20. You will not receive any land in Israel as your own. I am the Lord, and I will give you whatever you need.
21. Ten per cent of the Israelites' crops and one out of every ten of their newborn animals belong to me. But I am giving all this to the Levites as their pay for the work they do at the sacred tent.
22-23. They are the only ones allowed to work at the tent, and they must not let anyone else come near it. Those who do must be put to death, and the Levites will also be punished. This law will never change.Since the Levites won't be given any land in Israel as their own,
24. they will be given the crops and newborn animals that the Israelites offer to me.
25. The Lord told Moses
26. to say to the Levites:When you receive from the people of Israel ten per cent of their crops and newborn animals, you must offer a tenth of that to me.
27. Just as the Israelites give me part of their grain and wine, you must set aside part of what you receive
28. as an offering to me. That amount must then be given to Aaron,
29. so the best of what you receive will be mine.