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Numbers 18:7-19

7 But only you and your sons may serve as priests in connection with everything at the altar and inside the curtain. I am giving you the service of the priesthood as a gift. Anyone else who comes near the sanctuary must be put to death.”

8 Offerings for Priests and Levites
Then the Lord said to Aaron, “I myself have put you in charge of the offerings presented to me; all the holy offerings the Israelites give me I give to you and your sons as your portion and regular share.

9 You are to have the part of the most holy offerings that is kept from the fire. From all the gifts they bring me as most holy offerings, whether grain or sin or guilt offerings, that part belongs to you and your sons.

10 Eat it as something most holy; every male shall eat it. You must regard it as holy.

11 “This also is yours: whatever is set aside from the gifts of all the wave offerings of the Israelites. I give this to you and your sons and daughters as your regular share. Everyone in your household who is ceremonially clean may eat it.

12 “I give you all the finest olive oil and all the finest new wine and grain they give the Lord as the firstfruits of their harvest.

13 All the land’s firstfruits that they bring to the Lord will be yours. Everyone in your household who is ceremonially clean may eat it.

14 “Everything in Israel that is devoted to the Lord is yours.

15 The first offspring of every womb, both man and animal, that is offered to the Lord is yours. But you must redeem every firstborn son and every firstborn male of unclean animals.

16 When they are a month old, you must redeem them at the redemption price set at five shekels of silver, according to the sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs.

17 “But you must not redeem the firstborn of an ox, a sheep or a goat; they are holy. Sprinkle their blood on the altar and burn their fat as an offering made by fire, an aroma pleasing to the Lord.

18 Their meat is to be yours, just as the breast of the wave offering and the right thigh are yours.

19 Whatever is set aside from the holy offerings the Israelites present to the Lord I give to you and your sons and daughters as your regular share. It is an everlasting covenant of salt before the Lord for both you and your offspring.”

Cross References for Numbers 18:7-19

Isaiah 56:3 - Let no foreigner who has bound himself to the Lord say, “The Lord will surely exclude me from h... Click to read the verse Isaiah 56:3 Click to read the verse Isaiah 56:3

Numbers 16:40 - as the Lord directed him through Moses. This was to remind the Israelites that no one except a ... Click to read the verse Numbers 16:40 Click to read the verse Numbers 16:40

Exodus 28:1 - The Priestly Garments “Have Aaron your brother brought to you from among the Israelites, along ... Click to read the verse Exodus 28:1 Click to read the verse Exodus 28:1

Leviticus 16:2 - The Lord said to Moses: “Tell your brother Aaron not to come whenever he chooses into the Most ... Click to read the verse Leviticus 16:2 Click to read the verse Leviticus 16:2

Luke 1:8 - Once when Zechariah’s division was on duty and he was serving as priest before God, Click to read the verse Luke 1:8 Click to read the verse Luke 1:8

Exodus 29:9 - and put headbands on them. Then tie sashes on Aaron and his sons. The priesthood is theirs by a... Click to read the verse Exodus 29:9 Click to read the verse Exodus 29:9

Hebrews 5:4 - No one takes this honor upon himself; he must be called by God, just as Aaron was. Click to read the verse Hebrews 5:4 Click to read the verse Hebrews 5:4

Numbers 18:22 - From now on the Israelites must not go near the Tent of Meeting, or they will bear the conseque... Click to read the verse Numbers 18:22 Click to read the verse Numbers 18:22

Numbers 16:10 - He has brought you and all your fellow Levites near himself, but now you are trying to get the ... Click to read the verse Numbers 16:10 Click to read the verse Numbers 16:10

Numbers 3:10 - Appoint Aaron and his sons to serve as priests; anyone else who approaches the sanctuary must b... Click to read the verse Numbers 3:10 Click to read the verse Numbers 3:10

1 Samuel 2:28 - I chose your father out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to go up to my altar, to b... Click to read the verse 1 Samuel 2:28 Click to read the verse 1 Samuel 2:28

