Numbers 18:22-24

Good News Translation

²² The other Israelites must no longer approach the Tent and in this way bring on themselves the penalty of death. ²³ From now on only the Levites will take care of the Tent and bear the full responsibility for it. This is a permanent rule that applies also to your descendants. The Levites shall have no permanent property in Israel, ²⁴ because I have given to them as their possession the tithe which the Israelites present to me as a special contribution. That is why I told them that they would have no permanent property in Israel.”