民数记 8
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
安置七盏灯
8 耶和华对摩西说： 2 “你告诉亚伦，安放灯的时候，七盏灯都要照向灯台的前面。” 3 亚伦就照耶和华对摩西的吩咐把灯放好，使灯照向前方。 4 整座灯台，从灯座到上面的花苞，都是照耶和华对摩西的吩咐用金子锤制而成的。
为利未人行洁净与奉献礼
5 耶和华对摩西说： 6 “你要把利未人从其他以色列人中分别出来，洁净他们。 7 要用以下的方法洁净他们，把洁净水洒在他们身上，叫他们用剃刀剃净全身，洗净衣服，这样他们就洁净了。 8 然后叫他们带来一头公牛犊及作素祭的调了油的细面粉，你要另献一头公牛犊作赎罪祭。 9 你要招聚以色列全体会众，将利未人带到会幕前， 10 带到耶和华面前，会众要按手在他们身上。 11 亚伦要把他们献给耶和华，作为以色列人献的摇祭，使他们可以事奉耶和华。 12 利未人要按手在那两头公牛的头上，然后你要把一头作为赎罪祭，一头作为燔祭献给耶和华，好为利未人赎罪。 13 你要让利未人站在亚伦父子们面前，把他们当作摇祭献给耶和华。 14 这样，你就把利未人从其他以色列人中分别出来，使他们归给我。 15 利未人被洁净、当作摇祭献上以后，就可以进会幕司职， 16 因为在以色列人中，他们完全属于我，我拣选他们归我所有，以代替以色列人所有的长子。 17 以色列人所有的长子和头生的牲畜都属于我。我击杀埃及人所有的长子和头生的牲畜那天，已把以色列人所有的长子和头生的牲畜都分别出来，使之圣洁，归给我。 18 我现在已拣选利未人代替以色列人所有的长子， 19 把他们交给亚伦父子们，替以色列人在会幕中司职，为以色列人赎罪，免得以色列人因接近圣所而遭祸。”
20 摩西、亚伦和以色列全体会众就按照耶和华对摩西的吩咐把利未人献上。 21 利未人自洁、洗净衣服后，亚伦把他们当作摇祭献给耶和华，又为他们赎罪，使他们洁净。 22 之后，利未人便进入会幕，在亚伦父子们的监督下司职。以色列人照耶和华对摩西的吩咐奉献了利未人。
23 耶和华对摩西说： 24 “二十五岁以上的利未人都要到会幕司职， 25 五十岁时退休。 26 退休之后，他们可以协助本族弟兄看守会幕，不用再司职。你要这样给他们分派工作。”
Numbers 8
Good News Translation
Placing the Lamps
8 (A)The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Tell Aaron that when he puts the seven lamps on the lampstand, he should place them so that the light shines toward the front.” 3 Aaron obeyed and placed the lamps facing the front of the lampstand. 4 From top to bottom the lampstand was made of hammered gold, according to the pattern that the Lord had shown Moses.
The Purification and Dedication of the Levites
5 The Lord said to Moses, 6 “Separate the Levites from the rest of the people of Israel and purify them 7 in the following way: sprinkle them with the water of purification and have them shave their whole bodies and have them wash their clothes. Then they will be ritually clean. 8 Then they are to take a young bull and the required grain offering of flour mixed with olive oil; and you are to take another bull for the sin offering. 9 Then assemble the whole community of Israel and have the Levites stand in front of the Tent of my presence. 10 The people of Israel are to place their hands on the heads of the Levites, 11 and then Aaron shall dedicate the Levites to me as a special gift from the Israelites, so that they may do my work. 12 The Levites shall then put their hands on the heads of the two bulls; one is to be offered as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, in order to perform the ritual of purification for the Levites.
13 “Dedicate the Levites as a special gift to me, and put Aaron and his sons in charge of them. 14 Separate the Levites in this way from the rest of the Israelites, so that they will belong to me. 15 After you have purified and dedicated the Levites, they will be qualified to work in the Tent. 16 I have claimed them in the place of all the first-born sons of the Israelites, and they belong to me alone. 17 (B)When I killed all the first-born in Egypt, I consecrated as my own the oldest son of each Israelite family and the first-born of every animal. 18 I am now taking the Levites instead of all the first-born of the Israelites, 19 and I assign the Levites to Aaron and his sons, as a gift from the Israelites, to work in the Tent for the people of Israel and to protect the Israelites from the disaster that would strike them if they came too near the Holy Place.”
20 So Moses, Aaron, and all the people of Israel dedicated the Levites, as the Lord commanded Moses. 21 The Levites purified themselves and washed their clothes, and Aaron dedicated them as a special gift to the Lord. He also performed the ritual of purification for them. 22 The people did everything the Lord had commanded Moses concerning the Levites. And so the Levites were qualified to work in the Tent under Aaron and his sons.
23 The Lord said to Moses, 24 “From the age of twenty-five each Levite shall perform his duties in the Tent of my presence, 25 and at the age of fifty he shall retire. 26 After that, he may help his fellow Levites in performing their duties in the Tent, but he must not perform any service by himself. This is how you are to regulate the duties of the Levites.”
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