민수기 3
Korean Living Bible
레위인들
3 여호와께서 시내산에서 모세에게 말씀하실 당시 [a]아론의 가족에 대한 이야기 는 이렇다:
2 그의 아들은 장남인 나답과 그리고 아비후, 엘르아살, 이다말이었다.
3 이들은 모두 기름 부음을 받아 제사장으로 임명되었다.
4 그러나 나답과 아비후는 시나이 광야에서 여호와께서 명령하시지 않은 다른 불로 분향하다가 죽었으며 그들에게는 자식도 없었다. 그래서 엘르아살과 이다말 두 사람만이 그들의 아버지 아론을 도와 제사장으로 일하였다.
5 여호와께서 모세에게 말씀하셨다.
6 “너는 레위 지파 사람들이 제사장 아론을 도와 일할 수 있도록 하며
7 그들이 아론과 이스라엘의 모든 백성을 위해 성막에서 거룩한 임무를 수행하게 하라.
8 그들은 성막의 모든 비품들을 관리하고 이스라엘 백성을 위한 의무를 수행해야 한다.
9 너는 레위 지파 사람들을 아론과 그의 아들들에게 배속시켜라. 그들의 임무는 아론과 그의 아들들을 돕는 일이다.
10 그러나 아론과 그의 아들들만 제사장 직무를 수행하게 하고 그 외에 성소에 접근하는 자는 누구든지 처형시켜라.”
11 또 여호와께서 모세에게 이렇게 말씀하셨다.
12 “내가 이스라엘 백성의 모든 장남 대신 레위인을 택하였으므로 그들은 내 것이다.
13 내가 이집트 사람의 모든 장남을 죽이던 날에 이스라엘 사람이나 짐승 가운데 처음 난 것은 모두 거룩히 구별하여 내 것으로 삼았으니 그들은 내 것이 되어야 한다. 나는 여호와이다.”
14-15 여호와께서는 시나이 광야에서 모세에게 “너는 레위 지파의 각 집 안과 가족별로 출생한 지 개월 이상 된 모든 남자들의 인구를 조사하여라” 하고 말씀하셨다.
16 그래서 모세는 여호와께서 명령하신 대로 레위 지파의 인구를 조사하였다.
17 레위의 아들은 게르손, 고핫, 므라리이다.
18 그리고 게르손의 아들은 립니와 시므이이고
19 고핫의 아들은 아므람, 이스할, 헤브론, 웃시엘이며
20 므라리의 아들은 마흘리와 무시이다. 이들은 가족별로 조사한 레위인의 집안들이다.
21 게르손 집안은 립니 가족과 시므이 가족으로 이루어졌으며
22 이 집안에서 개월 이상 된 남자의 수는 7,500명이었다.
23 이들은 성막 뒤편인 서쪽에 진을 치도록 되어 있으며
24 그 지도자는 라엘의 아들 엘리아삽이었다.
25-26 게르손 집안 사람들이 해야 할 일은 성막 덮개와 출입구 휘장과 성막과 제단을 두른 포장과 뜰 출입구 막과 밧줄을 맡아 관리하고 이와 관련된 제반 업무를 돕는 것이었다.
27 그리고 고핫 집안은 아므람 가족과 이스할 가족과 헤브론 가족과 웃시엘 가족으로 이루어졌으며
28 이 집안에서 개월 이상 된 남자의 수는 8,600명이었다.
29 이들은 성막 남쪽에 진을 치도록 되어 있으며
30 그 지도자는 웃시엘의 아들 엘리사반이었다.
31 고핫 집안 사람들이 해야 할 일은 법궤와 상과 등대와 단들과 그리고 성소에서 쓰이는 여러 가지 기구와 휘장을 맡아 관리하고 이와 관련된 제반 업무를 돕는 것이었다.
32 그리고 아론의 아들 엘르아살이 성소의 모든 일을 감독하며 레위인의 모든 지도자를 지휘하는 총지도자로 임명되었다.
33 므라리 집안은 마흘리 가족과 무시 가족으로 이루어졌으며
34 이 집안에서 개월 이상 된 남자의 수는 6,200명이었다.
35 이들은 성막 북쪽에 진을 치도록 되어 있으며 그 지도자는 아비하일의 아들 수리엘이었다.
36-37 므라리 집안 사람들이 해야 할 일은 성 막 널빤지와 그 가로대와 기둥과 기둥 받침, 그리고 그것에 쓰이는 모든 기구와 성막 뜰의 기둥과 그 받침과 말뚝과 밧줄을 맡아 관리하는 것이었다.
38 모세와 아론과 그의 아들들은 성막 정면인 동쪽에 진을 치도록 되어 있는데 이들은 이스라엘 백성을 대표하여 성소의 직무를 수행하는 자들이었다. 이외에 성소에 접근하는 자는 누구든지 처형을 당해야만 했다.
