[Num 18:1-32 KJV] 1 And the LORD said unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy father's house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary: and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood. 2 And thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring thou with thee, that they may be joined unto thee, and minister unto thee: but thou and thy sons with thee [shall minister] before the tabernacle of witness. 3 And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of all the tabernacle: only they shall not come nigh the vessels of the sanctuary and the altar, that neither they, nor ye also, die. 4 And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, for all the service of the tabernacle: and a stranger shall not come nigh unto you. 5 And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar: that there be no wrath any more upon the children of Israel. 6 And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel: to you [they are] given [as] a gift for the LORD, to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation. 7 Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest's office for every thing of the altar, and within the vail; and ye shall serve: I have given your priest's office [unto you] as a service of gift: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. 8 And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Behold, I also have given thee the charge of mine heave offerings of all the hallowed things of the children of Israel; unto thee have I given them by reason of the anointing, and to thy sons, by an ordinance for ever. 9 This shall be thine of the most holy things, [reserved] from the fire: every oblation of theirs, every meat offering of theirs, and every sin offering of theirs, and every trespass offering of theirs, which they shall render unto me, [shall be] most holy for thee and for thy sons. 10 In the most holy [place] shalt thou eat it; every male shall eat it: it shall be holy unto thee. 11 And this [is] thine; the heave offering of their gift, with all the wave offerings of the children of Israel: I have given them unto thee, and to thy sons and to thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: every one that is clean in thy house shall eat of it. 12 All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of the wheat, the firstfruits of them which they shall offer unto the LORD, them have I given thee. 13 [And] whatsoever is first ripe in the land, which they shall bring unto the LORD, shall be thine; every one that is clean in thine house shall eat [of] it. 14 Every thing devoted in Israel shall be thine. 15 Every thing that openeth the matrix in all flesh, which they bring unto the LORD, [whether it be] of men or beasts, shall be thine: nevertheless the firstborn of man shalt thou surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem. 16 And those that are to be redeemed from a month old shalt thou redeem, according to thine estimation, for the money of five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, which [is] twenty gerahs. 17 But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, thou shalt not redeem; they [are] holy: thou shalt sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shalt burn their fat [for] an offering made by fire, for a sweet savour unto the LORD. 18 And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave breast and as the right shoulder are thine. 19 All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer unto the LORD, have I given thee, and thy sons and thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: it [is] a covenant of salt for ever before the LORD unto thee and to thy seed with thee. 20 And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any part among them: I [am] thy part and thine inheritance among the children of Israel. 21 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. 22 Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh the tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die. 23 But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation, 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. 24 But the tithes of the children of Israel, 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. 25 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 26 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. 27 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. 28 Thus ye also shall offer an heave offering unto the LORD of all your tithes, which ye receive of the children of Israel; and ye shall give thereof the LORD'S heave offering to Aaron the priest. 29 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. 30 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. 31 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. 32 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, lest ye die.
[Num 19:1-22 KJV] 1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 2 This [is] the ordinance of the law which the LORD hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer without spot, wherein [is] no blemish, [and] upon which never came yoke: 3 And ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest, that he may bring her forth without the camp, and [one] shall slay her before his face: 4 And Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle of her blood directly before the tabernacle of the congregation seven times: 5 And [one] shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn: 6 And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast [it] into the midst of the burning of the heifer. 7 Then the priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp, and the priest shall be unclean until the even. 8 And he that burneth her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even. 9 And a man [that is] clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay [them] up without the camp in a clean place, and it shall be kept for the congregation of the children of Israel for a water of separation: it [is] a purification for sin. 10 And he that gathereth the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: and it shall be unto the children of Israel, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among them, for a statute for ever. 11 He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days. 12 He shall purify himself with it on the third day, and on the seventh day he shall be clean: but if he purify not himself the third day, then the seventh day he shall not be clean. 13 Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, and purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from Israel: because the water of separation was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness [is] yet upon him. 14 This [is] the law, when a man dieth in a tent: all that come into the tent, and all that [is] in the tent, shall be unclean seven days. 15 And every open vessel, which hath no covering bound upon it, [is] unclean. 16 And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days. 17 And for an unclean [person] they shall take of the ashes of the burnt heifer of purification for sin, and running water shall be put thereto in a vessel: 18 And a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip [it] in the water, and sprinkle [it] upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the persons that were there, and upon him that touched a bone, or one slain, or one dead, or a grave: 19 And the clean [person] shall sprinkle upon the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day: and on the seventh day he shall purify himself, and wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at even. 20 But the man that shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, that soul shall be cut off from among the congregation, because he hath defiled the sanctuary of the LORD: the water of separation hath not been sprinkled upon him; he [is] unclean. 21 And it shall be a perpetual statute unto them, that he that sprinkleth the water of separation shall wash his clothes; and he that toucheth the water of separation shall be unclean until even. 22 And whatsoever the unclean [person] toucheth shall be unclean; and the soul that toucheth [it] shall be unclean until even.
