Numbers 18

vayyomer Adonai el-aharon attah uvanekha uvet-avikha ittakh tisu et-avon hammiqdash ve'attah uvanekha ittakh tisu et-avon kehunnatkhem

GOD said to Aaron: You and your sons and the ancestral house under your charge shall bear any guilt connected with the sanctuary; you and your sons alone shall bear any guilt connected with your priesthood.

vegam et-akhekha matteh levi shevet avikha haqrev ittakh veyillavu alekha visharetukha ve'attah uvanekha ittakh lifne ohel ha'edut

You shall also associate with yourself your kinsmen the tribe of Levi, your ancestral tribe, to be attached to you and to minister to you, while you and your sons under your charge are before the Tent of the Pact.

veshameru mishmartekha umishmeret kol-ha'ohel akh el-kele haqqodesh ve'el-hammizbeakh lo yiqravu velo-yamutu gam-hem gam-attem

They shall discharge their duties to you and to the Tent as a whole, but they must not have any contact with the furnishings of the Shrine or with the altar, lest both they and you die.

venilvu alekha veshameru et-mishmeret ohel mo'ed lekhol avodat ha'ohel vezar lo-yiqrav alekhem

They shall be attached to you and discharge the duties of the Tent of Meeting, all the service of the Tent; but no outsider shall intrude upon you

ushemartem et mishmeret haqqodesh ve'et mishmeret hammizbeakh velo-yihyeh od qetsef al-bene yisra'el

as you discharge the duties connected with the Shrine and the altar, that wrath may not again strike the Israelites.

va'ani hinneh laqakhti et-akhekhem haleviyyim mittokh bene yisra'el lakhem mattanah netunim la-Adonai la'avod et-avodat ohel mo'ed

I hereby take your fellow Levites from among the Israelites; they are assigned to you in dedication to GOD, to do the work of the Tent of Meeting;

ve'attah uvanekha ittekha tishmeru et-kehunnatkhem lekhol-devar hammizbeakh ulemibbet lapparokhet va'avadtem avodat mattanah etten et-kehunnatkhem vehazzar haqqarev yumat

while you and your sons shall be careful to perform your priestly duties in everything pertaining to the altar and to what is behind the curtain. I make your priesthood a service of dedication; any outsider who encroaches shall be put to death.

vayedabber Adonai el-aharon va'ani hinneh natatti lekha et-mishmeret terumotay lekhol-qodshe vene-yisra'el lekha netattim lemoshkhah ulevanekha lekhoq-olam

GOD spoke further to Aaron: I hereby give you charge of My gifts, all the sacred donations of the Israelites; I grant them to you and to your sons as a perquisite, a due for all time.

zeh-yihyeh lekha miqqodesh haqqodashim min-ha'esh kol-qorbanam lekhol-minkhatam ulekhol-khattatam ulekhol-ashamam asher yashivu li qodesh qodashim lekha hu ulevanekha

This shall be yours from the most holy sacrifices, the offerings by fire: every such offering that they render to Me as most holy sacrifices, namely, every grain offering, purgation offering, and reparation offering of theirs, shall belong to you and your sons.

beqodesh haqqodashim tokhelennu kol-zakhar yokhal oto qodesh yihyeh-llakh

You shall partake of them as most sacred donations: only males may eat them; you shall treat them as consecrated.

vezeh-llekha terumat mattanam lekhol-tenufot bene yisra'el lekha netattim ulevanekha velivnotekha ittekha lekhoq-olam kol-tahor bevetekha yokhal oto

This, too, shall be yours: the gift offerings of their contributions, all the elevation offerings of the Israelites, I give to you [and your wives], to your sons, and to the daughters that are with you, as a due for all time; everyone of your household who is pure may eat it.

kol khelev yitshar vekhol-khelev tirosh vedagan reshitam asher-yittenu la-Adonai lekha netattim

All the best of the new oil, wine, and grain—the choice parts that they present to GOD—I give to you.

bikkure kol-asher be'artsam asher-yavi'u la-Adonai lekha yihyeh kol-tahor bevetekha yokhelennu

The first fruits of everything in their land, that they bring to GOD, shall be yours; everyone of your household who is pure may eat them.

kol-kherem beyisra'el lekha yihyeh

Everything that has been proscribed in Israel shall be yours.

kol-peter rekhem lekhol-basar asher-yaqrivu la-Adonai ba'adam uvabbehemah yihyeh-llakh akh padoh tifdeh et bekhor ha'adam ve'et bekhor-habbehemah hatteme'ah tifdeh

The first [male] issue of the womb of every being, human or animal, that is offered to GOD, shall be yours; but you shall have the first-born of human beings redeemed, and you shall also have the firstling of impure animals redeemed.

