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Nombres 8
Louis Segond
Nombres 8
Louis Segond
8 L'Éternel parla à Moïse, et dit:
2 Parle à Aaron, et tu lui diras: Lorsque tu placeras les lampes sur le chandelier, les sept lampes devront éclairer en face.
3 Aaron fit ainsi; il plaça les lampes sur le devant du chandelier, comme l'Éternel l'avait ordonné à Moïse.
4 Le chandelier était d'or battu; jusqu'à son pied, jusqu'à ses fleurs, il était d'or battu; Moïse avait fait le chandelier d'après le modèle que l'Éternel lui avait montré.
5 L'Éternel parla à Moïse, et dit:
6 Prends les Lévites du milieu des enfants d'Israël, et purifie-les.
7 Voici comment tu les purifieras. Fais sur eux une aspersion d'eau expiatoire; qu'ils fassent passer le rasoir sur tout leur corps, qu'ils lavent leurs vêtements, et qu'ils se purifient.
8 Ils prendront ensuite un jeune taureau, avec l'offrande ordinaire de fleur de farine pétrie à l'huile; et tu prendras un autre jeune taureau pour le sacrifice d'expiation.
9 Tu feras approcher les Lévites devant la tente d'assignation, et tu convoqueras toute l'assemblée des enfants d'Israël.
10 Tu feras approcher les Lévites devant l'Éternel; et les enfants d'Israël poseront leurs mains sur les Lévites.
11 Aaron fera tourner de côté et d'autre les Lévites devant l'Éternel, comme une offrande de la part des enfants d'Israël; et ils seront consacrés au service de l'Éternel.
12 Les Lévites poseront leurs mains sur la tête des taureaux; et tu offriras l'un en sacrifice d'expiation, et l'autre en holocauste, afin de faire l'expiation pour les Lévites.
13 Tu feras tenir les Lévites debout devant Aaron et devant ses fils, et tu les feras tourner de côté et d'autre comme une offrande à l'Éternel.
14 Tu sépareras les Lévites du milieu des enfants d'Israël; et les Lévites m'appartiendront.
15 Après cela, les Lévites viendront faire le service dans la tente d'assignation. C'est ainsi que tu les purifieras, et que tu les feras tourner de côté et d'autre comme une offrande.
16 Car ils me sont entièrement donnés du milieu des enfants d'Israël: je les ai pris pour moi à la place des premiers-nés, de tous les premiers-nés des enfants d'Israël.
17 Car tout premier-né des enfants d'Israël m'appartient, tant des hommes que des animaux; le jour où j'ai frappé tous les premiers-nés dans le pays d'Égypte, je me les suis consacrés.
18 Et j'ai pris les Lévites à la place de tous les premiers-nés des enfants d'Israël.
19 J'ai donné les Lévites entièrement à Aaron et à ses fils, du milieu des enfants d'Israël, pour qu'ils fassent le service des enfants d'Israël dans la tente d'assignation, pour qu'ils fassent l'expiation pour les enfants d'Israël, et pour que les enfants d'Israël ne soient frappés d'aucune plaie, en s'approchant du sanctuaire.
20 Moïse, Aaron et toute l'assemblée des enfants d'Israël, firent à l'égard des Lévites tout ce que l'Éternel avait ordonné à Moïse touchant les Lévites; ainsi firent à leur égard les enfants d'Israël.
21 Les Lévites se purifièrent, et lavèrent leurs vêtements; Aaron les fit tourner de côté et d'autre comme une offrande devant l'Éternel, et il fit l'expiation pour eux, afin de les purifier.
22 Après cela, les Lévites vinrent faire leur service dans la tente d'assignation, en présence d'Aaron et de ses fils, selon ce que l'Éternel avait ordonné à Moïse touchant les Lévites; ainsi fut-il fait à leur égard.
23 L'Éternel parla à Moïse, et dit:
24 Voici ce qui concerne les Lévites. Depuis l'âge de vingt-cinq ans et au-dessus, tout Lévite entrera au service de la tente d'assignation pour y exercer une fonction.
25 Depuis l'âge de cinquante ans, il sortira de fonction, et ne servira plus.
26 Il aidera ses frères dans la tente d'assignation, pour garder ce qui est remis à leurs soins; mais il ne fera plus de service. Tu agiras ainsi à l'égard des Lévites pour ce qui concerne leurs fonctions.
Numbers 8
New International Version
Numbers 8
New International Version
Setting Up the Lamps
8 The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Speak to Aaron and say to him, ‘When you set up the lamps, see that all seven light up the area in front of the lampstand.(A)’”
3 Aaron did so; he set up the lamps so that they faced forward on the lampstand, just as the Lord commanded Moses. 4 This is how the lampstand was made: It was made of hammered gold(B)—from its base to its blossoms. The lampstand was made exactly like the pattern(C) the Lord had shown Moses.