39 여호와의 명령에 따라 모세와 아론이 각 집안별로 조사한 개월 이상 된 레위인 전체 남자 수는 22,000명이었다.
40 여호와께서 또 모세에게 말씀하셨다. “이제 너는 이스라엘 백성 가운데서 개월 이상 된 장남이 몇 명이나 되는지 조사하고 그들의 명단을 작성하여라.
41 나는 여호와이다. 너는 이스라엘의 모든 장남을 대신하여 레위인을 나에게 바치고 이스라엘의 처음 난 모든 가축을 대신하여 레위인의 가축을 나에게 바쳐야 한다.”
42-43 그래서 모세가 여호와의 명령대로 이 스라엘 백성 가운데 개월 이상 된 장남을 조사해 보니 모두 22,273명이었다.
44 여호와께서 모세에게 말씀하셨다.
45 “이스라엘 백성의 장남 대신 레위인을 내 것으로 바치고 이스라엘 백성의 처음 난 모든 가축 대신 레위인의 가축을 내 것으로 바쳐라. 레위인은 내 것이다. 나는 여호와이다.
46-48 이스라엘 백성의 장남이 레위인 전체 남자 수보다 273명이 더 많다. 그러므로 너는 그 273명에 대한 몸값으로 한 사람 앞에 은 [b]57그램씩 거두어 그것을 아론과 그의 아들들에게 주어라.”
49-51 그래서 모세는 그 273명의 이스라엘 장남에게서 은 [c]약 15.6킬로그램을 몸값으로 거두어 여호와께서 명령하신 대로 그것을 아론과 그의 아들들에게 주었다.
Numbers 3
King James Version
3 These also are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that the Lord spake with Moses in mount Sinai.
2 And these are the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
3 These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office.
4 And Nadab and Abihu died before the Lord, when they offered strange fire before the Lord, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest's office in the sight of Aaron their father.
5 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
6 Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him.
7 And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the tabernacle of the congregation, to do the service of the tabernacle.
8 And they shall keep all the instruments of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the children of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle.
9 And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons: they are wholly given unto him out of the children of Israel.
10 And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest's office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
11 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
12 And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine;
13 Because all the firstborn are mine; for on the day that I smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I hallowed unto me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast: mine shall they be: I am the Lord.
14 And the Lord spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,
15 Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, by their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them.
16 And Moses numbered them according to the word of the Lord, as he was commanded.
17 And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.
18 And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families; Libni, and Shimei.
19 And the sons of Kohath by their families; Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
20 And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to the house of their fathers.
21 Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these are the families of the Gershonites.
22 Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, even those that were numbered of them were seven thousand and five hundred.
23 The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward.
24 And the chief of the house of the father of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael.
25 And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation shall be the tabernacle, and the tent, the covering thereof, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,
26 And the hangings of the court, and the curtain for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and by the altar round about, and the cords of it for all the service thereof.
27 And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izeharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites.
28 In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary.
29 The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward.
30 And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.
31 And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the hanging, and all the service thereof.
32 And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be chief over the chief of the Levites, and have the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary.
33 Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari.
34 And those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were six thousand and two hundred.
35 And the chief of the house of the father of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail: these shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle northward.
36 And under the custody and charge of the sons of Merari shall be the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof, and all the vessels thereof, and all that serveth thereto,
37 And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords.
38 But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, even before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
39 All that were numbered of the Levites, which Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the Lord, throughout their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and two thousand.
40 And the Lord said unto Moses, Number all the firstborn of the males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names.
41 And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I am the Lord) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel.
42 And Moses numbered, as the Lord commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel.
43 And all the firstborn males by the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those that were numbered of them, were twenty and two thousand two hundred and threescore and thirteen.
44 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
45 Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I am the Lord.
46 And for those that are to be redeemed of the two hundred and threescore and thirteen of the firstborn of the children of Israel, which are more than the Levites;
47 Thou shalt even take five shekels apiece by the poll, after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them: (the shekel is twenty gerahs:)
48 And thou shalt give the money, wherewith the odd number of them is to be redeemed, unto Aaron and to his sons.
49 And Moses took the redemption money of them that were over and above them that were redeemed by the Levites:
50 Of the firstborn of the children of Israel took he the money; a thousand three hundred and threescore and five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:
51 And Moses gave the money of them that were redeemed unto Aaron and to his sons, according to the word of the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses.
Numbers 3
English Standard Version
The Sons of Aaron
3 These are the generations of Aaron and Moses at the time when the Lord spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai. 2 These are the names of the sons of Aaron: (A)Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 3 These are the names of the sons of Aaron, (B)the anointed priests, (C)whom he ordained to serve as priests. 4 (D)But Nadab and Abihu died before the Lord when they offered unauthorized fire before the Lord in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children. So Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests in the lifetime of Aaron their father.
