KJV NUM18 with Strong's Hebrew/Greek
NUM17.htm NUM19.htm18:1 And the LORD [H3068] said [H559] unto Aaron [H175] , Thou and thy sons [H1121] and thy father's [H1] 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] .
18:2 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] before [H6440] the tabernacle [H168] of witness [H5715] .
18:3 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] .
18:4 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.
18:5 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] .
18:6 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] .
18:7 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] .
18:8 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] .
18:9 This shall be thine of the most [H6944] holy 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] .
18:10 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.
18:11 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.
18:12 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.(best: Heb. fat)
18:13 [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.
18:14 Every thing devoted [H2764] in Israel [H3478] shall be thine.
18:15 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] .
18:16 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] .
18:17 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] .
18:18 And the flesh [H1320] of them shall be thine, as the wave [H8573] breast [H2373] and as the right [H3225] shoulder [H7785] are thine.
18:19 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.
18:20 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] .
18:21 And, behold, I have given [H5414] the children [H1121] of Levi [H3878] all the tenth [H4643] in Israel [H3478] for an inheritance [H5159] , for [H2500] their service [H5656] which they serve [H5647] , [even] the service [H5656] of the tabernacle [H168] of the congregation [H4150] .
18:22 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] .(and die: Heb. to die)
18:23 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] .
18:24 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 given [H5414] to the Levites [H3881] to inherit [H5159] : therefore I have said [H559] unto them, Among [H8432] the children [H1121] of Israel [H3478] they shall have [H5157] no inheritance [H5159] .
18:25 And the LORD [H3068] spake [H1696] unto Moses [H4872] , saying [H559] ,
18:26 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] .
18:27 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] .
18:28 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'S [H3068] heave offering [H8641] to Aaron [H175] the priest [H3548] .
18:29 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.(best: Heb. fat)
18:30 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] .(best: Heb. fat)
18:31 And ye shall eat [H398] it in every place [H4725] , ye and your households [H1004] : for it [is] your reward [H7939] for [H2500] your service [H5656] in the tabernacle [H168] of the congregation [H4150] .
18:32 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] .