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Numbers 18
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Numbers 18
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18 Yahweh said to Aaron, “You and your sons and your fathers’ house with you shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary; and you and your sons with you shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood. 2 Bring your brothers also, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, near with you, that they may be joined to you, and minister to you; but you and your sons with you shall be before the Tent of the Testimony. 3 They shall keep your commands and the duty of the whole Tent; only they shall not come near to the vessels of the sanctuary and to the altar, that they not die, neither they nor you. 4 They shall be joined to you and keep the responsibility of the Tent of Meeting, for all the service of the Tent. A stranger shall not come near to you.
5 “You shall perform the duty of the sanctuary and the duty of the altar, that there be no more wrath on the children of Israel. 6 Behold, I myself have taken your brothers the Levites from among the children of Israel. They are a gift to you, dedicated to Yahweh, to do the service of the Tent of Meeting. 7 You and your sons with you shall keep your priesthood for everything of the altar, and for that within the veil. You shall serve. I give you the service of the priesthood as a gift. The stranger who comes near shall be put to death.”
8 Yahweh spoke to Aaron, “Behold, I myself have given you the command of my wave offerings, even all the holy things of the children of Israel. I have given them to you by reason of the anointing, and to your sons, as a portion forever. 9 This shall be yours of the most holy things from the fire: every offering of theirs, even every meal offering of theirs, and every sin offering of theirs, and every trespass offering of theirs, which they shall render to me, shall be most holy for you and for your sons. 10 You shall eat of it like the most holy things. Every male shall eat of it. It shall be holy to you.
11 “This is yours, too: the wave offering of their gift, even all the wave offerings of the children of Israel. I have given them to you, and to your sons and to your daughters with you, as a portion forever. Everyone who is clean in your house shall eat of it.
12 “I have given to you all the best of the oil, all the best of the vintage, and of the grain, the first fruits of them which they give to Yahweh. 13 The first-ripe fruits of all that is in their land, which they bring to Yahweh, shall be yours. Everyone who is clean in your house shall eat of it.
14 “Everything devoted in Israel shall be yours. 15 Everything that opens the womb, of all flesh which they offer to Yahweh, both of man and animal, shall be yours. Nevertheless, you shall surely redeem the firstborn of man, and you shall redeem the firstborn of unclean animals. 16 You shall redeem those who are to be redeemed of them from a month old, according to your estimation, for five shekels of money, according to the shekel[a] of the sanctuary, which weighs twenty gerahs.[b]
17 “But you shall not redeem the firstborn of a cow, or the firstborn of a sheep, or the firstborn of a goat. They are holy. You shall sprinkle their blood on the altar, and shall burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a pleasant aroma to Yahweh. 18 Their meat shall be yours, as the wave offering breast and as the right thigh, it shall be yours. 19 All the wave offerings of the holy things which the children of Israel offer to Yahweh, I have given you and your sons and your daughters with you, as a portion forever. It is a covenant of salt forever before Yahweh to you and to your offspring with you.”
20 Yahweh said to Aaron, “You shall have no inheritance in their land, neither shall you have any portion among them. I am your portion and your inheritance among the children of Israel.
21 “To the children of Levi, behold, I have given all the tithe in Israel for an inheritance, in return for their service which they serve, even the service of the Tent of Meeting. 22 Henceforth the children of Israel shall not come near the Tent of Meeting, lest they bear sin, and die. 23 But the Levites shall do the service of the Tent of Meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity. It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations. Among the children of Israel, they shall have no inheritance. 24 For the tithe of the children of Israel, which they offer as a wave offering to Yahweh, I have given to the Levites for an inheritance. Therefore I have said to them, ‘Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.’”
25 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 26 “Moreover you shall speak to the Levites, and tell them, ‘When you take of the children of Israel the tithe which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then you shall offer up a wave offering of it for Yahweh, a tithe of the tithe. 27 Your wave offering shall be credited to you, as though it were the grain of the threshing floor, and as the fullness of the wine press. 28 Thus you also shall offer a wave offering to Yahweh of all your tithes, which you receive of the children of Israel; and of it you shall give Yahweh’s wave offering to Aaron the priest. 29 Out of all your gifts, you shall offer every wave offering to Yahweh, of all its best parts, even the holy part of it.’
30 “Therefore you shall tell them, ‘When you heave its best from it, then it shall be credited to the Levites as the increase of the threshing floor, and as the increase of the wine press. 31 You may eat it anywhere, you and your households, for it is your reward in return for your service in the Tent of Meeting. 32 You shall bear no sin by reason of it, when you have heaved from it its best. You shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, that you not die.’”
