Portions for Priests and Levites

​Portions for Priests and Levites 

The Lord said to Aaron, 

“You, priests, will receive no allotment of land or share of property, among the people of Israel. 

I Am your share and your allotment. 

As for the tribe of Levi, your relatives, I will compensate them, for their service in the Tabernacle. 

Instead of an allotment of land, I will give them the tithes, from the entire land of Israel. 

“From now on, no Israelites, except priests or Levites, may approach the Tabernacle. 

If they come too near, they will be judged guilty and will die. 

Only the Levites may serve at the Tabernacle, and they will be held responsible for any offenses against it. 

This is a permanent law for you, to be observed, from generation to generation. 

The Levites will receive no allotment of land, among the Israelites, because I have given them the Israelites’ tithes, which have been presented, as sacred offerings to the Lord. 

This will be the Levites’ share. 

That is why, I said, they would receive no allotment of land, among the Israelites.” 

The Lord also told Moses, 

“Give these instructions to the Levites: 

‘When you receive, from the people of Israel, the tithes I have assigned, as your allotment, give a tenth of the tithes, which you receive—a tithe of the tithe—to the Lord, as a sacred offering. 

The Lord will consider, this offering, to be your harvest offering, as though it were the first grain, from your own threshing floor …or wine, from your own winepress. 

You must present one-tenth of the tithe, which you received, from the Israelites, as a sacred offering, to the Lord. 

This is the Lord’s sacred portion, and you must present it to Aaron, the priest. 

Be sure to give, to the Lord, the best portions, of the gifts given to you. ‘

“Also, give these instructions to the Levites: 

‘When you present the best part, as your offering, it will be considered, as though it came, from your own threshing floor or winepress. 

You, Levites and your families, may eat this food, anywhere you wish, for it is your compensation, for serving in the Tabernacle. 

You will not be considered guilty, for accepting the Lord’s tithes, if you give the best portion, to the priests. 

But, be careful, not to treat the holy gifts, of the people of Israel, as though they were common. 

If you do, you will die.”

Numbers 18:20–32 (NLT)

Praise be to God!



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