[Num 20:1-29 KJV] 1 Then came the children of Israel, [even] the whole congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there. 2 And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron. 3 And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD! 4 And why have ye brought up the congregation of the LORD into this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there? 5 And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil place? it [is] no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; neither [is] there any water to drink. 6 And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they fell upon their faces: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto them. 7 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 8 Take the rod, and gather thou the assembly together, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth his water, and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock: so thou shalt give the congregation and their beasts drink. 9 And Moses took the rod from before the LORD, as he commanded him. 10 And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetch you water out of this rock? 11 And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice: and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts [also]. 12 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them. 13 This [is] the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them. 14 And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that hath befallen us: 15 How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers: 16 And when we cried unto the LORD, he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and hath brought us forth out of Egypt: and, behold, we [are] in Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of thy border: 17 Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country: we will not pass through the fields, or through the vineyards, neither will we drink [of] the water of the wells: we will go by the king's [high] way, we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy borders. 18 And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come out against thee with the sword. 19 And the children of Israel said unto him, We will go by the high way: and if I and my cattle drink of thy water, then I will pay for it: I will only, without [doing] any thing [else], go through on my feet. 20 And he said, Thou shalt not go through. And Edom came out against him with much people, and with a strong hand. 21 Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border: wherefore Israel turned away from him. 22 And the children of Israel, [even] the whole congregation, journeyed from Kadesh, and came unto mount Hor. 23 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in mount Hor, by the coast of the land of Edom, saying, 24 Aaron shall be gathered unto his people: for he shall not enter into the land which I have given unto the children of Israel, because ye rebelled against my word at the water of Meribah. 25 Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up unto mount Hor: 26 And strip Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son: and Aaron shall be gathered [unto his people], and shall die there. 27 And Moses did as the LORD commanded: and they went up into mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation. 28 And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there in the top of the mount: and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount. 29 And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they mourned for Aaron thirty days, [even] all the house of Israel.
Num 18:2 - And thy brethrenH251 also of the tribeH4294 of Levi,H3878 the tribeH7626 of thy father,H1 bringH7126 thou with thee, that they may be joinedH3867 unto thee, and ministerH8334 unto thee: but thou and thy sonsH1121 with thee shall minister beforeH6440 the tabernacleH168 of witness.H5715
Num 18:3 - And they shall keepH8104 thy charge,H4931 and the chargeH4931 of all the tabernacle:H168 only they shall not come nighH7126 the vesselsH3627 of the sanctuaryH6944 and the altar,H4196 that neither they, nor ye also, die.H4191
Num 18:4 - And they shall be joinedH3867 unto thee, and keepH8104 the chargeH4931 of the tabernacleH168 of the congregation,H4150 for all the serviceH5656 of the tabernacle:H168 and a strangerH2114 shall not come nighH7126 unto you.
Num 18:7 - Therefore thou and thy sonsH1121 with thee shall keepH8104 your priest's officeH3550 for every thingH1697 of the altar,H4196 and withinH1004 the vail;H6532 and ye shall serve:H5647 I have givenH5414 your priest's officeH3550unto you as a serviceH5656 of gift:H4979 and the strangerH2114 that cometh nighH7131 shall be put to death.H4191
Num 18:8 - And the LORDH3068 spakeH1696 unto Aaron,H175 Behold, I also have givenH5414 thee the chargeH4931 of mine heave offeringsH8641 of all the hallowed thingsH6944 of the childrenH1121 of Israel;H3478 unto thee have I givenH5414 them by reason of the anointing,H4888 and to thy sons,H1121 by an ordinanceH2706 for ever.H5769
Num 18:9 - This shall be thine of the mostH6944 holy things,H6944reserved from the fire:H784 every oblationH7133 of theirs, every meat offeringH4503 of theirs, and every sin offeringH2403 of theirs, and every trespass offeringH817 of theirs, which they shall renderH7725 unto me, shall be mostH6944 holyH6944 for thee and for thy sons.H1121
Num 18:11 - And this is thine; the heave offeringH8641 of their gift,H4976 with all the wave offeringsH8573 of the childrenH1121 of Israel:H3478 I have givenH5414 them unto thee, and to thy sonsH1121 and to thy daughtersH1323 with thee, by a statuteH2706 for ever:H5769 every one that is cleanH2889 in thy houseH1004 shall eatH398 of it.
