The Priests’ Portion

⁸ Then the Lord spoke to Aaron, “Now behold, I Myself have put you in charge of My ^[a](A)offerings, all the holy gifts of the sons of Israel I have given to you as a portion and to your sons as a permanent allotment. ⁹ This shall be yours from the most holy gifts reserved from the fire; every offering of theirs, namely ^(B)every grain offering, every ^(C)sin offering, and every guilt offering, with which they shall make restitution 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, that is, 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 permanent 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 what they give to the Lord, I have given 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)Everything banned from secular use in Israel shall be yours. ^15 [d](I)Every firstborn of the womb of all flesh, whether human or animal, which they offer to the Lord, shall be yours; however you must redeem the human firstborn, and the firstborn of unclean animals you shall redeem. ¹⁶ As to ^[e]their redemption price, from a month old you shall redeem them, by your assessment, five ^[f]shekels in silver by the ^[g]shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs. ¹⁷ But ^(J)the firstborn of an ox, 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 offer up their fat in smoke as an offering by fire, for a soothing aroma to the Lord. ¹⁸ However, their ^[h]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 permanent allotment. It is ^(N)a permanent covenant of salt before the Lord to you and your ^[i]descendants with you.”