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凡以色列中出产的十分之一,我已赐给利未的子孙为业。因他们所办的是会幕的事,所以赐给他们为酬他们的劳。
从今以后,以色列人不可挨近会幕,免得他们担罪而死。
惟独利未人要办会幕的事,担当罪孽。这要作你们世世代代永远的定例。他们在以色列人中不可有产业。
因为以色列人中出产的十分之一,就是献给耶和华为举祭的,我已赐给利未人为业。所以我对他们说,在以色列人中不可有产业。
耶和华吩咐摩西说,
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"To the sons of Levi, behold, I have given all the tithe in Israel for an inheritance, in return for their service which they perform, the service of the tent of meeting.
"The sons of Israel shall not come near the tent of meeting again, or they will bear sin and die.
"Only the Levites shall perform the service of the tent of meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity; it shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations, and among the sons of Israel they shall have no inheritance.
"For the tithe of the sons of Israel, which they offer as an offering to the LORD, I have given to the Levites for an inheritance; therefore I have said concerning them, 'They shall have no inheritance among the sons of Israel.'"
Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
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