Numbers 18:21

18:21 See, I have given the Levites all the tithes in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they perform – the service of the tent of meeting.

Numbers 18:31

18:31 And you may eat it in any place, you and your household, because it is your wages for your service in the tent of meeting.

tn The verb is the perfect tense with vav (ו) consecutive; it functions as the equivalent of the imperfect of permission.