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18 Their meat will be yours. It will be yours just like the breast of the wave offering and the right thigh. 19 All the elevated offerings of holy things, which the Israelites lift up to the Lord, I have given to you and to your sons and daughters with you as a permanent allotment. It is a permanent covenant of salt[a] before the Lord for you and your descendants with you.

20 The Lord also said these things to Aaron:

You will not have any allotment of land among them in the land, and you will not have any share among them. I am your share and your possession among the people of Israel.

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  1. Numbers 18:19 The significance of the salt of the covenant is not explained in the Bible.

18 Their meat is to be yours, just as the breast of the wave offering(A) and the right thigh are yours.(B) 19 Whatever is set aside from the holy(C) offerings the Israelites present to the Lord I give to you and your sons and daughters as your perpetual share. It is an everlasting covenant of salt(D) before the Lord for both you and your offspring.”

20 The Lord said to Aaron, “You will have no inheritance in their land, nor will you have any share among them;(E) I am your share and your inheritance(F) among the Israelites.

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