21 For behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they serve in the Tabernacle of the Congregation.

22 Neither shall the children of Israel any more [a]come near the Tabernacle of the Congregation, lest they sustain sin, and die.

23 But the Levites shall do the service in the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and they shall bear [b]their sin: it is a law forever in your generations, that among the children of Israel they possess none inheritance.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 18:22 To serve therein: for the Levites are put in their place.
  2. Numbers 18:23 If they fail in their office, they shall be punished.

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