and thine inheritance among the children of Israel.

And unto the children of Levi have I given all the tithes of Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they do unto me in the tabernacle of the congregation, 22. That the children of Israel come not near unto the tabernacle of the congregation, to bring sin upon themselves, and to die;

But the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they shall bear the iniquity thereof for a perpetual statute among your seed. And they shall have no inheritance among the children of Israel.

For the tithes of the children of Israel, which they give unto the LORD, have I given unto the Levites for an inheritance: therefore have I said unto them, that they should have no inheritance among the children of Israel.

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying:

Speak unto the Levites, and say unto them: When ye take the tenth of the children of Israel, which I have given you of them for your inheritance, then ye shall offer of it a heave offering unto the LORD, a tenth of the tenth.

And ye shall regard your heave offering as the grain out of the barn, and the wine out of the winepress.

And ye also shall give the heave offering unto the LORD of all your tithes, which ye take of the children of Israel, to give the heave offering of the LORD unto Aaron the priest.

Of all that is given unto you ye shall offer of every heave offering unto the LORD, of all that is sanctified of it.

And say unto them: If ye therefore gather the best thereof, it shall be counted unto the Levites as the revenue of the barn, and as the revenue of the winepress.

And ye shall eat it in every place, ye and your children: for it is your reward for your service
in the tabernacle of the congregation.

So ye shall not sin in it, if ye take the best part of it; neither shall ye profane the holy things of the children of Israel, nor die.
(Numbers)
Chapter 19
Of the reddish cow and the blasting water.

And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying:

This manner shall be a law, which the LORD commanded, saying, Tell the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee a red heifer without change, wherein is no blemish, and upon which no yoke hath ever come.

And give them unto Eleazar the priest, and he shall bring them forth before the camp, and slay them there before him:

And Eleazar the priest shall take the blood of them with his finger, and sprinkle it over against the tabernacle of the congregation seven times,

And let the heifer be burned before him, both her hide and her flesh, and her blood with her dung.

And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and the wool of the scarlet, and cast them upon the heifer that burneth,

And he shall wash his clothes, and bathe his body in water, and go into the camp, and be unclean until the even.

And he that burneth them shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his body in water, and be unclean until the even.

And a clean man shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and cast them out of the camp into a clean place, and there they shall be reserved for the congregation of the children of Israel for a water of sprinkling: for it is a sin offering.

And he that gathereth up the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even. This shall be a statute for ever unto the children of Israel, and to the strangers that sojourn among you.

Whosoever therefore toucheth any dead person shall be unclean seven days.

He shall hereby make himself clean on the third day, and on the seventh day, and shall be clean: and if he make himself clean not on the third day, and on the seventh day, he shall not be clean.

And if any man touch any dead person, and would not be cleansed, he defileth the tabernacle of the LORD: and that soul shall be cut off from Israel. Because the water of sprinkling is not sprinkled on him, he is unclean until he is cleansed by it.

This is the law, when a man dieth in the tabernacle: He that prayeth in the tabernacle; and all that is in the tabernacle shall be unclean seven days.

And every open vessel that hath no cover, nor ribbon, is unclean.

And whosoever toucheth in the field a man slain with the sword, or a dead man, or a man’s bone, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.

They shall therefore take for the unclean person the ashes of this burnt sin offering, and put running water upon them in a vessel.

And a clean man shall take hyssop, and dip it in water, and sprinkle it upon the tabernacle, and upon all the vessels, and upon all the souls that are therein; even upon him that hath touched the bones of the dead, or the slain, or the dead, or the grave.

And the clean person shall sprinkle the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day shall he sprinkle him, and on the seventh day shall he cleanse him: and he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be clean at even.

And whosoever shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, his soul shall be cut off from among the congregation: for he hath defiled the sanctuary of the LORD, and hath not sprinkled sprinkling water upon him: therefore is he unclean.

And this shall be a perpetual statute unto them. And he that hath sprinkled with the water of separation shall wash his clothes. And whosoever toucheth the water of sprinkling shall be
unclean until the even.

And all that he toucheth shall be unclean: and whatsoever soul he toucheth shall be unclean until the even.
(Numbers)
Chapter 20
Water from the rock. Miriam and Aaron die.

And the children of Israel came with all the congregation into the wilderness of Zin in the first month: and the people lay in Kadesh. And Miriam died there, and was buried there.

And the congregation had no water, and gathered themselves together against Moses and Aaron.

And the people disputed with Moses, and said: Oh that we had perished, when our brethren perished before the LORD!

Why have ye brought the congregation of the LORD into this wilderness, that we should die here with our cattle?

And why have ye brought us out of Egypt into this evil place, where there is no sowing, where there are neither figs, nor vines, nor pomegranates, and there is no water to drink?

And Moses and Aaron went from the congregation unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and fell on their faces: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto them.

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying:

Take the rod, and gather the congregation together, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and speak unto the rock before their eyes; and it shall give them water. So shalt thou bring them water out of the rock, and water the congregation, and their cattle.

And Moses took the rod before the LORD, as he commanded him.

And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and said unto them: Hear, ye rebellious, shall we also bring you water out of this rock?

And Moses lifted up his hand, and smote the rock twice with the rod. And there came out much water, and the congregation drank, and their cattle.

And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed not on me, to sanctify me before the children of Israel, ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I will give them.

This is the water of reproach, whereof the children of Israel disputed with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them.

And Moses sent word from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, saying, Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the trouble that hath come upon us;

Because our fathers went down into Egypt, and we dwelt in Egypt a long time, and the Egyptians dealt evil with us and with our fathers;

And we cried unto the LORD, and he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and brought us out of Egypt. And, behold, we are in Kadesh, in the city of thy borders.

Let us pass through thy land. We will not pass through the fields, nor through the vineyards, neither will we drink water out of the wells: we will go by the way of the land, turning neither to the right hand nor to the left, until we come through thy border.

And the Edomites said unto them: Thou shalt not pass through me, or I will come against thee with the sword.

And the children of Israel said unto him, We will go by the way of the highway, and if we drink of thy water, we and our cattle, we will pay for it: we will go by nothing, but by foot.

And he said, Thou shalt not pass through. And the Edomites went out to meet them with a mighty people and a strong hand.

So the Edomites refused to grant Israel to pass through their border. And Israel departed from them.

And the children of Israel departed from Kadesh, and came with all the congregation to Hor by the mountains.

And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron in Hor by the mountains of the border of the land of Edom, saying:

Let Aaron be gathered unto his people: for he shall not come into the land which I have given