To the descendants of Levi I have given every tithe in Israel as an inheritance, in return for their service, the service they perform at the tent of meeting.
In context
19All the contributions of the holy things that the Israelites present to Yahweh I have given to you, and to your sons and daughters with you, as a lasting statute. It is an everlasting covenant of salt before Yahweh, for you and for your descendants with you.” 20Yahweh said to Aaron, “You shall have no inheritance in their land, and you shall have no portion among them. I am your portion and your inheritance among the Israelites. 21To the descendants of Levi I have given every tithe in Israel as an inheritance, in return for their service, the service they perform at the tent of meeting. 22The Israelites are no longer to come near the tent of meeting, or they will bear the consequences of sin and die. 23The Levites alone shall perform the service of the tent of meeting, and they shall bear their own guilt. This is a lasting statute throughout your generations, that among the Israelites the Levites shall have no inheritance.
