Numbers 18
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
Responsibility of Priests and Levites
18 The Lord said to Aaron: You and your sons and your ancestral house with you shall bear responsibility for offences connected with the sanctuary, while you and your sons alone shall bear responsibility for offences connected with the priesthood. 2 So bring with you also your brothers of the tribe of Levi, your ancestral tribe, in order that they may be joined to you, and serve you while you and your sons with you are in front of the tent of the covenant.[a] 3 They shall perform duties for you and for the whole tent. But they must not approach either the utensils of the sanctuary or the altar, otherwise both they and you will die. 4 They are attached to you in order to perform the duties of the tent of meeting, for all the service of the tent; no outsider shall approach you. 5 You yourselves shall perform the duties of the sanctuary and the duties of the altar, so that wrath may never again come upon the Israelites. 6 It is I who now take your brother Levites from among the Israelites; they are now yours as a gift, dedicated to the Lord, to perform the service of the tent of meeting. 7 But you and your sons with you shall diligently perform your priestly duties in all that concerns the altar and the area behind the curtain. I give your priesthood as a gift;[b] any outsider who approaches shall be put to death.
The Priests’ Portion
8 The Lord spoke to Aaron: I have given you charge of the offerings made to me, all the holy gifts of the Israelites; I have given them to you and your sons as a priestly portion due to you in perpetuity. 9 This shall be yours from the most holy things, reserved from the fire: every offering of theirs that they render to me as a most holy thing, whether grain-offering, sin-offering, or guilt-offering, shall belong to you and your sons. 10 As a most holy thing you shall eat it; every male may eat it; it shall be holy to you. 11 This also is yours: I have given to you, together with your sons and daughters, as a perpetual due, whatever is set aside from the gifts of all the elevation-offerings of the Israelites; everyone who is clean in your house may eat them. 12 All the best of the oil and all the best of the wine and of the grain, the choice produce that they give to the Lord, I have given to you. 13 The first fruits of all that is in their land, which they bring to the Lord, shall be yours; everyone who is clean in your house may eat of it. 14 Every devoted thing in Israel shall be yours. 15 The first issue of the womb of all creatures, human and animal, which is offered to the Lord, shall be yours; but the firstborn of human beings you shall redeem, and the firstborn of unclean animals you shall redeem. 16 Their redemption price, reckoned from one month of age, you shall fix at five shekels of silver, according to the shekel of the sanctuary (that is, twenty gerahs). 17 But the firstborn of a cow, or the firstborn of a sheep, or the firstborn of a goat, you shall not redeem; they are holy. You shall dash their blood on the altar, and shall turn their fat into smoke as an offering by fire for a pleasing odour to the Lord; 18 but their flesh shall be yours, just as the breast that is elevated and as the right thigh are yours. 19 All the holy offerings that the Israelites present to the Lord I have given to you, together with your sons and daughters, as a perpetual due; it is a covenant of salt for ever before the Lord for you and your descendants as well. 20 Then the Lord said to Aaron: You shall have no allotment in their land, nor shall you have any share among them; I am your share and your possession among the Israelites.
21 To the Levites I have given every tithe in Israel for a possession in return for the service that they perform, the service in the tent of meeting. 22 From now on the Israelites shall no longer approach the tent of meeting, or else they will incur guilt and die. 23 But the Levites shall perform the service of the tent of meeting, and they shall bear responsibility for their own offences; it shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations. But among the Israelites they shall have no allotment, 24 because I have given to the Levites as their portion the tithe of the Israelites, which they set apart as an offering to the Lord. Therefore I have said of them that they shall have no allotment among the Israelites.
25 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 26 You shall speak to the Levites, saying: When you receive from the Israelites the tithe that I have given you from them for your portion, you shall set apart an offering from it to the Lord, a tithe of the tithe. 27 It shall be reckoned to you as your gift, the same as the grain of the threshing-floor and the fullness of the wine press. 28 Thus you also shall set apart an offering to the Lord from all the tithes that you receive from the Israelites; and from them you shall give the Lord’s offering to the priest Aaron. 29 Out of all the gifts to you, you shall set apart every offering due to the Lord; the best of all of them is the part to be consecrated. 30 Say also to them: When you have set apart the best of it, then the rest shall be reckoned to the Levites as produce of the threshing-floor, and as produce of the wine press. 31 You may eat it in any place, you and your households; for it is your payment for your service in the tent of meeting. 32 You shall incur no guilt by reason of it, when you have offered the best of it. But you shall not profane the holy gifts of the Israelites, on pain of death.
