Numbers 18:6-8
New King James Version
6 Behold, I Myself have (A)taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel; (B)they are a gift to you, given by the Lord, to do the work of the tabernacle of meeting. 7 Therefore (C)you and your sons with you shall attend to your priesthood for everything at the altar and (D)behind the veil; and you shall serve. I give your priesthood to you as a (E)gift for service, but the outsider who comes near shall be put to death.”
Offerings for Support of the Priests
8 And the Lord spoke to Aaron: “Here, (F)I Myself have also given you [a]charge of My heave offerings, all the holy gifts of the children of Israel; I have given them (G)as a portion to you and your sons, as an ordinance forever.
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- Numbers 18:8 custody
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