³⁰ ‘Thus ^(A)all the tithe of the land, of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the tree, is the Lord’s; it is holy to the Lord. ³¹ If, therefore, a man wishes to redeem part of his tithe, he shall add to it one-fifth of it. ³² For every tenth part of herd or flock, whatever ^(B)passes under the rod, the tenth one shall be holy to the Lord. ^33 (C)He is not to be concerned whether it is good or bad, nor shall he exchange it; or if he does exchange it, then both it and its substitute shall become holy. It shall not be redeemed.’”

²¹ “To the sons of Levi, behold, I have given all the ^(A)tithe in Israel for an inheritance, in return for their service which they perform, the service of the tent of meeting. ^22 (B)The sons of Israel shall not come near the tent of meeting again, or they will bear sin and die. ²³ Only the Levites shall perform the service of the tent of meeting, and they shall ^(C)bear their iniquity; it shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations, and among the sons of Israel ^(D)they 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 for an inheritance; therefore I have said concerning them, ‘^(E)They shall have no inheritance among the sons of Israel.’”

⁴ Also he ^[a]commanded the people who lived in Jerusalem to give ^(A)the portion due to the priests and the Levites, that they might devote themselves to ^(B)the law of the Lord.

⁴⁴ On that day ^(A)men were also appointed over the chambers for the stores, the contributions, the first fruits and the tithes, to gather into them from the fields of the cities the portions required by the law for the priests and Levites; for Judah rejoiced over the priests and Levites who ^[a]served.