²¹ “To the sons of Levi, behold, I have given all the ^(A)tithe in Israel as an inheritance, in return for their service which they perform, the service of the tent of meeting. ²² And ^(B)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 ^(C)bear their own guilt; it shall be a permanent statute throughout your generations, and among the sons of Israel ^(D)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, ‘^(E)They shall have no inheritance among the sons of Israel.’”