20 Then the Lord said to Aaron, “(A)You shall have no inheritance in their land nor own any portion among them; (B)I am your portion and your inheritance among the sons of Israel.

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

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