Numbers 18:6-8
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
6 It is I who now take your brother Levites from among the Israelites; they are now yours as a gift, dedicated to the Lord, to perform the service of the tent of meeting. 7 But you and your sons with you shall diligently perform your priestly duties in all that concerns the altar and the area behind the curtain. I give your priesthood as a gift;[a] any outsider who approaches shall be put to death.
The Priests’ Portion
8 The Lord spoke to Aaron: I have given you charge of the offerings made to me, all the holy gifts of the Israelites; I have given them to you and your sons as a priestly portion due to you in perpetuity.
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- Numbers 18:7 Heb as a service of gift
Numbers 18:6-8
New International Version
6 I myself have selected your fellow Levites from among the Israelites as a gift to you,(A) dedicated to the Lord to do the work at the tent of meeting.(B) 7 But only you and your sons may serve as priests in connection with everything at the altar and inside the curtain.(C) I am giving you the service of the priesthood as a gift.(D) Anyone else who comes near the sanctuary is to be put to death.(E)”
Offerings for Priests and Levites
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,(F) your perpetual share.(G)
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