And the LORD said unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy father's house
with thee shall bear (a) the iniquity of the sanctuary: and thou and
thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.
(a) If you trespass in anything concerning the ceremonies of the
sanctuary of your office, you w... [ Continue Reading ]
And they shall (b) keep thy charge, and the charge of all the
tabernacle: only they shall not come nigh the vessels of the sanctuary
and the altar, that neither they, nor ye also, die.
(b) That is, the things which are committed to you, or, which you
command them.... [ 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 (c) stranger shall not come nigh unto you.
(c) Which was not of the tribe of Levi.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Behold, I also have given thee the
charge of mine heave (d) offerings of all the hallowed things of the
children of Israel; unto thee have I given them by reason of the
anointing, and to thy sons, by an ordinance for ever.
(d) As the first fruit, first born, and the t... [ Continue Reading ]
This shall be thine of the most holy things, [reserved] from the (e)
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.
(e) That whic... [ Continue Reading ]
In the most (f) holy [place] shalt thou eat it; every male shall eat
it: it shall be holy unto thee.
(f) That is, in the sanctuary between the court and the holiest of
holies.... [ Continue Reading ]
And this [is] thine; the heave offering of their gift, with all the
wave offerings of the children of Israel: I have given them unto thee,
and to thy sons and to thy (g) daughters with thee, by a statute for
ever: every one that is clean in thy house shall eat of it.
(g) Read (Leviticus 10:14).... [ Continue Reading ]
All the (h) best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of the
wheat, the firstfruits of them which they shall offer unto the LORD,
them have I given thee.
(h) Or, fat; chiefest.... [ Continue Reading ]
But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the
firstling of a goat, thou shalt not (i) redeem; they [are] holy: thou
shalt sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shalt burn their fat
[for] an offering made by fire, for a sweet savour unto the LORD.
(i) Because they are appointed... [ 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 for ever: it [is] a covenant (k) of
salt for ever before the LORD unto thee and to thy seed with thee.
(k) That is, sure, stable an... [ Continue Reading ]
And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their
(l) land, neither shalt thou have any part among them: I [am] thy part
and thine inheritance among the children of Israel.
(l) Of Canaan.... [ Continue Reading ]
Neither must the children of Israel henceforth (m) come nigh the
tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die.
(m) To serve in it: for the Levites are put in their place.... [ Continue Reading ]
But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the
congregation, and they shall bear (n) their iniquity: [it shall be] a
statute for ever throughout your generations, that among the children
of Israel they have no inheritance.
(n) If they fail in their office, they will be punished.... [ Continue Reading ]
And [this] your heave offering shall be reckoned unto you, as though
[it were] the (o) corn of the threshingfloor, and as the fulness of
the winepress.
(o) As acceptable as the fruit of your own ground or vineyard.... [ Continue Reading ]
Out of all your (p) gifts ye shall offer every heave offering of the
LORD, of all the (q) best thereof, [even] the hallowed part thereof
out of it.
(p) Which you have received from the children of Israel.
(q) Read (Numbers 18:12).... [ Continue Reading ]
And ye shall eat it in every (r) place, ye and your households: for it
[is] your reward for your service in the tabernacle of the
congregation.
(r) As in (Numbers 18:11).... [ Continue Reading ]
And ye shall (f) bear no sin by reason of it, when ye have heaved from
it the best of it: neither shall ye pollute the holy (t) things of the
children of Israel, lest ye die.
(s) You shall not be punished therefore.
(t) The offerings which the Israelites have offered to God.... [ Continue Reading ]