Numbers 18
New International Version
Numbers 18
New International Version
Duties of Priests and Levites
18 The Lord said to Aaron, “You, your sons and your family are to bear the responsibility for offenses connected with the sanctuary,(A) and you and your sons alone are to bear the responsibility for offenses connected with the priesthood. 2 Bring your fellow Levites from your ancestral tribe to join you and assist you when you and your sons minister(B) before the tent of the covenant law. 3 They are to be responsible to you(C) and are to perform all the duties of the tent,(D) but they must not go near the furnishings of the sanctuary or the altar. Otherwise both they and you will die.(E) 4 They are to join you and be responsible for the care of the tent of meeting—all the work at the tent—and no one else may come near where you are.(F)
5 “You are to be responsible for the care of the sanctuary and the altar,(G) so that my wrath will not fall on the Israelites again. 6 I myself have selected your fellow Levites from among the Israelites as a gift to you,(H) dedicated to the Lord to do the work at the tent of meeting.(I) 7 But only you and your sons may serve as priests in connection with everything at the altar and inside the curtain.(J) I am giving you the service of the priesthood as a gift.(K) Anyone else who comes near the sanctuary is to be put to death.(L)”
Offerings for Priests and Levites
8 Then the Lord said to Aaron, “I myself have put you in charge of the offerings presented to me; all the holy offerings the Israelites give me I give to you and your sons as your portion,(M) your perpetual share.(N) 9 You are to have the part of the most holy offerings(O) that is kept from the fire. From all the gifts they bring me as most holy offerings, whether grain(P) or sin[a](Q) or guilt offerings,(R) that part belongs to you and your sons. 10 Eat it as something most holy; every male shall eat it.(S) You must regard it as holy.(T)
11 “This also is yours: whatever is set aside from the gifts of all the wave offerings(U) of the Israelites. I give this to you and your sons and daughters as your perpetual share.(V) Everyone in your household who is ceremonially clean(W) may eat it.
12 “I give you all the finest olive oil and all the finest new wine and grain(X) they give the Lord(Y) as the firstfruits of their harvest.(Z) 13 All the land’s firstfruits that they bring to the Lord will be yours.(AA) Everyone in your household who is ceremonially clean may eat it.(AB)
14 “Everything in Israel that is devoted[b] to the Lord(AC) is yours. 15 The first offspring of every womb, both human and animal, that is offered to the Lord is yours.(AD) But you must redeem(AE) every firstborn(AF) son and every firstborn male of unclean animals.(AG) 16 When they are a month old,(AH) you must redeem them at the redemption price set at five shekels[c](AI) of silver, according to the sanctuary shekel,(AJ) which weighs twenty gerahs.(AK)
17 “But you must not redeem the firstborn of a cow, a sheep or a goat; they are holy.(AL) Splash their blood(AM) against the altar and burn their fat(AN) as a food offering, an aroma pleasing to the Lord.(AO) 18 Their meat is to be yours, just as the breast of the wave offering(AP) and the right thigh are yours.(AQ) 19 Whatever is set aside from the holy(AR) 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(AS) 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;(AT) I am your share and your inheritance(AU) among the Israelites.
21 “I give to the Levites all the tithes(AV) in Israel as their inheritance(AW) in return for the work they do while serving at the tent of meeting.(AX) 22 From now on the Israelites must not go near the tent of meeting, or they will bear the consequences of their sin and will die.(AY) 23 It is the Levites who are to do the work at the tent of meeting and bear the responsibility for any offenses they commit against it. This is a lasting ordinance(AZ) for the generations to come.(BA) They will receive no inheritance(BB) among the Israelites.(BC) 24 Instead, I give to the Levites as their inheritance the tithes that the Israelites present as an offering to the Lord.(BD) That is why I said concerning them: ‘They will have no inheritance among the Israelites.’”
25 The Lord said to Moses, 26 “Speak to the Levites and say to them: ‘When you receive from the Israelites the tithe I give you(BE) as your inheritance, you must present a tenth of that tithe as the Lord’s offering.(BF) 27 Your offering will be reckoned(BG) to you as grain from the threshing floor(BH) or juice from the winepress.(BI) 28 In this way you also will present an offering to the Lord from all the tithes(BJ) you receive from the Israelites. From these tithes you must give the Lord’s portion to Aaron the priest. 29 You must present as the Lord’s portion the best and holiest part of everything given to you.’
30 “Say to the Levites: ‘When you present the best part, it will be reckoned to you as the product of the threshing floor or the winepress.(BK) 31 You and your households may eat the rest of it anywhere, for it is your wages for your work at the tent of meeting.(BL) 32 By presenting the best part(BM) of it you will not be guilty in this matter;(BN) then you will not defile the holy offerings(BO) of the Israelites, and you will not die.’”
Footnotes
- Numbers 18:9 Or purification
- Numbers 18:14 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord.
