Bible Verses

The tithe that the people of Israel set aside for the Lord, I give to the Levites for their inheritance. For this reason, I have told them that they are to have no inheritance among the people of Israel.”

The Levites will take care of the Tent of Meeting and have complete responsibility for it. This is a law that will forever be in effect for all your descendants: the Levites will have no inheritance among the Israelites.

In this way, the Israelites would no longer go near the Tent of Meeting; this sin would carry death to them.

See, to the Levites, I give as their inheritance all the tithes collected in Israel, in return for their services, for the ministry they render in the Tent of Meeting.

Tithes for the Levites The Lord said to Aaron: “You shall have no property in the land of Israel; no share of it shall be yours. I will be your share and your inheritance among the people of Israel.

All that the Israelites set aside for the Lord from the holy things, this I give to you, and your sons and daughters, forever. This is a Covenant of salt, an everlasting Covenant before the Lord, for you and your descendants after you.”

the meat shall be yours, together with the breast that has been presented with the gesture of offering, and the right hind leg.

The firstborn of a cow, sheep, and goat—these alone you shall not buy back. They are holy: you must sprinkle their blood on the altar and burn the fat as a burnt offering, a sweet-smelling offering for the Lord;

They must buy back the child in the month it is born at the price of five pieces of silver, according to the official standard.

Every firstborn brought to the Lord shall be yours, the firstborn of all living creatures, whether child or animal. Nevertheless, you must redeem the firstborn child and the firstborn of an unclean animal.