1   And our Lord said to Aaron: Thou, and thy sonnes, and the house of thy father with thee shal beare the iniquitie of the Sanctuarie: both thou & thy sonnes together shal beare the sinnes of your priesthood.

2   but thy brethren also of the tribe of Leui, and the scepter of thy father take with thee, and let them be readie at hand, and minister to thee: but thou and thy sonnes shal minister in the tabernacle of testimonie.

3   And the Leuites shal watch vpon thy preceptes, and vpon al the workes of the tabernacle: so not withstanding, that they approch not to the vessel of the Sanctuarie and to the altar, left both they die, and you perish withal.

4   but let them be with thee, and watch in the custodies of the tabernacle, and in al the ceremonies therof. A stranger shal not ioyne with you.

5   Watch in the custodie of the Sanctuarie, and in the ministerie of the altar: lest indignation rise vpon the children of Israel.

6   I haue geuen you your brethren the Leuites out of the middes of the children of Israel, and haue deliuered them a gifte to the Lord, to serue in the ministeries of his tabernacle.

7   And thou and thy sonnes looke to your priesthood: and al thinges that perteyne to the seruice of the altar, and that are within the vele, shal be executed by the priestes. if anie stranger approch, ^note he shal be slaine.

8   And our Lord spake to Aaron, behold I haue geuen thee the custodie of my first fruites. Al thinges that are sanctified of the children of Israel, haue I deliuered to thee and to thy sonnes for the priestlie office, as euerlasting

Prouision for Priestes and Leuites. ordinances.

9   These thinges therfore shalt thou take of those, that are sanctified, and are offered to the Lord. Al oblation, and sacrifice, and whatsoeuer is rendred to me for sinne and offence, & becometh Holie of holies, shal be thine, and thy sonnes.

10   In the Sanctuarie shalt thou eate it: males onlie shal eate therof, because it is to thee a c&obar;secrated thing.

11   But the first fruites, which the children of Israel shal vow and offer, I haue geuen thee, and thy sonnes, and thy daughters for a perpetual right. he that is cleane in thy house, shal eate them.

12   Al the best of oile, and wine, and corne, whatsoeuer first fruites they offer to the Lord, I haue geuen them to thee.

13   Of fruites al the first, that the ground bringeth forth, and are brought to the Lord, shal turne to thy vses: he that is cleane in thy house, shal eate them.

14   Euerie thing that the children of Israel render by vow, shal be thine.

15   Whatsoeuer first breaketh forth from the matrice of al flesh, which they offer to the Lord, whether it be of men, or of beastes, shal be thy right: yet so, that for the first borne of man thou take a price, and euerie beast that is vncleane thou cause to be redemed,

16   whose redemption shal be after one moneth, for fiue sicles of siluer, by the weight of the Sanctuarie. A sicle hath twentie oboles.

17   But the first borne of beefe and sheepe and goate thou shalt not cause to be redemed, because they are sanctified to the Lord, onlie the bloud of them thou shalt powre vpon the altar, and the fatte thou shalt burne for a most sweete odour to the Lord.

18   But the flesh shal turne to thy vse, as the consecrated brest, and the right shoulder, shal be thine.

19   Al the first fruites of the Sanctuarie which the children of Israel offer to the Lord, haue I geuen thee and thy sonnes, and daughters for a perpetual right. ^noteA couenant of salt is it for euer before the Lord, to thee and to thy sonnes.

20   And our Lord said to Aaron: In their land you shal possesse nothing, neither shal you haue a portion among them: I am thy portion and inheritance in the middes of the children of Israel.

21   And to the sonnes of Leui I haue geuen al the tithes of Israel in possession for the ministerie wherwith they serue me in the tabernacle of couenant:

22   that the children of Israel approch not any more to the tabernacle, nor committe ^note deadlie sinne,

23   onlie the sonnes of Leui seruing me in the tabernacle, and bearing the sinnes of the people. it shal be an euerlasting ordinance in

Saccrifice. of expiation. your generations. No other thing shal they possesse,

24   being content with the oblation of tithes, which I haue separated for their vses and necessaries.

25   And our Lord spake to Moyses, saying:

26   Command the Leuites, and denounce vnto them: When you shal receiue of the children of Israel the tithes, which I haue geuen you, offer first fruites of them to the Lord, that is to say, the tenth part of the tenth:

27   that it may be reputed to you for an oblation of fitst fruites, as wel of the barne floores as of the presses,

28   and of al thinges wherof you receiue tithes, the first fruites offer to the Lord, and geue them to Aaron the priest.

29   Al thinges that you shal offer of the tithes, and shal separate for the giftes of the Lord, they shal be the best and chosen thinges.

30   And thou shalt say to them: If you offer al the goodlie and the better thinges of the tithes, it shal be reputed to you as if you had geuen first fruites of the barne floore and the presse:

31   and you shal eate them in al your places, as wel you as your families: because it is the reward for the ministerie, wherwith you serue in the tabernacle of testimonie.

32   And you shal not sinne in this point, reseruing the principal and fatte thinges to your selues lest you pollute the oblations of the children of Israel, and die.

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