- Numbers 18:16 That is, about 2 ounces or about 58 grams
4 Mosebok 18
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4 Mosebok 18
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Instruktioner till präster och leviter
18 Då talade Herren till Aron och sa: Du och dina söner och din familj är ansvariga om helgedomen vanhelgas, och ni kommer också att vara ansvariga för alla fel som begås i den prästerliga tjänsten!
2-3 Dina släktingar i Levi stam ska vara dina medhjälpare, men det är bara du och dina söner som får utföra de heliga tjänsterna i tabernaklet. Leviterna måste vara mycket noga med att inte vidröra de heliga föremålen eller altaret, för då kommer jag att döda både dem och dig.
4 Ingen som inte är levit får hjälpa dig med något.
5 Och kom ihåg att det bara är prästerna som får utföra de heliga tjänsterna i helgedomen och vid altaret. Om ni följer dessa instruktioner ska Guds vrede aldrig mer komma över folket.
6 Jag har utvalt dina släktingar leviterna att vara dina medhjälpare i tjänsten vid tabernaklet. De är en gåva till dig från Herren.
7 Men du och dina söner, prästerna, ska personligen utföra den heliga tjänsten och allt som har att göra med altaret och det som finns bakom förhänget. Prästämbetet är er speciella tjänst, och den som försöker ta över den kommer att dö.
8 Herren gav också följande instruktioner till Aron: Jag gör dig ansvarig för alla offer som bärs fram till mig. Jag ger till dig och dina söner alla de gåvor som förs fram till Herren av folket.
9 Spisoffren och syndoffren är era, med undantag för den del av det som bärs fram till Herren, och bränns på altaret. Alla dessa offer är mycket heliga.
10 De måste ätas på en helig plats, och varje man bland er måste äta av dem.
11 Alla andra gåvor som bärs fram till mig genom att man viftar med dem framför altaret tillhör dig och dina familjer, både söner och döttrar. Alla medlemmar av era familjer kan äta dessa, om man inte just då råkar vara oren.
12 De första gåvorna av skörden som folket bär fram som offer till Herren är också dina, det bästa av olivoljan, vinet och säden
13 och det bästa av all annan skörd. Alla i hushållet får äta av det, bara de inte vid det tillfället är orena.
14-15 Allt som är invigt åt Herren är ditt, inberäknat folkets förstfödda bland boskapen.
16 Men du kan inte ta emot de förstfödda sönerna, och inte heller det förstfödda bland de djur som jag förbjudit som mat. I stället ska man betala dig fem siklar för varje förstfött barn när det har blivit en månad gammalt.
17 Det förstfödda bland kor, får och getter ska du inte köpa tillbaka. Det måste offras till Herren. Blodet ska stänkas på altaret, och fettet ska brännas som eldsoffer. Detta är något som Herren tycker om.
18 Köttet från dessa djur ska vara ert, liksom bringan och högra lårstycket som framburits som viftoffer inför Herren vid altaret alltid är ert.
19 Ja, jag har gett dig alla dessa viftoffer, som Israels folk bär fram till Herren. De ska vara mat åt dig och dina familjer. Detta är ett förbund som ska gälla för alltid mellan Herren och dig och dina ättlingar.
20 Ni präster får inte ha någon egendom eller någon inkomst i övrigt, för allt ni behöver har ni i mig.
21 Beträffande dina släktingar leviterna, så ska de få betalt för sina tjänster med tiondet från hela Israels land.
22 Från och med nu får inga andra israeliter än prästerna och leviterna gå in i helgedomen. I så fall får de ta konsekvenserna av sin synd och dö.
23 Det är bara leviterna som får utföra arbetet där, och de får stå till svars om de sviker sina uppgifter. Det är en beständig lag bland er att leviterna inte ska äga något land i Israel,
24 för folkets tionde som offras till Herren genom att man viftar med det framför altaret, ska tillhöra leviterna. Detta är deras arv, och de behöver ingen annan arvedel.
25-26 Herren sa till Mose: Säg till leviterna att de ska ge Herren tionde av det tionde som de får, ett tionde av tiondet, som ska bäras fram inför Herren genom att man viftar med det framför altaret.
27 Herren ska betrakta detta som ert offer från det första av er skörd, av er säd och ert vin, som om det kom från egna odlingar.
28-29 Till detta tionde av tiondet, Herrens del, ska ni ta det bästa av det ni själva har fått och ge det till Aron.
30 Det ska räknas er till godo, precis som om det kom från era egna logar och vinpressar.
31 Ni och era familjer kan äta det i hemmet eller var ni vill, för det är er ersättning för tjänsten i tabernaklet.
32 Genom att ge vidare till Herren det bästa av folkets offer vanhelgar ni inte det offrade utan kan äta av det som blir kvar som ert eget utan att behöva dö.
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