Duties of the Levites
5 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 6 (E)“Bring the tribe of Levi near, and set them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister to him. 7 They shall keep guard over him and over the whole congregation before the tent of meeting, (F)as they minister at the tabernacle. 8 They shall guard all the furnishings of the tent of meeting, and keep guard over the people of Israel as they minister at the tabernacle. 9 And (G)you shall give the Levites to Aaron and his sons; they are (H)wholly given to him from among the people of Israel. 10 And you shall appoint Aaron and his sons, and (I)they shall guard their priesthood. But if (J)any outsider comes near, he shall be put to death.”
11 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 12 “Behold, (K)I have taken the Levites from among the people of Israel instead of every firstborn who opens the womb among the people of Israel. The Levites shall be mine, 13 for (L)all the firstborn are mine. (M)On the day that I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I consecrated for my own all the firstborn in Israel, both of man and of beast. They shall be mine: I am the Lord.”
14 And the Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying, 15 “List the sons of Levi, by fathers' houses and by clans; (N)every male from a month old and upward you shall list.” 16 So Moses listed them according to the word of the Lord, as he was commanded. 17 (O)And these were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon and Kohath and Merari. 18 And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their clans: (P)Libni and Shimei. 19 And the sons of Kohath by their clans: (Q)Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. 20 And the sons of Merari by their clans: (R)Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites, by their fathers' houses.
21 To Gershon belonged the clan of the Libnites and the clan of the Shimeites; these were the clans of the Gershonites. 22 Their listing according to the number of all the males from a month old and upward was[a] 7,500. 23 (S)The clans of the Gershonites were to camp behind the tabernacle on the west, 24 with Eliasaph, the son of Lael as chief of the fathers' house of the Gershonites. 25 And the (T)guard duty of the sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting involved (U)the tabernacle, (V)the tent with (W)its covering, (X)the screen for the entrance of the tent of meeting, 26 (Y)the hangings of the court, (Z)the screen for the door of the court that is around the tabernacle and the altar, and (AA)its cords—all the service connected with these.
27 To Kohath belonged the clan of the (AB)Amramites and the clan of the Izharites and the clan of the Hebronites and the clan of the Uzzielites; these are the clans of the Kohathites. 28 According to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, there were 8,600, keeping guard over the sanctuary. 29 The clans of the sons of Kohath were to camp on the south side of the tabernacle, 30 with (AC)Elizaphan the son of Uzziel as chief of the fathers' house of the clans of the Kohathites. 31 And their guard duty involved (AD)the ark, (AE)the table, (AF)the lampstand, (AG)the altars, the vessels of the sanctuary with which the priests minister, and (AH)the screen; all the service connected with these. 32 And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest was to be chief over the chiefs of the Levites, and to have oversight of those who kept guard over the sanctuary.
33 To Merari belonged the clan of the Mahlites and the clan of the Mushites: these are the clans of Merari. 34 Their listing according to the number of all the males from a month old and upward was 6,200. 35 And the chief of the fathers' house of the clans of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail. They were to camp on the north side of the tabernacle. 36 (AI)And the appointed guard duty of the sons of Merari involved the (AJ)frames of the tabernacle, (AK)the bars, (AL)the pillars, the bases, and all their accessories; all the service connected with these; 37 also (AM)the pillars around the court, with their bases and (AN)pegs and (AO)cords.
38 Those who were to camp before the tabernacle on the east, before the tent of meeting toward the sunrise, were Moses and Aaron and his sons, (AP)guarding the sanctuary itself, to protect[b] the people of Israel. And any outsider who came near was to be put to death. 39 All those listed among the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron listed at the commandment of the Lord, by clans, all the males from a month old and upward, were (AQ)22,000.
Redemption of the Firstborn
40 And the Lord said to Moses, “List all the firstborn males of the people of Israel, from a month old and upward, taking the number of their names. 41 (AR)And you shall take the Levites for me—I am the Lord—instead of all the firstborn among the people of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the cattle of the people of Israel.” 42 So Moses listed all the firstborn among the people of Israel, as the Lord commanded him. 43 And all the firstborn males, according to the number of names, from a month old and upward as listed were 22,273.
44 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 45 (AS)“Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the people of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle. The Levites shall be mine: I am the Lord. 46 And (AT)as the redemption price for the 273 of the firstborn of the people of Israel, over and above the number of the male Levites, 47 you shall take (AU)five shekels[c] per head; you shall take them according to (AV)the shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel of twenty gerahs[d]), 48 and give the money to Aaron and his sons as the redemption price for those who are over.” 49 So Moses took the redemption money from those who were over and above those redeemed by the Levites. 50 From the firstborn of the people of Israel he took the money, (AW)1,365 shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary. 51 And Moses (AX)gave the redemption money to Aaron and his sons, according to the word of the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses.
Footnotes
- Numbers 3:22 Hebrew their listing was
- Numbers 3:38 Hebrew guard
- Numbers 3:47 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams
- Numbers 3:47 A gerah was about 1/50 ounce or 0.6 gram
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