be counted for the Levites as the harvest of the threshing floor and as the harvest of the winepress.

Plain English

So say to them: When you've lifted the best of it, then it'll be counted for the Levites as the harvest of the threshing floor and as the harvest of the winepress.

King James Version, 1611

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.

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And you will eat it in every place, you and your households. Because it is your wages for your service in the tent of meeting.

Plain English

And you'll eat it in every place, you and your households. Because it's your wages for your service in the tent of meeting.

King James Version, 1611

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

'You will bear no sin because of it once you have offered the best of it. Do not profane the holy things of the Israelites, or you will die.'

Plain English

And you won't carry sin because of it, when you've lifted the best of it. And you won't make the holy things of the people of Israel common, so you don't die.

King James Version, 1611

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.