Exodus 29:33 - They are to eat these offerings by which atonement was made for their ordination and consecrati... Click to read the verse Exodus 29:33 Click to read the verse Exodus 29:33

Numbers 3:38 - Moses and Aaron and his sons were to camp to the east of the tabernacle, toward the sunrise, in... Click to read the verse Numbers 3:38 Click to read the verse Numbers 3:38

Numbers 1:51 - Whenever the tabernacle is to move, the Levites are to take it down, and whenever the tabernacl... Click to read the verse Numbers 1:51 Click to read the verse Numbers 1:51

John 3:27 - To this John replied, “A man can receive only what is given him from heaven. Click to read the verse John 3:27 Click to read the verse John 3:27

Ephesians 3:8 - Although I am less than the least of all God’s people, this grace was given me: to preach to th... Click to read the verse Ephesians 3:8 Click to read the verse Ephesians 3:8

2 Chronicles 35:11 - The Passover lambs were slaughtered, and the priests sprinkled the blood handed to them, while ... Click to read the verse 2 Chronicles 35:11 Click to read the verse 2 Chronicles 35:11

Ezekiel 42:13 - Then he said to me, “The north and south rooms facing the temple courtyard are the priests’ roo... Click to read the verse Ezekiel 42:13 Click to read the verse Ezekiel 42:13

1 Chronicles 24:2 - But Nadab and Abihu died before their father did, and they had no sons; so Eleazar and Ithamar ... Click to read the verse 1 Chronicles 24:2 Click to read the verse 1 Chronicles 24:2

Ezra 2:62 - These searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from... Click to read the verse Ezra 2:62 Click to read the verse Ezra 2:62

Numbers 17:3 - On the staff of Levi write Aaron’s name, for there must be one staff for the head of each ances... Click to read the verse Numbers 17:3 Click to read the verse Numbers 17:3

Numbers 18:3 - They are to be responsible to you and are to perform all the duties of the Tent, but they must ... Click to read the verse Numbers 18:3 Click to read the verse Numbers 18:3

Ezekiel 44:8 - Instead of carrying out your duty in regard to my holy things, you put others in charge of my s... Click to read the verse Ezekiel 44:8 Click to read the verse Ezekiel 44:8

Leviticus 16:12-14 - He is to take a censer full of burning coals from the altar before the Lord and two handfuls of... Click to read the verse Leviticus 16:12-14 Click to read the verse Leviticus 16:12-14

Hebrews 9:3-6 - Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place, Click to read the verse Hebrews 9:3-6 Click to read the verse Hebrews 9:3-6

Numbers 18:4-5 - They are to join you and be responsible for the care of the Tent of Meeting—all the work at the... Click to read the verse Numbers 18:4-5 Click to read the verse Numbers 18:4-5

Numbers 16:5-7 - Then he said to Korah and all his followers: “In the morning the Lord will show who belongs to ... Click to read the verse Numbers 16:5-7 Click to read the verse Numbers 16:5-7

Romans 15:15-16 - I have written you quite boldly on some points, as if to remind you of them again, because of t... Click to read the verse Romans 15:15-16 Click to read the verse Romans 15:15-16

Numbers 18:20 - The Lord said to Aaron, “You will have no inheritance in their land, nor will you have any shar... Click to read the verse Numbers 18:20 Click to read the verse Numbers 18:20

Hebrews 7:5 - Now the law requires the descendants of Levi who become priests to collect a tenth from the peo... Click to read the verse Hebrews 7:5 Click to read the verse Hebrews 7:5

2 Chronicles 26:18 - They confronted him and said, “It is not right for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to the Lord. Th... Click to read the verse 2 Chronicles 26:18 Click to read the verse 2 Chronicles 26:18

Psalms 115:10 - O house of Aaron, trust in the Lord— he is their help and shield. Click to read the verse Psalms 115:10 Click to read the verse Psalms 115:10

Hebrews 7:20 - And it was not without an oath! Others became priests without any oath, Click to read the verse Hebrews 7:20 Click to read the verse Hebrews 7:20