ufeduyav mibben-khodesh tifdeh be'erkekha kesef khameshet sheqalim besheqel haqqodesh esrim gerah hu

Take as their redemption price, from the age of one month up, the money equivalent of five shekels by the sanctuary weight, which is twenty gerahs.

akh bekhor-shor o-vekhor kesev o-vekhor ez lo tifdeh qodesh hem et-damam tizroq al-hammizbeakh ve'et-khelbam taqtir isheh lereakh nikhoakh la-Adonai

But the firstlings of cattle, sheep, or goats may not be redeemed; they are consecrated. You shall dash their blood against the altar, and turn their fat into smoke as an offering by fire for a pleasing odor to GOD.

uvesaram yihyeh-llakh kakhazeh hattenufah ukheshoq hayyamin lekha yihyeh

But their meat shall be yours: it shall be yours like the breast of elevation offering and like the right thigh.

kol terumot haqqodashim asher yarimu vene-yisra'el la-Adonai natatti lekha ulevanekha velivnotekha ittekha lekhoq-olam berit melakh olam hiv lifne Adonai lekha ulezarakha ittakh

All the sacred gifts that the Israelites set aside for GOD I give to you, to your sons, and to the daughters that are with you, as a due for all time. It shall be an everlasting covenant of salt before GOD for you and for your offspring as well.

vayyomer Adonai el-aharon be'artsam lo tinkhal vekheleq lo-yihyeh lekha betokham ani khelqekha venakhalatekha betokh bene yisra'el

And GOD said to Aaron: You shall, however, have no territorial share among them or own any portion in their midst; I am your portion and your share among the Israelites.

velivne levi hinneh natatti kol-ma'aser beyisra'el lenakhalah khelef avodatam asher-hem ovedim et-avodat ohel mo'ed

And to the Levites I hereby give all the tithes in Israel as their share in return for the services that they perform, the services of the Tent of Meeting.

velo-yiqrevu od bene yisra'el el-ohel mo'ed laset khet lamut

Henceforth, Israelites shall not trespass on the Tent of Meeting, and thus incur guilt and die:

ve'avad hallevi hu et-avodat ohel mo'ed vehem yisu avonam khuqqat olam ledorotekhem uvetokh bene yisra'el lo yinkhalu nakhalah

only Levites shall perform the services of the Tent of Meeting; others would incur guilt. It is the law for all time throughout the ages. But they shall have no territorial share among the Israelites;

ki et-masar bene-yisra'el asher yarimu la-Adonai terumah natatti lalviyyim lenakhalah al-ken amarti lahem betokh bene yisra'el lo yinkhalu nakhalah

for it is the tithes set aside by the Israelites as a gift to GOD that I give to the Levites as their share. Therefore I have said concerning them: They shall have no territorial share among the Israelites.

vayedabber Adonai el-mosheh lemor

GOD spoke to Moses, saying:

ve'el-haleviyyim tedabber ve'amarta alehem ki-tiqkhu me'et bene-yisra'el et-hamma'aser asher natatti lakhem me'ittam benakhalatkhem vaharemotem mimmennu terumat Adonai ma'aser min-hamma'aser

Speak to the Levites and say to them: When you receive from the Israelites their tithes, which I have assigned to you as your share, you shall set aside from them one-tenth of the tithe as a gift to GOD.

venekhshav lakhem terumatkhem kaddagan min-haggoren vekhamle'ah min-hayyaqev

This shall be accounted to you as your gift. As with the new grain from the threshing floor or the flow from the vat,

ken tarimu gam-attem terumat Adonai mikkol maserotekhem asher tiqkhu me'et bene yisra'el unetattem mimmennu et-terumat Adonai le'aharon hakkohen

so shall you on your part set aside a gift for GOD from all the tithes that you receive from the Israelites; and from them you shall bring the gift for GOD to Aaron the priest.

mikkol mattenotekhem tarimu et kol-terumat Adonai mikkol-khelbo et-miqdesho mimmennu

You shall set aside all gifts due to GOD from everything that is donated to you, from each thing its best portion, the part thereof that is to be consecrated.

ve'amarta alehem baharimekhem et-khelbo mimmennu venekhshav lalviyyim kitvu'at goren vekhitvu'at yaqev

Say to them further: When you have removed the best part from it, you Levites may consider it the same as the yield of threshing floor or vat.

va'akhaltem oto bekhol-maqom attem uvetekhem ki-sakhar hu lakhem khelef avodatkhem be'ohel mo'ed

You and your households may eat it anywhere, for it is your recompense for your services in the Tent of Meeting.

velo-tisu alayw khet baharimekhem et-khelbo mimmennu ve'et-qodshe vene-yisra'el lo tekhallelu velo tamutu

You will incur no guilt through it, once you have removed the best part from it; but you must not profane the sacred donations of the Israelites, lest you die.