YouVersion Logo
Search Icon

Numbers 18:21, 22, 23, 24

Numbers 18:21 NIV

“I give to the Levites all the tithes in Israel as their inheritance in return for the work they do while serving at the tent of meeting.

Numbers 18:22 NIV

From now on the Israelites must not go near the tent of meeting, or they will bear the consequences of their sin and will die.

Numbers 18:23 NIV

It is the Levites who are to do the work at the tent of meeting and bear the responsibility for any offenses they commit against it. This is a lasting ordinance for the generations to come. They will receive no inheritance among the Israelites.

Numbers 18:24 NIV

Instead, I give to the Levites as their inheritance the tithes that the Israelites present as an offering to the LORD. That is why I said concerning them: ‘They will have no inheritance among the Israelites.’ ”