Numbers 18:1-7
THE OFFICE OF THE PRIESTS AND LEVITES... [ Continue Reading ]
THE OFFICE OF THE PRIESTS AND LEVITES... [ Continue Reading ]
And the Lord said unto Aaron, for the fact of his priesthood was now practically unchallenged among the children of Israel, THOU AND THY SONS AND THY FATHER'S HOUSE WITH THEE, the entire family in all its descendants, SHALL BEAR THE. INIQUITY OF THE SANCTUARY, they were to consider themselves respon... [ Continue Reading ]
And thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring thou with thee, causing them to come near to the Sanctuary with him. for the purpose of ministering, THAT THEY MAY BE JOINED UNTO THEE, AND MINISTER UNTO THEE, in the position of assistants in the worship of Jehovah; BUT THOU... [ Continue Reading ]
And they shall keep thy charge, observe and do those things which they were directed to do by the priest, AND THE CHARGE OF ALL THE TABERNACLE, in the matter of transporting the Tabernacle and its appointments and performing such other offices as were connected therewith; ONLY THEY SHALL NOT COME NI... [ Continue Reading ]
And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the Tabernacle of the Congregation for all the service of the Tabernacle; and a stranger, a layman not belonging to the tribe of Levi, SHALL NOT COME NIGH UNTO YOU. Cf Numbers 1:53; Numbers 3:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
And ye shall keep the charge of the Sanctuary and the charge of the altar, this special function was limited to the priests alone; THAT THERE BE NO WRATH ANY MORE UPON THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL.... [ Continue Reading ]
And I, behold, I have taken your brethren, the Levites, from among the children of Israel; to you they are given as a gift for the Lord to do the service of the Tabernacle of the Congregation. Cf Numbers 3:9; Numbers 8:16.... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest's office for everything of the altar, all the service connected with the golden altar of incense, where the priests were daily employed, AND WITHIN THE VEIL, for the high priest entered into the Most Holy Place once every year, on the grea... [ Continue Reading ]
And the Lord spake unto Aaron, Behold, I also have given thee the charge of mine heave-offerings of all the hallowed things of the children of Israel, whatever they set aside for the Lord, either by the Law or in the form of a free-will offering; UNTO THEE HAVE I GIVEN THEM BY REASON OF THE ANOINTIN... [ Continue Reading ]
The Priests' Share of the Sacrifices... [ Continue Reading ]
This shall be thine of the most holy things, reserved from the fire: every oblation of theirs, every meat-offering of theirs, and every sin-offering of theirs, and every trespass-offering of theirs which they shall render unto Me shall be most holy for thee and for thy sons. Falling to the lot of th... [ Continue Reading ]
In the most holy place, in the place reserved for that purpose in the court of the Tabernacle, Leviticus 6:9; Leviticus 6:19; Leviticus 7:6, SHALT THOU EAT IT; EVERY MALE SHALL EAT IT; IT SHALL BE HOLY UNTO THEE. The burnt offering is not included in this list, since only the hide of such sacrifices... [ Continue Reading ]
And this is thine: the heave-offering of their gift, all the offerings of the people that were made in this manner, WITH ALL THE WAVE-OFFERINGS OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL; I HAVE GIVEN THEM UNTO THEE, AND TO THY SONS AND TO THY DAUGHTERS WITH THEE, BY A STATUTE FOREVER; EVERY ONE THAT IS CLEAN IN THY... [ Continue Reading ]
All the best of the oil and all the best of the wine and of the wheat, the first-fruits of them which they shall offer unto the Lord, them have I given thee. Cf Deuteronomy 26:2; Deuteronomy 8:8; Leviticus 19:23.... [ Continue Reading ]
And whatsoever is first ripe in the land, which they shall bring unto the Lord, Numbers 15:19; Exodus 22:29; Exodus 23:19; Exodus 34:26; Leviticus 2:14, SHALL BE THINE; EVERY ONE THAT IS CLEAN IN THINE HOUSE SHALL EAT OF IT.... [ Continue Reading ]
Everything devoted in Israel, consecrated to God by a vow, SHALL BE THINE, Leviticus 27:28.... [ Continue Reading ]
Everything that openeth the matrix in all flesh, which they bring unto the Lord, whether it be of men or beasts, shall be thine, Exodus 13:2; Exodus 22:29; Leviticus 27:26; NEVERTHELESS THE FIRST-BORN OF MAN SHALT THOU SURELY REDEEM, AND THE FIRSTLINGS OF UNCLEAN BEASTS SHALT THOU REDEEM, Exodus 13:... [ Continue Reading ]
