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1. The Lord said to Aaron, "You, your sons, and all the people in your father's family must bear the responsibility for any wrong that is done against the holy place or against the priests.
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1. And the LORD H3068 said H559 unto H413 Aaron H175 , Thou H859 and thy sons H1121 and thy father H1 's house H1004 with H854 thee shall bear H5375 H853 the iniquity H5771 of the sanctuary H4720 : and thou H859 and thy sons H1121 with H854 thee shall bear H5375 H853 the iniquity H5771 of your priesthood H3550 .
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2. To prevent that from happening, you must bring the rest of the men from the tribe of Levi to join you. These Levites will help you and your sons do your work in the Tent of the Agreement.
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2. And H853 thy brethren H251 also H1571 of the tribe H4294 of Levi H3878 , the tribe H7626 of thy father H1 , bring H7126 thou with H854 thee , that they may be joined H3867 unto H5921 thee , and minister H8334 unto thee : but thou H859 and thy sons H1121 with H854 thee shall minister before H6440 the tabernacle H168 of witness H5715 .
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3. These Levites will be under your control. They will do all the work that needs to be done in the Tent. But they must not go near the things in the Holy Place or the altar. If they do, they will die�and you also will die.
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3. And they shall keep H8104 thy charge H4931 , and the charge H4931 of all H3605 the tabernacle H168 : only H389 they shall not H3808 come nigh H7126 H413 the vessels H3627 of the sanctuary H6944 and the altar H4196 , that neither H3808 H1571 they H1992 , nor ye H859 also H1571 , die H4191 .
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4. They will join you and work with you. They will be responsible for caring for the Meeting Tent. All the work that must be done in the Tent will be done by them. No one else may come near the place where you are.
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4. And they shall be joined H3867 unto H5921 thee , and keep H8104 H853 the charge H4931 of the tabernacle H168 of the congregation H4150 , for all H3605 the service H5656 of the tabernacle H168 : and a stranger H2114 shall not H3808 come nigh H7126 unto H413 you.
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5. "You are responsible for caring for the holy place and the altar. I don't want to become angry with the Israelites again.
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5. And ye shall keep H8104 H853 the charge H4931 of the sanctuary H6944 , and the charge H4931 of the altar H4196 : that there be H1961 no H3808 wrath H7110 any more H5750 upon H5921 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 .
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6. I myself chose the Levites from among all the Israelites. They are as a gift to you. I gave them to you to serve the Lord and work in the Meeting Tent.
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6. And I H589 , behold H2009 , I have taken H3947 H853 your brethren H251 the Levites H3881 from among H4480 H8432 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 : to you they are given H5414 as a gift H4979 for the LORD H3068 , to do H5647 H853 the service H5656 of the tabernacle H168 of the congregation H4150 .
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7. But, Aaron, only you and your sons may serve as priests. You are the only ones who can go near the altar or behind the curtain into the Most Holy Place. I am giving you a gift�your service as a priest. Anyone else who tries to come too close must be killed."
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7. Therefore thou H859 and thy sons H1121 with H854 thee shall keep H8104 H853 your priest's office H3550 for every H3605 thing H1697 of the altar H4196 , and within H4480 H1004 the veil H6532 ; and ye shall serve H5647 : I have given H5414 H853 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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8. Then the Lord said to Aaron, "I myself gave you responsibility over all the special gifts people give to me. All the holy gifts that the Israelites give to me, I give to you. You and your sons can share in these gifts. They will always belong to you.
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8. And the LORD H3068 spoke H1696 unto H413 Aaron H175 , Behold H2009 , I H589 also have given H5414 thee H853 the charge H4931 of mine heave offerings H8641 of all H3605 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 forever H5769 .
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9. The people will bring gifts, grain offerings, sin offerings, and guilt offerings. These offerings are most holy. Your share in the most holy offerings will come from the parts that are not burned. All these things will be for you and your sons.
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9. This H2088 shall be H1961 thine of the most holy things H4480 H6944 H6944 , reserved from H4480 the fire H784 : every H3605 oblation H7133 of theirs, every H3605 meat offering H4503 of theirs , and every H3605 sin offering H2403 of theirs , and every H3605 trespass offering H817 of theirs, which H834 they shall render H7725 unto me, shall be most holy H6944 H6944 for thee and for thy sons H1121 .
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10. Eat these things only in a very holy place. Every male in your family may eat them, but you must remember that these offerings are holy.
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10. In the most holy H6944 H6944 place shalt thou eat H398 it; every H3605 male H2145 shall eat H398 it : it shall be H1961 holy H6944 unto thee.
