Numbers 18:20-24

GOD’S WORD Translation

²⁰ The Lord said to Aaron, “You will have no land or property of your own as the other Israelites will have. I am your possession and your property among the Israelites.

²¹ “I am giving the Levites one-tenth of every Israelite’s income. This is in return for the work they do at the tent of meeting. ²² The other Israelites must never again come near the tent of meeting. Otherwise, they’ll suffer the consequences of their sin and die. ²³ Only the Levites will do the work at the tent of meeting. They will be responsible for their own sins. This is a permanent law for future generations. They will own no property as the other Israelites will. ²⁴ Instead, I will give the Levites what the Israelites contribute to the Lord—one-tenth of the Israelites’ income. This is why I said about them, ‘They will own no property as the other Israelites do.’ ”