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Numbers 18

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Numbers 18 . 1

1 So the LORD said to Aaron, "You and your sons and your father's house must bear the iniquity involving the sanctuary. And you and your sons alone must bear the iniquity involving your priesthood.IP2 Chronicles 29:11 Ezekiel 44:9 2 Chronicles 29:11 Ezekiel 44:9-16CNumbers 18:1-7TOSKNumbers 18:1TTHigh Priest Seated at the Right Hand (Christ's Royal-Priestly Session) Levites (Substitutionary Service) Priestly Ministrations (Service and Sacrifice)

Numbers 18 . 2

2 But bring with you also your brothers from the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, that they may join you and assist you and your sons before the Tent of the Testimony.IP2 Chronicles 29:11 Ezekiel 44:9-16CNumbers 18:1-7TOSKNumbers 18:2TTHigh Priest Seated at the Right Hand (Christ's Royal-Priestly Session) Priestly Ministrations (Service and Sacrifice)

Numbers 18 . 7

7 But only you and your sons shall attend to your priesthood for everything concerning the altar and what is inside the veil, and you are to perform that service. I am giving you the work of the priesthood as a gift, but any outsider who comes near the sanctuary must be put to death."IP2 Chronicles 29:11 Ezekiel 44:9-16CNumbers 18:1-7TOSKNumbers 18:7TTHigh Priest Seated at the Right Hand (Christ's Royal-Priestly Session) Priestly Ministrations (Service and Sacrifice)

Numbers 18 . 8

8 Then the LORD said to Aaron, “Behold, I have put you in charge of My offerings. As for all the sacred offerings of the Israelites, I have given them to you and your sons as a portion and a permanent statute.CNumbers 18:8-19TOSKNumbers 18:8

Numbers 18 . 9

9 A portion of the most holy offerings reserved from the fire will be yours. From all the offerings they render to Me as most holy offerings, whether grain offerings or sin offerings or guilt offerings, that part belongs to you and your sons.CNumbers 18:8-19TOSKNumbers 18:9

Numbers 18 . 10

10 You are to eat it as a most holy offering, and every male may eat it. You shall regard it as holy.CNumbers 18:8-19TOSKNumbers 18:10

Numbers 18 . 11

11 And this is yours as well: the offering of their gifts, along with all the wave offerings of the Israelites. I have given this to you and your sons and daughters as a permanent statute. Every ceremonially clean person in your household may eat it.CNumbers 18:8-19TOSKNumbers 18:11

Numbers 18 . 12

12 I give you all the freshest olive oil and all the finest new wine and grain that the Israelites give to the LORD as their firstfruits.CNumbers 18:8-19TOSKNumbers 18:12

Numbers 18 . 13

13 The firstfruits of everything in their land that they bring to the LORD will belong to you. Every ceremonially clean person in your household may eat them.CNumbers 18:8-19TOSKNumbers 18:13

Numbers 18 . 14

14 Every devoted thing in Israel belongs to you.CNumbers 18:8-19TOSKNumbers 18:14

Numbers 18 . 15

15 The firstborn of every womb, whether man or beast, that is offered to the LORD belongs to you. But you must surely redeem every firstborn son and every firstborn male of unclean animals.IPExodus 13:12 Exodus 13:12-13CNumbers 18:8-19TOSKNumbers 18:15

Numbers 18 . 16

16 You are to pay the redemption price for a month-old male according to your valuation: five shekels of silver, according to the sanctuary shekel, which is twenty gerahs.IPExodus 13:12-13CNumbers 18:8-19TOSKNumbers 18:16

Numbers 18 . 17

17 But you must not redeem the firstborn of an ox, a sheep, or a goat; they are holy. You are to sprinkle their blood on the altar and burn their fat as an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.IPExodus 13:12-13CNumbers 18:8-19TOSKNumbers 18:17

Numbers 18 . 18

18 And their meat belongs to you, just as the breast and right thigh of the wave offering belong to you.IPExodus 13:12-13CNumbers 18:8-19TOSKNumbers 18:18