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11. "The Israelites will bring special gifts that you will lift up to me. I give these gifts to you and your sons and daughters. That is your share. Everyone in your family who is clean will be able to eat it.
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11. And this H2088 is thine ; the heave offering H8641 of their gift H4976 , with all H3605 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 H854 thee , by a statute H2706 forever H5769 : every one H3605 that is clean H2889 in thy house H1004 shall eat H398 of it.
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12. "And I give you all the best olive oil and all the best new wine and grain. These are the things that the Israelites give to me, the Lord. These are the first things that they gather in their harvest.
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12. All H3605 the best H2459 of the oil H3323 , and all H3605 the best H2459 of the wine H8492 , and of the wheat H1715 , the firstfruits H7225 of them which H834 they shall offer H5414 unto the LORD H3068 , them have I given H5414 thee.
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13. When the people gather a harvest, they bring all the first things to the Lord. So these things I will give to you. And everyone in your family who is clean may eat it.
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13. And whatsoever H3605 H834 is first ripe H1061 in the land H776 , which H834 they shall bring H935 unto the LORD H3068 , shall be H1961 thine ; every one H3605 that is clean H2889 in thine house H1004 shall eat H398 of it.
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14. "Everything in Israel that is given to the Lord is yours.
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14. Every thing H3605 devoted H2764 in Israel H3478 shall be H1961 thine.
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15. "A woman's first baby and an animal's first baby must be given to the Lord. That baby will belong to you. If the firstborn animal is unclean, then it must be bought back. If the baby is a child, that child must be bought back.
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15. Every thing H3605 that openeth H6363 the matrix H7358 in all H3605 flesh H1320 , which H834 they bring H7126 unto the LORD H3068 , whether it be of men H120 or beasts H929 , shall be H1961 thine: nevertheless H389 H853 the firstborn H1060 of man H120 shalt thou surely redeem H6299 H6299 , and the firstling H1060 of unclean H2931 beasts H929 shalt thou redeem H6299 .
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16. They must make the payment when the baby is one month old. The cost will be 5 shekels of silver. You must use the official measure to weigh this silver. A shekel by the official measure is 20 gerahs.
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16. And those that are to be redeemed H6299 from a month H2320 old H4480 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 H1931 is twenty H6242 gerahs H1626 .
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17. "But you must not make a payment for the firstborn cow, sheep, or goat. These animals are holy. Sprinkle their blood on the altar and burn their fat as a sweet-smelling gift the Lord.
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17. But H389 the firstling H1060 of a cow H7794 , or H176 the firstling H1060 of a sheep H3775 , or H176 the firstling H1060 of a goat H5795 , thou shalt not H3808 redeem H6299 ; they H1992 are holy H6944 : thou shalt sprinkle H2236 H853 their blood H1818 upon H5921 the altar H4196 , and shalt burn H6999 their fat H2459 for an offering made by fire H801 , for a sweet H5207 savor H7381 unto the LORD H3068 .
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18. But the meat from these animals will be yours. And also the breast that was lifted up to the Lord will be yours. And the right thigh from other offerings will be yours.
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18. And the flesh H1320 of them shall be H1961 thine , as the wave H8573 breast H2373 and as the right H3225 shoulder H7785 are H1961 thine.
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19. Anything that the people offer as holy gifts, I, the Lord, give to you. This is your share. I give it to you and your sons and daughters. This law will continue forever. It is an agreement with the Lord that cannot be broken. I make this promise to you and to your descendants."
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19. All H3605 the heave offerings H8641 of the holy things H6944 , which H834 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 H854 thee , by a statute H2706 forever H5769 : it H1931 is a covenant H1285 of salt H4417 forever H5769 before H6440 the LORD H3068 unto thee and to thy seed H2233 with H854 thee.
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20. The Lord also said to Aaron, "You will not get any of the land. And you will not own anything that the other people own. I, the Lord, will be yours. The Israelites will get the land that I promised, but I am my gift to you.
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20. And the LORD H3068 spoke H559 unto H413 Aaron H175 , Thou shalt have no inheritance H5157 H3808 in their land H776 , neither H3808 shalt thou have H1961 any part H2506 among H8432 them: I H589 am thy part H2506 and thine inheritance H5159 among H8432 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 .
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21. "The Israelites will give one-tenth of everything they have. So I give that onetenth to the Levites. This is their payment for the work that they do while they serve at the Meeting Tent.
