7 But you and your sons with you shall (A)attend to your priesthood for everything concerning the altar and inside the veil, and you are to perform service. I am giving you the priesthood as (B)a (a)bestowed service, but (C)the (b)outsider who comes near shall be put to death.”

The Priests’ Portion

8 Then the Lord spoke to Aaron, “Now behold, I Myself have given you charge of My (c)(D)offerings, even all the holy gifts of the sons of Israel I have given them to you as a portion and to your sons as a perpetual allotment.

Footnotes:

a. Numbers 18:7: ['Lit ', service of gift]
b. Numbers 18:7: ['Lit ', stranger]
c. Numbers 18:8: ['Lit ', heave offerings, ', and so throughout the ch']