Numbers:18:21-32
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And ,
behold ,
I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance ,
for their service which they serve ,
even the service of the tabernacle of the congregation mow #
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Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh the tabernacle of the congregation mow #
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lest they bear sin ,
and die .
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But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation mow #
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and they shall bear their iniquity :
it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations ,
that among the children of Israel they have no inheritance .
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But the tithes of the children of Israel Yisra #
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which they offer as an heave offering unto the LORD ,
I have given to the Levites to inherit :
therefore I have said unto them ,
Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance .
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And the LORD spake unto Moses ,
saying ,
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Thus speak unto the Levites ,
and say unto them ,
When ye take of the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them for your inheritance ,
then ye shall offer up an heave offering of it for the LORD ,
even a tenth part of the tithe ma #
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And this your heave offering shall be reckoned unto you ,
as though it were the corn of the threshingfloor ,
and as the fulness of the winepress .
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Thus ye also shall offer an heave offering unto the LORD of all your tithes ma #
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which ye receive of the children of Israel Yisra #
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and ye shall give thereof the LORDS heave offering to Aaron the priest .
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Out of all your gifts ye shall offer every heave offering of the LORD ,
of all the best thereof ,
even the hallowed part thereof out of it .
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Therefore thou shalt say unto them ,
When ye have heaved the best thereof from it ,
then it shall be counted unto the Levites as the increase of the threshingfloor ,
and as the increase of the winepress .
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And ye shall eat it in every place ,
ye and your households :
for it is your reward for your service in the tabernacle of the congregation mow #
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And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it ,
when ye have heaved from it the best of it :
neither shall ye pollute the holy things of the children of Israel Yisra #
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lest ye die .