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And the LORD[H3068]said[H559] unto Aaron[H175], Thou and thy sons[H1121] and thy father's house[H1004] with thee shall bear[H5375] the iniquity[H5771] of the sanctuary[H4720]: and thou and thy sons[H1121] with thee shall bear[H5375] the iniquity[H5771] of your priesthood[H3550].
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And thy brethren[H251] also of the tribe[H4294] of Levi[H3878], the tribe[H7626] of thy father[H1], bring[H7126] thou with thee, that they may be joined[H3867] unto thee, and minister[H8334] unto thee: but thou and thy sons[H1121] with thee shall minister[H8334]before[H6440] the tabernacle[H168] of witness[H5715].
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And they shall keep[H8104] thy charge[H4931], and the charge[H4931] of all the tabernacle[H168]: only they shall not come nigh[H7126] the vessels[H3627] of the sanctuary[H6944] and the altar[H4196], that neither they, nor ye also, die[H4191].
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And they shall be joined[H3867] unto thee, and keep[H8104] the charge[H4931] of the tabernacle[H168] of the congregation[H4150], for all the service[H5656] of the tabernacle[H168]: and a stranger[H2114] shall not come nigh[H7126] unto you.
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And ye shall keep[H8104] the charge[H4931] of the sanctuary[H6944], and the charge[H4931] of the altar[H4196]: that there be no wrath[H7110] any more upon the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478].
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And I, behold, I have taken[H3947] your brethren[H251] the Levites[H3881] from among[H8432] the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478]: to you they are given[H5414] as a gift[H4979] for the LORD[H3068], to do[H5647] the service[H5656] of the tabernacle[H168] of the congregation[H4150].
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Therefore thou and thy sons[H1121] with thee shall keep[H8104] your priest's office[H3550] for every thing[H1697] of the altar[H4196], and within[H1004] the vail[H6532]; and ye shall serve[H5647]: I have given[H5414] your priest's office[H3550] unto you as a service[H5656] of gift[H4979]: and the stranger[H2114] that cometh nigh[H7131] shall be put to death[H4191].
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And the LORD[H3068]spake[H1696] unto Aaron[H175], Behold, I also have given[H5414] thee the charge[H4931] of mine heave offerings[H8641] of all the hallowed things[H6944] of the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478]; unto thee have I given[H5414] them by reason of the anointing[H4888], and to thy sons[H1121], by an ordinance[H2706] for ever[H5769].
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This shall be thine of the most[H6944]holy[H6944]things[H6944], reserved from the fire[H784]: every oblation[H7133] of theirs, every meat offering[H4503] of theirs, and every sin offering[H2403] of theirs, and every trespass offering[H817] of theirs, which they shall render[H7725] unto me, shall be most[H6944]holy[H6944] for thee and for thy sons[H1121].
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In the most[H6944]holy[H6944] place shalt thou eat[H398] it; every male[H2145] shall eat[H398] it: it shall be holy[H6944] unto thee.
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And this is thine; the heave offering[H8641] of their gift[H4976], with all the wave offerings[H8573] of the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478]: I have given[H5414] them unto thee, and to thy sons[H1121] and to thy daughters[H1323] with thee, by a statute[H2706] for ever[H5769]: every one that is clean[H2889] in thy house[H1004] shall eat[H398] of it.
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All the best[H2459] of the oil[H3323], and all the best[H2459] of the wine[H8492], and of the wheat[H1715], the firstfruits[H7225] of them which they shall offer[H5414] unto the LORD[H3068], them have I given[H5414] thee.
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And whatsoever is first ripe[H1061] in the land[H776], which they shall bring[H935] unto the LORD[H3068], shall be thine; every one that is clean[H2889] in thine house[H1004] shall eat[H398] of it.
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Every thing devoted[H2764] in Israel[H3478] shall be thine.
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Every thing that openeth[H6363] the matrix[H7358] in all flesh[H1320], which they bring[H7126] unto the LORD[H3068], whether it be of men[H120] or beasts[H929], shall be thine: nevertheless the firstborn[H1060] of man[H120] shalt thou surely[H6299]redeem[H6299], and the firstling[H1060] of unclean[H2931]beasts[H929] shalt thou redeem[H6299].