The Setting Apart of the Levites
5 The Lord said to Moses: 6 “Take the Levites from among all the Israelites and make them ceremonially clean.(D) 7 To purify them, do this: Sprinkle the water of cleansing(E) on them; then have them shave their whole bodies(F) and wash their clothes.(G) And so they will purify themselves.(H) 8 Have them take a young bull with its grain offering of the finest flour mixed with olive oil;(I) then you are to take a second young bull for a sin offering.[a](J) 9 Bring the Levites to the front of the tent of meeting(K) and assemble the whole Israelite community.(L) 10 You are to bring the Levites before the Lord, and the Israelites are to lay their hands on them.(M) 11 Aaron is to present the Levites before the Lord as a wave offering(N) from the Israelites, so that they may be ready to do the work of the Lord.
12 “Then the Levites are to lay their hands on the heads of the bulls,(O) using one for a sin offering(P) to the Lord and the other for a burnt offering,(Q) to make atonement(R) for the Levites. 13 Have the Levites stand in front of Aaron and his sons and then present them as a wave offering(S) to the Lord. 14 In this way you are to set the Levites apart from the other Israelites, and the Levites will be mine.(T)
15 “After you have purified the Levites and presented them as a wave offering,(U) they are to come to do their work at the tent of meeting.(V) 16 They are the Israelites who are to be given wholly to me. I have taken them as my own in place of the firstborn,(W) the first male offspring(X) from every Israelite woman. 17 Every firstborn male in Israel, whether human or animal,(Y) is mine. When I struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, I set them apart for myself.(Z) 18 And I have taken the Levites in place of all the firstborn sons in Israel.(AA) 19 From among all the Israelites, I have given the Levites as gifts to Aaron and his sons(AB) to do the work at the tent of meeting on behalf of the Israelites(AC) and to make atonement for them(AD) so that no plague will strike the Israelites when they go near the sanctuary.”
20 Moses, Aaron and the whole Israelite community did with the Levites just as the Lord commanded Moses. 21 The Levites purified themselves and washed their clothes.(AE) Then Aaron presented them as a wave offering before the Lord and made atonement(AF) for them to purify them.(AG) 22 After that, the Levites came to do their work(AH) at the tent of meeting under the supervision of Aaron and his sons. They did with the Levites just as the Lord commanded Moses.
23 The Lord said to Moses, 24 “This applies to the Levites: Men twenty-five years old or more(AI) shall come to take part in the work at the tent of meeting,(AJ) 25 but at the age of fifty,(AK) they must retire from their regular service and work no longer. 26 They may assist their brothers in performing their duties at the tent of meeting, but they themselves must not do the work.(AL) This, then, is how you are to assign the responsibilities of the Levites.”
Footnotes
- Numbers 8:8 Or purification offering; also in verse 12
Numbers 8
King James Version
Numbers 8
King James Version
8 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Speak unto Aaron and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick.
3 And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof over against the candlestick, as the Lord commanded Moses.
4 And this work of the candlestick was of beaten gold, unto the shaft thereof, unto the flowers thereof, was beaten work: according unto the pattern which the Lord had shewed Moses, so he made the candlestick.
5 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
6 Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them.
7 And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them: Sprinkle water of purifying upon them, and let them shave all their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and so make themselves clean.
8 Then let them take a young bullock with his meat offering, even fine flour mingled with oil, and another young bullock shalt thou take for a sin offering.
9 And thou shalt bring the Levites before the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt gather the whole assembly of the children of Israel together:
10 And thou shalt bring the Levites before the Lord: and the children of Israel shall put their hands upon the Levites:
11 And Aaron shall offer the Levites before the Lord for an offering of the children of Israel, that they may execute the service of the Lord.
12 And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bullocks: and thou shalt offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, unto the Lord, to make an atonement for the Levites.
13 And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them for an offering unto the Lord.
14 Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine.
15 And after that shall the Levites go in to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt cleanse them, and offer them for an offering.
16 For they are wholly given unto me from among the children of Israel; instead of such as open every womb, even instead of the firstborn of all the children of Israel, have I taken them unto me.
17 For all the firstborn of the children of Israel are mine, both man and beast: on the day that I smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for myself.
18 And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel.
19 And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of the congregation, and to make an atonement for the children of Israel: that there be no plague among the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come nigh unto the sanctuary.
20 And Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel, did to the Levites according unto all that the Lord commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did the children of Israel unto them.
21 And the Levites were purified, and they washed their clothes; and Aaron offered them as an offering before the Lord; and Aaron made an atonement for them to cleanse them.
22 And after that went the Levites in to do their service in the tabernacle of the congregation before Aaron, and before his sons: as the Lord had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did they unto them.
23 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
24 This is it that belongeth unto the Levites: from twenty and five years old and upward they shall go in to wait upon the service of the tabernacle of the congregation:
25 And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the service thereof, and shall serve no more:
26 But shall minister with their brethren in the tabernacle of the congregation, to keep the charge, and shall do no service. Thus shalt thou do unto the Levites touching their charge.
Louis Segond (LSG)
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