³⁰ ‘Now ^(A)all the tithe of the land, of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the tree, is the Lord’s; it is holy to the Lord. ³¹ If, therefore, someone should ever want to redeem part of his tithe, he shall add to it a fifth of it. ³² For every tenth part of herd or flock, whatever ^(B)passes under the rod, the tenth one shall be holy to the Lord. ^33 (C)He is not to be concerned whether it is good or bad, nor shall he exchange it; yet if he does exchange it, then both it and its substitute shall become holy. It shall not be redeemed.’”

²¹ “To the sons of Levi, behold, I have given all the ^(A)tithe in Israel as an inheritance, in return for their service which they perform, the service of the tent of meeting. ²² And ^(B)the sons of Israel shall not come near the tent of meeting again, or they will bring sin on themselves and die. ²³ Only the Levites shall perform the service of the tent of meeting, and they shall ^(C)bear their own guilt; it shall be a permanent statute throughout your generations, and among the sons of Israel ^(D)they shall have no inheritance. ²⁴ For the tithe of the sons of Israel, which they offer as an offering to the Lord, I have given to the Levites as an inheritance; therefore I have said concerning them, ‘^(E)They shall have no inheritance among the sons of Israel.’”

⁴ Also he told the people who lived in Jerusalem to give ^(A)the portion due to the priests and the Levites, so that they might devote themselves to ^(B)the Law of the Lord.

⁴⁴ On that day ^(A)men were also appointed over the chambers for the supplies, the contributions, the first fruits, and the tithes, to gather into them from the fields of the cities the portions required by the Law for the priests and Levites; for Judah rejoiced over the priests and the Levites who ^[a]served.