Verse 6

Numbers 18:6

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6 And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel: to you they are a gift, given unto Jehovah, to do the service of the tent of meeting.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/אֲנִ֗י הִנֵּ֤ה לָקַ֨חְתִּי֙ אֶת אֲחֵי/כֶ֣ם הַ/לְוִיִּ֔ם מִ/תּ֖וֹךְ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל לָ/כֶ֞ם מַתָּנָ֤ה נְתֻנִים֙ לַֽ/יהוָ֔ה לַ/עֲבֹ֕ד אֶת עֲבֹדַ֖ת אֹ֥הֶל מוֹעֵֽד

English Translation

And I, behold, I have taken your brothers the Levites from among the children of Israel as a gift given to the Lord to do the work of the Tent of Meeting.

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Chapter 18 Context

1 And Jehovah said unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy fathers’ house with thee shall bear the iniqu... Focus ↗

2 And thy brethren also, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring thou near with thee, that t... Focus ↗

3 And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of all the Tent: only they shall not come nigh unto t... Focus ↗

4 And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the tent of meeting, for all the service... Focus ↗

5 And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar; that there be wrath no m... Focus ↗

6 And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel: to you they...

7 And thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priesthood for everything of the altar, and for that... Focus ↗

8 And Jehovah spake unto Aaron, And I, behold, I have given thee the charge of my heave offerings, eve... Focus ↗

9 This shall be thine of the most holy things, reserved from the fire: every oblation of theirs, even... Focus ↗

10 As the most holy things shalt thou eat thereof; every male shall eat thereof: it shall be holy unto... Focus ↗

11 And this is thine: the heave offering of their gift, even all the wave offerings of the children of... Focus ↗

12 All the best of the oil, and all the best of the vintage, and of the grain, the firstfruits of them... Focus ↗

13 The first-ripe fruits of all that is in their land, which they bring unto Jehovah, shall be thine; e... Focus ↗

14 Everything devoted in Israel shall be thine. Focus ↗

15 Everything that openeth the womb, of all flesh which they offer unto Jehovah, both of man and beast... Focus ↗

16 And those that are to be redeemed of them from a month old shalt thou redeem, according to thine est... Focus ↗

17 But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, thou shalt not... Focus ↗

18 And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave breast and as the right thigh, it shall be thine. Focus ↗

19 All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer unto Jehovah, have I... Focus ↗

20 And Jehovah said unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have a... Focus ↗

21 And unto the children of Levi, behold, I have given all the tithe in Israel for an inheritance, in r... Focus ↗

22 And henceforth the children of Israel shall not come nigh the tent of meeting, lest they bear sin, a... Focus ↗

23 But the Levites shall do the service of the tent of meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity: it... Focus ↗

24 For the tithe of the children of Israel, which they offer as a heave offering unto Jehovah, I have g... Focus ↗

25 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, Focus ↗

26 Moreover thou shalt speak unto the Levites, and say unto them, When ye take of the children of Israe... Focus ↗

27 And your heave offering shall be reckoned unto you, as though it were the grain of the threshing flo... Focus ↗

28 Thus ye also shall offer a heave offering unto Jehovah of all your tithes, which ye receive of the c... Focus ↗

29 Out of all your gifts ye shall offer every heave offering of Jehovah, of all the best thereof, even... Focus ↗

30 Therefore thou shalt say unto them, When ye heave the best thereof from it, then it shall be reckone... Focus ↗

31 And ye shall eat it in every place, ye and your households: for it is your reward in return for your... Focus ↗

32 And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, when ye have heaved from it the best thereof: and ye shall... Focus ↗

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Book: Numbers
Chapter: Chapter 18 (32 verses)
Version: American Standard Version Byzantine Text

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