Numbers 18:20-22

New International Version

²⁰The Lord said to Aaron, “You will have no inheritance in their land, nor will you have any share among them;^(A) I am your share and your inheritance^(B) among the Israelites.

²¹“I give to the Levites all the tithes^(C) in Israel as their inheritance^(D) in return for the work they do while serving at the tent of meeting.^(E) ²²From now on the Israelites must not go near the tent of meeting, or they will bear the consequences of their sin and will die.^(F)

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Numbers 18:20-22

New King James Version

²⁰Then the Lord said to Aaron: “You shall have ^(A)no inheritance in their land, nor shall you have any portion among them; ^(B)I am your portion and your inheritance among the children of Israel.

Tithes for Support of the Levites

²¹“Behold, ^(C)I have given the children of Levi all the tithes in Israel as ^[a]an inheritance in return for the work which they perform, ^(D)the work of the tabernacle of meeting. ²²^(E)Hereafter the children of Israel shall not come near the tabernacle of meeting, ^(F)lest they bear sin and die.

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Numbers 18:20-22

English Standard Version

²⁰And the Lord said to Aaron, “You shall have no inheritance in their land, neither shall you have any portion among them. ^(A)I am your portion and your inheritance among the people of Israel.

²¹^(B)“To the Levites I have given every tithe in Israel for an inheritance, in return for their service that they do, their service in the tent of meeting, ²²^(C)so that the people of Israel do not come near the tent of meeting, ^(D)lest they bear sin and die.

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