Numbers 18 . 19

19 All the holy offerings that the Israelites present to the LORD I give to you and to your sons and daughters as a permanent statute. It is a permanent covenant of salt before the LORD for you and your offspring."IP2 Chronicles 13:5CNumbers 18:8-19TOSKNumbers 18:19

Numbers 18 . 20

20 Then the LORD said to Aaron, "You will have no inheritance in their land, nor will you have any portion among them. I am your portion and your inheritance among the Israelites.IPLamentations 3:22-23 Lamentations 3:22CNumbers 18:20-32TOSKNumbers 18:20TTNew Moons (Renewal and Rest)

Numbers 18 . 21

21 Behold, I have given to the Levites all the tithes in Israel as an inheritance in return for the work they do, the service of the Tent of Meeting.IPDeuteronomy 14:22 Leviticus 27:30 Deuteronomy 14:22-29 Leviticus 27:30-33CNumbers 18:20-32TOSKNumbers 18:21TTLevites (Substitutionary Service)

Numbers 18 . 22

22 No longer may the Israelites come near to the Tent of Meeting, or they will incur guilt and die.IPDeuteronomy 14:22-29 Leviticus 27:30-33CNumbers 18:20-32TOSKNumbers 18:22

Numbers 18 . 23

23 The Levites are to perform the work of the Tent of Meeting, and they must bear their iniquity. This is a permanent statute for the generations to come. The Levites will not receive an inheritance among the Israelites.IPDeuteronomy 14:22-29 Leviticus 27:30-33CNumbers 18:20-32TOSKNumbers 18:23

Numbers 18 . 24

24 For I have given to the Levites as their inheritance the tithe that the Israelites present to the LORD as a contribution. That is why I told them that they would not receive an inheritance among the Israelites."IPDeuteronomy 14:22-29 Leviticus 27:30-33CNumbers 18:20-32TOSKNumbers 18:24

Numbers 18 . 25

25 And the LORD instructed Moses,CNumbers 18:20-32

Numbers 18 . 26

26 “Speak to the Levites and tell them: ‘When you receive from the Israelites the tithe that I have given you as your inheritance, you must present part of it as an offering to the LORD—a tithe of the tithe.CNumbers 18:20-32TOSKNumbers 18:26

Numbers 18 . 27

27 Your offering will be reckoned to you as grain from the threshing floor or juice from the winepress.CNumbers 18:20-32TOSKNumbers 18:27

Numbers 18 . 28

28 So you are to present an offering to the LORD from all the tithes you receive from the Israelites, and from these you are to give the LORD’s offering to Aaron the priest.CNumbers 18:20-32TOSKNumbers 18:28

Numbers 18 . 29

29 You must present the offering due the LORD from all the best of every gift, the holiest part of it.’CNumbers 18:20-32TOSKNumbers 18:29

Numbers 18 . 30

30 Therefore say to the Levites, ‘When you have presented the best part, it will be reckoned to you as the produce of the threshing floor or winepress.CNumbers 18:20-32TOSKNumbers 18:30

Numbers 18 . 31

31 And you and your households may eat the rest of it anywhere; it is the compensation for your work at the Tent of Meeting.CNumbers 18:20-32TOSKNumbers 18:31

Numbers 18 . 32

32 Once you have presented the best part of it, you will not incur guilt because of it. But you must not defile the sacred offerings of the Israelites, or else you will die.’”CNumbers 18:20-32TOSKNumbers 18:32

Linked Mentions 31

Intertextuality Pairs 22

Trajectory Tables 4

Longitudinal Themes 1

Land and Inheritance

Anchor Texts 1

Psalm 68:15-19 — The Ascent to Zion

Chiasm 3

In the wider web27 threads

Trajectories

High Priest Seated at the Right Hand (Christ's Royal-Priestly Session), Levites (Substitutionary Service), New Moons (Renewal and Rest), Priestly Ministrations (Service and Sacrifice)

Chiasms

Shaped Numbers 18:1–7, Numbers 18:20–32, Numbers 18:8–19