Footnotes
- Numbers 18:2 Or treaty, or testimony; Heb eduth
- Numbers 18:7 Heb as a service of gift
Números 18
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Oficio de los sacerdotes
18 Entonces el Señor dijo a Aarón: «Tú y tus hijos, y tu casa paterna contigo, llevarán la culpa(A) en relación con el santuario; y tú y tus hijos contigo llevarán la culpa en relación con su sacerdocio. 2 Pero también a tus hermanos, la tribu de Leví, la tribu de tu padre, haz que se acerquen para que se junten contigo y te sirvan(B), mientras que tú y tus hijos contigo están delante de la tienda del testimonio. 3 Atenderán a lo que tú ordenes y a las obligaciones de toda la tienda, pero no se acercarán a los utensilios del santuario(C) y del altar, para que no mueran, tanto ellos como ustedes(D). 4 Y ellos se juntarán contigo, y atenderán a las obligaciones de la tienda de reunión, para todo el servicio de la tienda; pero ningún extraño se acercará a ustedes. 5 Así atenderán a las obligaciones del santuario y a las obligaciones del altar(E), a fin de que la ira(F) no venga más sobre los israelitas.
6 »Yo mismo he tomado a sus hermanos, los levitas, de entre los israelitas(G); son un regalo para ustedes(H), dedicados al Señor, para servir en el ministerio de la tienda de reunión. 7 Pero tú y tus hijos contigo atenderán a su sacerdocio en todo lo concerniente al altar y a lo que está dentro del velo, y ministrarán(I). Les doy el sacerdocio como un regalo para servir(J), pero el extraño que se acerque morirá(K)».
8 Entonces el Señor habló a Aarón: «Yo te he dado el cuidado de Mis ofrendas(L), todas las cosas consagradas de los israelitas; te las he dado a ti como porción, y a tus hijos como provisión perpetua. 9 Esto será tuyo de las ofrendas santísimas preservadas del fuego: toda ofrenda de ellos, aun toda ofrenda de cereal(M) y toda ofrenda por el pecado(N) y toda ofrenda por la culpa, que ellos me han de presentar, será santísima para ti y para tus hijos. 10 Como ofrenda santísima la comerás; todo varón la comerá. Cosa santa será para ti. 11 Esto también será para ti: la ofrenda de sus dádivas(O), todas las ofrendas mecidas de los israelitas; las he dado a ti, a tus hijos y a tus hijas contigo, como porción perpetua(P). Todo el que esté limpio en tu casa podrá comerla.
12 »Todo lo mejor del aceite nuevo y todo lo mejor del vino nuevo y del cereal(Q), las primicias que presenten al Señor, te las daré a ti. 13 Los primeros frutos maduros de todo lo que hay en su tierra, que traigan al Señor(R), serán tuyos. Todo el que esté limpio en tu casa podrá comer de ello. 14 Toda cosa dedicada en Israel, será tuya(S). 15 Todo lo que abre la matriz de toda carne[a], ya sea hombre o animal, que presenten al Señor, será tuyo; sin embargo, el primogénito de hombre ciertamente redimirás, y el primogénito de animales inmundos redimirás(T). 16 En cuanto a su redención, de un mes los redimirás, según tu valuación, por cinco siclos (57 gramos) en plata, según el siclo del santuario que es de veinte geras (11.4 gramos de plata).
17 »Pero no redimirás el primogénito de buey, ni el primogénito de oveja, ni el primogénito de cabra(U); son sagrados. Rociarás su sangre en el altar(V) y quemarás su grasa como ofrenda encendida, como aroma agradable al Señor. 18 Y su carne será para ti; así como el pecho de la ofrenda mecida(W) y la pierna derecha son tuyas. 19 Todas las ofrendas de lo que es santo, que los israelitas ofrezcan al Señor, las he dado a ti, a tus hijos y a tus hijas contigo, como porción perpetua(X); es un pacto permanente[b] delante del Señor para ti y para tu descendencia contigo(Y)». 20 Entonces el Señor dijo a Aarón: «No tendrás heredad en su tierra(Z), ni tendrás posesión entre ellos. Yo soy tu porción y tu herencia entre los israelitas(AA).
Los diezmos para los levitas
21 »Ten en cuenta que Yo he dado a los hijos de Leví todos los diezmos en Israel por heredad(AB), a cambio de su ministerio en el cual sirven, el ministerio de la tienda de reunión. 22 Y los israelitas no se acercarán más a la tienda de reunión, no sea que carguen con un pecado y mueran(AC). 23 Solo los levitas servirán en el ministerio de la tienda de reunión, y ellos cargarán con la iniquidad del pueblo(AD); será estatuto perpetuo por todas las generaciones de ustedes, y entre los israelitas no tendrán heredad(AE). 24 Porque el diezmo de los israelitas, el cual ofrecen como ofrenda al Señor, Yo lo he dado a los levitas por heredad; por tanto, en cuanto a ellos he dicho: “Entre los israelitas no tendrán heredad(AF)”».
