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20 Then the Lord said to Aaron, “You shall have no allotment in their land, nor shall you have any share among them; I am your share and your possession among the Israelites.(A)

21 “To the Levites I have given every tithe in Israel for a possession in return for the service that they perform, the service in the tent of meeting.(B) 22 From now on the Israelites shall no longer approach the tent of meeting, or else they will incur guilt and die.(C) 23 But the Levites shall perform the service of the tent of meeting, and they shall bear responsibility for their own offenses; it shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations. But among the Israelites they shall have no allotment,(D) 24 because I have given to the Levites as their portion the tithe of the Israelites, which they set apart as an offering to the Lord. Therefore I have said of them that they shall have no allotment among the Israelites.”

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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. 23 The Levites[e] will perform the service of the tent of assembly, and they will bear their guilt, an eternal decree for all your generations. But they will not receive an inheritance in the midst of the Israelites[f] 24 because the tithes[g] of the Israelites[h] that are offered[i] to Yahweh as a contribution, I have given to the Levites as an inheritance; therefore I said to them, ‘They will not receive an inheritance in the midst of the Israelites.’”[j]

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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”
  5. Numbers 18:23 Hebrew “Levite”
  6. Numbers 18:23 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  7. Numbers 18:24 Hebrew “tithe”
  8. Numbers 18:24 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  9. Numbers 18:24 Hebrew “raised up”
  10. Numbers 18:24 Literally “sons/children of Israel”