Num 18:13 - And whatsoever is first ripeH1061 in the land,H776 which they shall bringH935 unto the LORD,H3068 shall be thine; every one that is cleanH2889 in thine houseH1004 shall eatH398of it.
Num 18:15 - Every thing that openethH6363 the matrixH7358 in all flesh,H1320 which they bringH7126 unto the LORD,H3068whether it be of menH120 or beasts,H929 shall be thine: nevertheless the firstbornH1060 of manH120 shalt thou surelyH6299 redeem,H6299 and the firstlingH1060 of uncleanH2931 beastsH929 shalt thou redeem.H6299
Num 18:26 - Thus speakH1696 unto the Levites,H3881 and sayH559 unto them, When ye takeH3947 of the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478 the tithesH4643 which I have givenH5414 you from them for your inheritance,H5159 then ye shall offerH7311 up an heave offeringH8641 of it for the LORD,H3068even a tenthH4643part of the tithe.H4643
Num 18:27 - And this your heave offeringH8641 shall be reckonedH2803 unto you, as though it were the cornH1715 of the threshingfloor,H1637 and as the fulnessH4395 of the winepress.H3342
Num 18:29 - Out of all your giftsH4979 ye shall offerH7311 every heave offeringH8641 of the LORD,H3068 of all the bestH2459 thereof, even the hallowed partH4720 thereof out of it.
Num 18:30 - Therefore thou shalt sayH559 unto them, When ye have heavedH7311 the bestH2459 thereof from it, then it shall be countedH2803 unto the LevitesH3881 as the increaseH8393 of the threshingfloor,H1637 and as the increaseH8393 of the winepress.H3342
Num 18:32 - And ye shall bearH5375 no sinH2399 by reason of it, when ye have heavedH7311 from it the bestH2459 of it: neither shall ye polluteH2490 the holy thingsH6944 of the childrenH1121 of Israel,H3478 lest ye die.H4191
Num 19:13 - Whosoever touchethH5060 the deadH4191 bodyH5315 of any manH120 that is dead,H4191 and purifiethH2398 not himself, defilethH2930 the tabernacleH4908 of the LORD;H3068 and that soulH5315 shall be cut offH3772 from Israel:H3478 because the waterH4325 of separationH5079 was not sprinkledH2236 upon him, he shall be unclean;H2931 his uncleannessH2932is yet upon him.
Num 19:20 - But the manH376 that shall be unclean,H2930 and shall not purifyH2398 himself, that soulH5315 shall be cut offH3772 from amongH8432 the congregation,H6951 because he hath defiledH2930 the sanctuaryH4720 of the LORD:H3068 the waterH4325 of separationH5079 hath not been sprinkledH2236 upon him; he is unclean.H2931
Num 20:4 - And why have ye brought upH935 the congregationH6951 of the LORDH3068 into this wilderness,H4057 that we and our cattleH1165 should dieH4191 there?
Num 20:12 - And the LORDH3068 spakeH559 unto MosesH4872 and Aaron,H175 Because ye believedH539 me not, to sanctifyH6942 me in the eyesH5869 of the childrenH1121 of Israel,H3478 therefore ye shall not bringH935 this congregationH6951 into the landH776 which I have givenH5414 them.
Num 20:17 - Let us pass,H5674 I pray thee, through thy country:H776 we will not passH5674 through the fields,H7704 or through the vineyards,H3754 neither will we drinkH8354of the waterH4325 of the wells:H875 we will goH3212 by the king'sH4428high way,H1870 we will not turnH5186 to the right handH3225 nor to the left,H8040 until we have passedH5674 thy borders.H1366
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