25 Entonces el Señor dijo a Moisés: 26 «También hablarás a los levitas y les dirás: “Cuando reciban de los israelitas los diezmos que de ellos les he dado a ustedes por su heredad(AG), ofrecerán de ello una ofrenda al Señor, el diezmo de los diezmos(AH). 27 Y su ofrenda les será considerada como los cereales de la era o como el producto del lagar. 28 Así también ustedes presentarán al Señor una ofrenda de sus diezmos que reciben de los israelitas; y de ellos darán la ofrenda del Señor al sacerdote Aarón. 29 De todos los dones que reciban presentarán las ofrendas que le pertenecen al Señor, de lo mejor de ellas, la parte consagrada de ellas”. 30 Y les dirás: “Cuando hayan ofrecido de ello lo mejor, entonces el resto será contado a los levitas como el producto de la era o como el producto del lagar. 31 Lo comerán en cualquier lugar, ustedes y sus casas, porque es su pago a cambio de su ministerio en la tienda de reunión. 32 Y no llevarán pecado por ello, cuando hayan ofrecido lo mejor; así no profanarán las cosas consagradas de los israelitas(AI), y no morirán”».
Numbers 18
King James Version
18 And the Lord said unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy father's house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary: and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.
2 And thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring thou with thee, that they may be joined unto thee, and minister unto thee: but thou and thy sons with thee shall minister before the tabernacle of witness.
3 And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of all the tabernacle: only they shall not come nigh the vessels of the sanctuary and the altar, that neither they, nor ye also, die.
4 And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, for all the service of the tabernacle: and a stranger shall not come nigh unto you.
5 And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar: that there be no wrath any more upon the children of Israel.
6 And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel: to you they are given as a gift for the Lord, to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.
7 Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest's office for everything of the altar, and within the vail; and ye shall serve: I have given your priest's office unto you as a service of gift: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
8 And the Lord spake unto Aaron, Behold, I also have given thee the charge of mine heave offerings of all the hallowed things of the children of Israel; unto thee have I given them by reason of the anointing, and to thy sons, by an ordinance for ever.
9 This shall be thine of the most holy things, reserved from the fire: every oblation of their's, every meat offering of their's, and every sin offering of their's, and every trespass offering of their's which they shall render unto me, shall be most holy for thee and for thy sons.
10 In the most holy place shalt thou eat it; every male shall eat it: it shall be holy unto thee.
11 And this is thine; the heave offering of their gift, with all the wave offerings of the children of Israel: I have given them unto thee, and to thy sons and to thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: every one that is clean in thy house shall eat of it.
12 All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of the wheat, the firstfruits of them which they shall offer unto the Lord, them have I given thee.
13 And whatsoever is first ripe in the land, which they shall bring unto the Lord, shall be thine; every one that is clean in thine house shall eat of it.
14 Every thing devoted in Israel shall be thine.
15 Every thing that openeth the matrix in all flesh, which they bring unto the Lord, whether it be of men or beasts, shall be thine: nevertheless the firstborn of man shalt thou surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem.
16 And those that are to be redeemed from a month old shalt thou redeem, according to thine estimation, for the money of five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs.
17 But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, thou shalt not redeem; they are holy: thou shalt sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shalt burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a sweet savour unto the Lord.
18 And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave breast and as the right shoulder are thine.
19 All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer unto the Lord, have I given thee, and thy sons and thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: it is a covenant of salt for ever before the Lord unto thee and to thy seed with thee.
20 And the Lord spake unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any part among them: I am thy part and thine inheritance among the children of Israel.
21 And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, even the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.
22 Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh the tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die.
23 But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations, that among the children of Israel they have no inheritance.
24 But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as an heave offering unto the Lord, I have given to the Levites to inherit: therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.
25 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
26 Thus speak unto the Levites, and say unto them, When ye take of the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then ye shall offer up an heave offering of it for the Lord, even a tenth part of the tithe.
27 And this your heave offering shall be reckoned unto you, as though it were the corn of the threshingfloor, and as the fulness of the winepress.
28 Thus ye also shall offer an heave offering unto the Lord of all your tithes, which ye receive of the children of Israel; and ye shall give thereof the Lord'S heave offering to Aaron the priest.
29 Out of all your gifts ye shall offer every heave offering of the Lord, of all the best thereof, even the hallowed part thereof out of it.
30 Therefore thou shalt say unto them, When ye have heaved the best thereof from it, then it shall be counted unto the Levites as the increase of the threshingfloor, and as the increase of the winepress.
31 And ye shall eat it in every place, ye and your households: for it is your reward for your service in the tabernacle of the congregation.
32 And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, when ye have heaved from it the best of it: neither shall ye pollute the holy things of the children of Israel, lest ye die.
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