Numbers 18:8-19

New American Standard Bible 1995

The Priests’ Portion

⁸ Then the Lord spoke to Aaron, “Now behold, I Myself have given you charge of My ^[a](A)offerings, even all the holy gifts of the sons of Israel I have given them to you as a portion and to your sons as a perpetual allotment. ⁹ This shall be yours from the most holy gifts reserved from the fire; every offering of theirs, even ^(B)every grain offering and every ^(C)sin offering and every guilt offering, which they shall render to Me, shall be most holy for you and for your sons. ¹⁰ As the most holy gifts you shall eat it; every male shall eat it. It shall be holy to you. ¹¹ This also is yours, ^(D)the offering of their gift, even all the wave offerings of the sons of Israel; I have ^(E)given them to you and to your sons and daughters with you as a perpetual allotment. Everyone of your household who is clean may eat it. ^12 (F)All the ^[b]best of the fresh oil and all the ^[c]best of the fresh wine and of the grain, the first fruits of those which they give to the Lord, I give them to you. ^13 (G)The first ripe fruits of all that is in their land, which they bring to the Lord, shall be yours; everyone of your household who is clean may eat it. ^14 (H)Every devoted thing in Israel shall be yours. ^15 [d](I)Every first issue of the womb of all flesh, whether man or animal, which they offer to the Lord, shall be yours; nevertheless the firstborn of man you shall surely redeem, and the firstborn of unclean animals you shall redeem. ¹⁶ As to their redemption price, from a month old you shall redeem them, by your valuation, five ^[e]shekels in silver, according to the ^[f]shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs. ¹⁷ But ^(J)the firstborn of an ox or the firstborn of a sheep or the firstborn of a goat, you shall not redeem; they are holy. ^(K)You shall sprinkle their blood on the altar and shall offer up their fat in smoke as an offering by fire, for a soothing aroma to the Lord. ¹⁸ Their ^[g]meat shall be yours; it shall be yours like the ^(L)breast of a wave offering and like the right thigh. ^19 (M)All the offerings of the holy gifts, which the sons of Israel offer to the Lord, I have given to you and your sons and your daughters with you, as a perpetual allotment. It is ^(N)an everlasting covenant of salt before the Lord to you and your ^[h]descendants with you.”