18 Then Yahweh told Aharon (Aaron), “You and your Levite brothers and cousins and all your descendants must bear the imperfections of the sacred tent, and you and your sons must bear the imperfections of your priesthood. 2 Bring your Levite brothers (your father’s tribe) to work closely with you and to assist you as you and your sons perform your duties at the sacred tent. 3 They must look after the tent, however, they mustn’t approach the furnishings or utensils, or the altar, so that both you and they won’t die. 4 Then must work closely with you and take care of all the duties to do with the sacred tent, but no outsider is allowed to approach. 5 You priests will take care of the sacred place and the altar, and then there won’t be anymore fury against the Israeli people. 6 Now listen, I’ve taken your brothers the Levites out from the rest of the Israelis as a gift for you—they’re given to do the duties at the sacred tent. 7 However, it’s you and your sons who are the priests who must serve for things to do with the altar and inside the curtain. Your priesthood is a gift of service, and any outsider who approaches must be executed.”

8 Then Yahweh told Aharon, “Also listen, I’ve put you in charge of looking after the sacred offerings to me. I’ve given them to you and your sons as your permanent income. 9 Every offering apart from the burnt offerings, will belong to you. That includes their grain offerings, their sin offerings, and their guilt offerings. Once they’re given, they become sacred, and they’re for you and your sons. 10 You and the males in your families may eat that sacred offering but do remember that it’s sacred.

11 “In addition, the people’s raised offerings belong to you, and they are permanently given to your entire families to eat—everyone who’s ‘clean’ may eat them.

12 “All the best of the fresh oil, and the new wine and grain that they give to Yahweh, I give to you. 13 The first portions of all their harvests that they bring to Yahweh, belong to you—everyone in your families who’s ‘clean’ may eat them.

14 “Everything throughout Yisrael that’s dedicated to Yahweh will belong to you.[ref]

15 “Every firstborn male baby, as well as animals, will belong to Yahweh, however you must buy back the human babies as well as the firstborns from the ‘unclean’ livestock. 16 The babies must be bought back when they’re one month old, paying five silver coins of the proper weight according to the scales at the sacred tent. 17 However, the firstborn cows or sheep or goats can’t be bought back. They are sacred—you must sprinkle their blood on the altar and burn their fat as an offering that’s a soothing aroma for Yahweh. 18 Their meat will belong to you, just like the breast or the right thigh of the wave offerings are yours. 19 All sacred donations by the Israelis, I’ve permanently given to you and your children to eat—it’s an irrevocable agreement with Yahweh for you and your future ancestors.”