20 Then the Lord said to Aaron: “You shall have (A)no inheritance in their land, nor shall you have any portion among them; (B)I am your portion and your inheritance among the children of Israel.

Tithes for Support of the Levites

21 “Behold, (C)I have given the children of Levi all the tithes in Israel as [a]an inheritance in return for the work which they perform, (D)the work of the tabernacle of meeting. 22 (E)Hereafter the children of Israel shall not come near the tabernacle of meeting, (F)lest they bear sin and die.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 18:21 a possession

20 The Lord said to Aaron, “You will have no inheritance in their land, nor will you have any share among them;(A) I am your share and your inheritance(B) among the Israelites.

21 “I give to the Levites all the tithes(C) in Israel as their inheritance(D) in return for the work they do while serving at the tent of meeting.(E) 22 From now on the Israelites must not go near the tent of meeting, or they will bear the consequences of their sin and will die.(F)

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