Numbers 18:20-26

New American Standard Bible

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

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

²⁵ Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ²⁶ “Moreover, you shall speak to the Levites and say to them, ‘When you take from the sons of Israel ^(H)the tithe which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then you shall present an offering from it to the Lord, a ^(I)tithe of the tithe.