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21. And, behold H2009 , I have given H5414 the children H1121 of Levi H3878 all H3605 the tenth H4643 in Israel H3478 for an inheritance H5159 , for H2500 their service H5656 which H834 they H1992 serve H5647 , even H853 the service H5656 of the tabernacle H168 of the congregation H4150 .
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22. But the other Israelites must never go near that Meeting Tent. If they do, they must be put to death!
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22. Neither H3808 must the children H1121 of Israel H3478 henceforth H5750 come nigh H7126 H413 the tabernacle H168 of the congregation H4150 , lest they bear H5375 sin H2399 , and die H4191 .
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23. The Levites will do the work of caring for the Meeting Tent. They must bear the responsibility for anything done against it. This is a law that will continue forever. The Levites will not get any of the land that I promised to the other Israelites.
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23. But the Levites H3881 shall do H5647 H853 the service H5656 of the tabernacle H168 of the congregation H4150 , and they H1992 shall bear H5375 their iniquity H5771 : it shall be a statute H2708 forever H5769 throughout your generations H1755 , that among H8432 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 they have H5157 no H3808 inheritance H5159 .
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24. But the Israelites will give one-tenth of everything they have to me, and I will give that one-tenth to the Levites. That is why I said these words about the Levites: They will not get the land that I promised the Israelites."
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24. But H3588 H853 the tithes H4643 of the children H1121 of Israel H3478 , which H834 they offer H7311 as a heave offering H8641 unto the LORD H3068 , I have given H5414 to the Levites H3881 to inherit H5159 : therefore H5921 H3651 I have said H559 unto them, Among H8432 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 they shall have H5157 no H3808 inheritance H5159 .
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25. The Lord said to Moses,
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25. And the LORD H3068 spoke H1696 unto H413 Moses H4872 , saying H559 ,
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26. "Speak to the Levites and tell them: The Israelites will give one-tenth of everything they own to the Lord. That one-tenth will belong to the Levites. But you must give one-tenth of that to the Lord as your offering.
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26. Thus speak H1696 unto H413 the Levites H3881 , and say H559 unto H413 them, When H3588 ye take H3947 of H4480 H854 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 H853 the tithes H4643 which H834 I have given H5414 you from H4480 H854 them for your inheritance H5159 , then ye shall offer up H7311 a heave offering H8641 of H4480 it for the LORD H3068 , even a tenth H4643 part of H4480 the tithe H4643 .
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27. That tenth will be your offering to the Lord and will be treated like the grain from the threshing floor and the wine from the winepress.
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27. And this your heave offering H8641 shall be reckoned H2803 unto you , as though it were the corn H1715 of H4480 the threshingfloor H1637 , and as the fullness H4395 of H4480 the winepress H3342 .
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28. In this way you will also give an offering to the Lord just like the other Israelites do. You will get the one-tenth that the Israelites give to the Lord, and then you will give one-tenth of that to Aaron the priest.
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28. Thus H3651 ye H859 also H1571 shall offer H7311 a heave offering H8641 unto the LORD H3068 of all H4480 H3605 your tithes H4643 , which H834 ye receive H3947 of H4480 H854 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 ; and ye shall give H5414 thereof H4480 H853 the LORD H3068 's heave offering H8641 to Aaron H175 the priest H3548 .
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29. When the Israelites give you one-tenth of everything that they own, then you must give the best and the holiest part of these things as your gift to the Lord.
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29. Out of all H4480 H3605 your gifts H4979 ye shall offer H7311 H853 every H3605 heave offering H8641 of the LORD H3068 , of all H4480 H3605 the best H2459 thereof, even H853 the hallowed part H4720 thereof out of H4480 it.
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30. "Moses, tell the Levites: The Israelites will give you one-tenth of their harvest and of their wine. Then you will give the best part of that to the Lord.
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30. Therefore thou shalt say H559 unto H413 them , When ye have heaved H7311 H853 the best H2459 thereof from H4480 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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31. You and your families can eat all that is left. This is your payment for the work you do in the Meeting Tent.
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31. And ye shall eat H398 it in every H3605 place H4725 , ye H859 and your households H1004 : for H3588 it H1931 is your reward H7939 for H2500 your service H5656 in the tabernacle H168 of the congregation H4150 .
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32. And if you always give the best part of it to the Lord, you will never be guilty. You will always remember that these gifts are the holy offerings from the Israelites. And you will not die."
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32. And ye shall bear H5375 no H3808 sin H2399 by reason of H5921 it , when ye have heaved H7311 from it H853 the best H2459 of H4480 it: neither H3808 shall ye pollute H2490 the holy things H6944 of the children H1121 of Israel H3478 , lest H3808 ye die H4191 .
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