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And those that are to be redeemed[H6299] from a month[H2320]old[H1121] shalt thou redeem[H6299], according to thine estimation[H6187], for the money[H3701] of five[H2568]shekels[H8255], after the shekel[H8255] of the sanctuary[H6944], which is twenty[H6242]gerahs[H1626].
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But the firstling[H1060] of a cow[H7794], or the firstling[H1060] of a sheep[H3775], or the firstling[H1060] of a goat[H5795], thou shalt not redeem[H6299]; they are holy[H6944]: thou shalt sprinkle[H2236] their blood[H1818] upon the altar[H4196], and shalt burn[H6999] their fat[H2459] for an offering made by fire[H801], for a sweet[H5207]savour[H7381] unto the LORD[H3068].
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And the flesh[H1320] of them shall be thine, as the wave[H8573]breast[H2373] and as the right[H3225]shoulder[H7785] are thine.
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All the heave offerings[H8641] of the holy things[H6944], which the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478]offer[H7311] unto the LORD[H3068], have I given[H5414] thee, and thy sons[H1121] and thy daughters[H1323] with thee, by a statute[H2706] for ever[H5769]: it is a covenant[H1285] of salt[H4417] for ever[H5769]before[H6440] the LORD[H3068] unto thee and to thy seed[H2233] with thee.
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And the LORD[H3068]spake[H559] unto Aaron[H175], Thou shalt have no inheritance[H5157] in their land[H776], neither shalt thou have any part[H2506]among[H8432] them: I am thy part[H2506] and thine inheritance[H5159]among[H8432] the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478].
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And, behold, I have given[H5414] the children[H1121] of Levi[H3878] all the tenth[H4643] in Israel[H3478]for[H2500] an inheritance[H5159], for[H2500] their service[H5656] which they serve[H5647], even the service[H5656] of the tabernacle[H168] of the congregation[H4150].
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Neither must the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478]henceforth[H5750] come nigh[H7126] the tabernacle[H168] of the congregation[H4150], lest they bear[H5375]sin[H2399], and die[H4191].
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But the Levites[H3881] shall do[H5647] the service[H5656] of the tabernacle[H168] of the congregation[H4150], and they shall bear[H5375] their iniquity[H5771]: it shall be a statute[H2708] for ever[H5769] throughout your generations[H1755], that among[H8432] the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] they have[H5157] no inheritance[H5159].
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But the tithes[H4643] of the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478], which they offer[H7311] as an heave offering[H8641] unto the LORD[H3068], I have[H5157]given[H5414] to the Levites[H3881] to inherit[H5159]: therefore I have[H5157]said[H559] unto them, Among[H8432] the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] they shall have[H5157] no inheritance[H5159].
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And the LORD[H3068]spake[H1696] unto Moses[H4872], saying[H559],
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Thus speak[H1696] unto the Levites[H3881], and say[H559] unto them, When ye take[H3947] of the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] the tithes[H4643] which I have given[H5414] you from them for your inheritance[H5159], then ye shall offer[H7311] up an heave offering[H8641] of it for the LORD[H3068], even a tenth[H4643] part of the tithe[H4643].
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And this your heave offering[H8641] shall be reckoned[H2803] unto you, as though it were the corn[H1715] of the threshingfloor[H1637], and as the fulness[H4395] of the winepress[H3342].
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Thus ye also shall offer[H7311] an heave offering[H8641] unto the LORD[H3068] of all your tithes[H4643], which ye receive[H3947] of the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478]; and ye shall give[H5414] thereof the LORD[H3068]'S heave offering[H8641] to Aaron[H175] the priest[H3548].
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Out of all your gifts[H4979] ye shall offer[H7311] every heave offering[H8641] of the LORD[H3068], of all the best[H2459] thereof, even the hallowed part[H4720] thereof out of it.
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Therefore thou shalt say[H559] unto them, When ye have heaved[H7311] the best[H2459] thereof from it, then it shall be counted[H2803] unto the Levites[H3881] as the increase[H8393] of the threshingfloor[H1637], and as the increase[H8393] of the winepress[H3342].
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And ye shall eat[H398] it in every place[H4725], ye and your households[H1004]: for[H2500] it is your reward[H7939]for[H2500] your service[H5656] in the tabernacle[H168] of the congregation[H4150].
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And ye shall bear[H5375] no sin[H2399] by reason of it, when ye have heaved[H7311] from it the best[H2459] of it: neither shall ye pollute[H2490] the holy things[H6944] of the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478], lest ye die[H4191].