And those that are to be redeemed from a month old shalt thou redeem, according to thine estimation, for the money of five shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs. Cf Numbers 3:47; Leviticus 27:2 ff.... [ Continue Reading ]
But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat thou shalt not redeem; they are holy. Being clean animals, they could be consecrated as sacrifices to the Lord. THOU SHALT SPRINKLE THEIR BLOOD UPON THE ALTAR, AND SHALT BURN THEIR FAT FOR AN OFFERING MADE BY FIRE, F... [ Continue Reading ]
And the flesh of them shall be thine; as the wave-breast and as the right shoulder, the heave-shoulder, ARE THINE.... [ Continue Reading ]
All the heave-offerings of the holy things which the children of Israel offer unto the Lord have I given thee, and thy sons and thy daughters with thee, by a statute forever; it is a covenant of salt forever before the Lord unto thee and to thy seed with thee, an indissoluble covenant, an inviolable... [ Continue Reading ]
And the Lord spake unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any part among them, Aaron in this case representing the entire priesthood, Numbers 26:62; Deuteronomy 12:12; Deuteronomy 14:27; Joshua 14:3. I AM THY PART AND THINE INHERITANCE AMONG THE CHILDREN OF... [ Continue Reading ]
OF TITHES... [ Continue Reading ]
And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, Leviticus 27:30, FOR THEIR SERVICE WHICH THEY SERVE, EVEN THE SERVICE OF THE TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION. The tithes of all the income among the children of Israel were the Temple revenue; out of these the... [ Continue Reading ]
Neither must the children of Israel, those that did not belong to the tribe of Levi, HENCEFORTH COME NIGH THE TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION, LEST THEY BEAR SIN AND DIE, since such unauthorized approach was an act of presumption which was punished in that manner.... [ Continue Reading ]
But the Levites shall do the service of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity, be responsible and make atonement for all the sins of which they would be guilty in connection with their service. IT SHALL BE A STATUTE FOREVER THROUGHOUT YOUR GENERATIONS THAT AMONG THE... [ Continue Reading ]
But the tithes of the children of Israel which they offer as an heave-offering unto the Lord I have given to the Levites to inherit; therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus speak unto the Levites and say unto them, When ye take of the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them for your inheritance, which was to be their regular income, upon which they should be able to depend, THEN YE SHALL OFFER UP AN HEAVE-OFFERING OF IT FOR THE LORD, EVEN A... [ Continue Reading ]
And this your heave-offering shall be reckoned unto you, as though it were the corn of the threshing-floor and as the fullness of the winepress, like grain or wine which they themselves had harvested.... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus ye also shall offer an heave-offering unto the Lord of all your tithes which ye receive of the children of Israel; and ye shall give thereof the Lord's heave-offering to Aaron, the priest, for the tithe of their tithe was consecrated to the Lord.... [ Continue Reading ]
Out of all your gifts ye shall offer every heave-offering of the Lord, of all the best thereof, even the hallowed part thereof out of it.... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore thou shall say unto them, When ye have heaved the best thereof from it, as the revenue due to the priests, THEN IT SHALL BE COUNTED UNTO THE LEVITES AS THE INCREASE OF THE THRESHING-FLOOR AND AS THE INCREASE OF THE WINE-PRESS, as though they had harvested this in fields belonging to them.... [ Continue Reading ]
And ye shall eat it in every place, ye and your households; after paying their own tithes they were at liberty to do this; FOR IT IS YOUR REWARD FOR YOUR SERVICE IN THE TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION. In this way the Levites were relieved of the cares and worries of every-day life, and could devote... [ Continue Reading ]
And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, of enjoying their income with their own families, WHEN YE HAVE HEAVED FROM IT THE BEST OF IT, if only this provision were observed; NEITHER SHALL YE POLLUTE THE HOLY THINGS OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL by disregarding these ordinances, or by bringing the gifts... [ Continue Reading ]