Numbers 18:8–20

Offerings for Support of the Priests

⁸And the Lord spoke to Aaron: “Here, ^pI Myself have also given you ⁴charge of My heave offerings, all the holy gifts of the children of Israel; I have given them ^qas a portion to you and your sons, as an ordinance forever. ⁹This shall be yours of the most holy things reserved from the fire: every offering of theirs, every ^rgrain offering and every ^ssin offering and every ^ttrespass offering which they render to Me, shall be most holy for you and your sons. ^10uIn a most holy place you shall eat it; every male shall eat it. It shall be holy to you.

¹¹“This also is yours: ^vthe heave offering of their gift, with all the wave offerings of the children of Israel; I have given them to you, and your sons and daughters with you, as an ordinance forever. ^wEveryone who is ⁵clean in your house may eat it.

^12x“All the ⁶best of the oil, all the best of the new wine and the grain, ^ytheir firstfruits which they offer to the Lord, I have given them to you. ¹³Whatever first ripe fruit is in their land, ^zwhich they bring to the Lord, shall be yours. Everyone who is clean in your house may eat it.

^14a“Every ⁷devoted thing in Israel shall be yours.

¹⁵“Everything that first opens ^bthe womb of all flesh, which they bring to the Lord, whether man or beast, shall be yours; nevertheless ^cthe firstborn of man you shall surely redeem, and the firstborn of unclean animals you shall redeem. ¹⁶And those redeemed of the devoted things you shall redeem when one month old, ^daccording to your valuation, for five shekels of silver, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, which is ^etwenty gerahs. ^17fBut the firstborn of a cow, the firstborn of a sheep, or the firstborn of a goat you shall not redeem; they are holy. ^gYou shall sprinkle their blood on the altar, and burn their fat as an offering made by fire for a sweet aroma to the Lord. ¹⁸And their flesh shall be yours, just as the ^hwave ⁸breast and the right thigh are yours.

¹⁹“All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer to the Lord, I have given to you and your sons and daughters with you as an ordinance forever; ⁱit is a covenant of salt forever before the Lord with you and your descendants with you.”

²⁰Then the Lord said to Aaron: “You shall have ^jno inheritance in their land, nor shall you have any portion among them; ^kI am your portion and your inheritance among the children of Israel.