10 I also found out that the portions of the Levites had not been given to them, so that the Levites and the singers, who did the work, had fled each to his field.

8 Then the Lord spoke to Aaron, “Behold, I have given you charge of the ^econtributions made to me, all the consecrated things of the people of Israel. I have given them to you as a portion and to your sons as a perpetual due. 9 This shall be yours of the most holy things, reserved from the fire: every offering of theirs, every grain offering of theirs and every sin offering of theirs and every guilt offering of theirs, which they render to me, shall be most holy to you and to your sons. 10 ^fIn a most holy place shall you eat it. ^gEvery male may eat it; it is holy to you. 11 This also is yours: the contribution of their gift, all the ^hwave offerings of the people of Israel. I have given them to you, and to your sons and daughters with you, as a perpetual due. ⁱEveryone who is clean ^jin your house may eat it. 12 All the ^kbest of the oil and all the best of the wine and of the grain, the firstfruits of what they give to the Lord, I give to you. 13 The first ripe fruits of all that is in their land, which they bring to the Lord, shall be yours. Everyone who is clean in your house may eat it. 14 Every ^ldevoted thing in Israel shall be yours. 15 ^mEverything that opens the womb of all flesh, whether man or beast, which they offer to the Lord, shall be yours. Nevertheless, the firstborn of man you shall ⁿredeem, and the firstborn of ^ounclean animals you shall redeem. 16 And their redemption price (at a month old you shall redeem them) you shall fix at ^pfive shekels¹ in silver, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs. 17 But the firstborn of a cow, or the firstborn of a sheep, or the firstborn of a goat, you shall not redeem; they are holy. You shall sprinkle their blood on the altar and shall burn their fat as a food offering, with a pleasing aroma to the Lord. 18 But their flesh shall be yours, as ^qthe breast that is waved and as the right thigh are yours. 19 All the holy contributions that the people of Israel present to the Lord I give to you, and to your sons and daughters with you, as a perpetual due. It is a ^rcovenant of salt forever before the Lord for you and for your offspring with you.” 20 And the Lord said to Aaron, “You shall have ^sno inheritance in their land, neither shall you have any portion among them. ^tI am your portion and your inheritance among the people of Israel.

21 ^u“To the Levites I have given every ^vtithe in Israel for an inheritance, in return for their service that they do, their service in the tent of meeting, 22 so that the people of Israel do not come near the tent of meeting, lest they bear sin and die. 23 But the Levites shall do the service of the tent of meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity. It shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations, and among the people of Israel they shall have no inheritance. 24 For the tithe of the people of Israel, which they present as a contribution to the Lord, I have given to the Levites for an inheritance. Therefore I have said of them that they shall have no inheritance among the people of Israel.”