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20 Then Yahweh said to Aaron, “You will not receive an inheritance in their land, and there will not be a plot of ground for you in the midst of the Israelites.[a]

21 “Behold, I have given to the descendants[b] of Levi every tithe in Israel as an inheritance in return for their service, which they are doing, the work of the tent of assembly. 22 The Israelites[c] will not come near again to the tent of assembly, or they will bear sin[d] and die.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 18:20 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  2. Numbers 18:21 Or “sons”
  3. Numbers 18:22 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  4. Numbers 18:22 The NRSV translates “they will incur guilt”

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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