Gen Z: Numbers 18
1God told Aaron, "You and your fam gotta carry the weight of the sanctuary's mess-ups, no cap. You and your sons are on priest duty, fr."
2Grab your Levi fam too, so they can vibe with you and help out. But it’s you and your sons who are poppin' off in front of the tabernacle.
3They’ll handle your responsibilities and all the tabernacle stuff, but they better stay away from the holy vessels and altar, or it’s game over for everyone.
4They’ll be with you, keeping the tabernacle duties on lock, and no outsiders are allowed to roll up on you.
5You gotta keep the sanctuary and altar duties in check, so there’s no more drama for the kids of Israel.
6I’ve snatched the Levites from the Israelites and gifted them to you for the Lord's service at the tabernacle.
7So you and your sons gotta keep the priest game strong for everything at the altar and behind the curtain; it’s a gift to you. Anyone who rolls up uninvited? Instant no-go.
8God said to Aaron, "I’ve also given you the responsibility for all the offerings from the Israelites; they’re yours forever, thanks to the anointing."
9This is your share of the super holy stuff, saved from the fire: all their offerings, meals, sins, and trespasses will be majorly holy for you and your sons.
10You’ll eat it in the most holy spot; every dude gets to eat it, 'cause it’s holy for you.
11This is yours; the heave offering from their gifts and all the wave offerings from the squad of Israel: I’m giving it to you and your fam forever: everyone clean in your crib can munch on it.
12All the top-tier oil, the finest wine, and the best wheat, the firstfruits they bring to the Lord, I’ve hooked you up with that.
13Whatever’s first ripe in the land that they bring to the Lord is yours; everyone clean in your house can eat it, no cap.
14Everything dedicated in Israel is straight-up yours.
15Everything that opens the womb in all flesh, that they bring to the Lord, whether it’s humans or animals, is yours: but you gotta redeem the firstborn of humans and the first of unclean animals.
16Those that need redemption from a month old, you redeem for five shekels, based on the sanctuary rate, which is twenty gerahs.
17But you can't redeem the firstborn of a cow, sheep, or goat; they’re holy: sprinkle their blood on the altar and burn their fat as a fire offering, it’s a sweet vibe for the Lord.
18Their meat is yours, like the wave breast and the right shoulder are yours.
19All the heave offerings from the holy things the squad of Israel brings to the Lord, I’ve given to you and your fam forever: it’s a forever salt covenant before the Lord for you and your seed.
20The Lord told Aaron, “You ain’t getting any land or part with them: I’m your part and your inheritance among the squad of Israel.”
21Yo, I hooked up the Levites with a solid tenth of Israel as their inheritance, 'cause they’re grinding hard for the tabernacle vibes.
22No cap, the Israelites can’t roll up to the tabernacle anymore, or they’ll catch some serious sin and straight up die.
23But the Levites are the ones doing the tabernacle hustle, and they gotta carry their own baggage: this is a forever rule, they don’t get an inheritance like the rest.
24The tithes from the Israelites, which they give as an offering to the Lord, I gave to the Levites to own: so yeah, they’re not getting an inheritance.
25And the Lord hit up Moses, saying,
26Tell the Levites this: when you take the tithes from the Israelites that I gave you, you gotta drop a heave offering for the Lord, like a tenth of that tithe.
27And your heave offering will be counted as if it’s the corn from the threshing floor and the full vibes from the winepress.
28So you also gotta offer a heave offering to the Lord from all your tithes you get from the Israelites; and give the Lord’s heave offering to Aaron, the priest.
29From all your gifts, make sure to offer every heave offering to the Lord, like, the best of the best, even the holy part of it.
30So tell them this: when you’ve heaved the best from it, it’ll be counted for the Levites as the increase from the threshing floor and the winepress gains.
31Y’all can munch on it wherever, you and your crew: it’s your reward for servin’ in the chill spot of the congregation.
32Don’t catch any bad vibes from it when you grab the best part: also, don’t mess with the holy stuff of Israel, or it’s game over, no cap.