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Números 18
Nueva Biblia de las Américas
Números 18
Nueva Biblia de las Américas
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
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
Numbers 18
King James Version
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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