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Numbers 18
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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

  1. Numbers 18:9 Or purification
  2. Numbers 18:14 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord.
  3. Numbers 18:16 That is, about 2 ounces or about 58 grams
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Numeri 18
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Funzioni ed entrate dei sacerdoti e dei Leviti

18 (A)Il Signore disse ad *Aaronne: «Tu, i tuoi figli e la casa di tuo padre con te porterete il peso delle *iniquità commesse nel *santuario; e tu e i tuoi figli porterete il peso delle iniquità commesse nell'esercizio del vostro sacerdozio. 2 Farai avvicinare a te anche i tuoi fratelli, la tribú di *Levi, la tribú di tuo padre, affinché ti siano aggiunti e ti servano quando tu e i tuoi figli con te sarete davanti alla *tenda della testimonianza. 3 Essi saranno ai tuoi ordini in tutto quello che concerne il servizio della tenda; però non si accosteranno agli utensili del santuario né all'altare affinché non moriate voi e loro. 4 Essi dipenderanno da te e faranno il servizio della tenda di convegno in tutto ciò che la concerne, e nessun estraneo si avvicinerà a voi. 5 Voi farete il servizio del santuario e dell'altare, affinché non vi sia piú ira contro i figli d'*Israele. 6 Quanto a me, ecco, io ho preso i vostri fratelli, i Leviti, tra i figli d'Israele; dati al Signore, essi sono dati in dono a voi per fare il servizio della tenda di convegno. 7 Tu e i tuoi figli con te eserciterete il vostro sacerdozio in tutto ciò che concerne l'altare e in ciò che è di là dalla *cortina; e farete il vostro servizio. Io vi do l'esercizio del sacerdozio come un dono; l'estraneo che si avvicinerà sarà messo a morte».

8 (B)Il Signore disse ancora ad Aaronne: «Ecco, di tutte le cose consacrate dai figli d'Israele io ti do quelle cose che mi sono offerte per elevazione: io le do a te e ai tuoi figli come diritto di unzione, per legge perenne. 9 Questo ti apparterrà fra le cose santissime non consumate dal fuoco: tutte le loro offerte, vale a dire ogni oblazione, ogni loro sacrificio per il peccato e ogni loro sacrificio per la colpa che mi presenteranno; sono tutte cose santissime che apparterranno a te e ai tuoi figli. 10 Le mangerai in luogo santissimo: ne mangerà ogni maschio; per te saranno cose sante. 11 Anche questo ti apparterrà: i doni che i figli d'Israele presenteranno per elevazione e tutte le loro offerte agitate; io le do a te, ai tuoi figli e alle tue figlie con te, per legge perenne. Chiunque sarà puro in casa tua ne potrà mangiare. 12 Ti do pure tutte le primizie che essi offriranno al Signore: il meglio dell'olio e il meglio del mosto e del grano. 13 Le primizie di tutto ciò che produrrà la loro terra e che essi presenteranno al Signore saranno tue. Chiunque sarà puro in casa tua ne potrà mangiare. 14 Tutto ciò che in Israele sarà votato all'interdetto sarà tuo. 15 Ogni primogenito di ogni carne che essi offriranno al Signore, cosí degli uomini come degli animali, sarà tuo; però, farai riscattare il primogenito dell'uomo e farai riscattare il primogenito di un animale impuro. 16 Quanto al riscatto, li farai riscattare dall'età di un mese, secondo la tua stima, per cinque *sicli d'argento, a siclo di santuario, che è di venti *ghere. 17 Ma non farai riscattare il primogenito della vacca né il primogenito della pecora né il primogenito della capra; sono cosa sacra; spargerai il loro sangue sull'altare, e brucerai il loro grasso come sacrificio consumato dal fuoco, di profumo soave per il Signore. 18 La loro carne sarà tua; sarà tua come il petto dell'offerta agitata e come la coscia destra. 19 Io do a te, ai tuoi figli e alle tue figlie con te, per legge perenne, tutte le offerte delle cose sante che i figli d'Israele presenteranno al Signore per elevazione. È un patto inalterabile[a], perenne, davanti al Signore, per te e per la tua discendenza con te».

20 (C)Il Signore disse ancora ad Aaronne: «Tu non avrai nessuna proprietà nel paese dei figli d'Israele e non ci sarà parte per te in mezzo a loro; io sono la tua parte e la tua eredità in mezzo a loro. 21 Ai figli di Levi io do come proprietà tutte le decime in Israele in cambio del servizio che fanno nella tenda di convegno. 22 I figli d'Israele non si avvicineranno piú alla tenda di convegno, per non caricarsi di un peccato che li farebbe morire. 23 Ma il servizio della tenda di convegno lo faranno soltanto i Leviti; ed essi porteranno il peso delle proprie iniquità; sarà una legge perenne, di generazione in generazione; e non possederanno nulla tra i figli d'Israele; 24 Poiché io do come proprietà ai Leviti le decime che i figli d'Israele presenteranno al Signore come of- ferta elevata; per questo dico di loro: “Non possederanno nulla tra i figli d'Israele”».

25 (D)Il Signore disse a *Mosè: 26 «Parlerai inoltre ai Leviti e dirai loro: “Quando riceverete dai figli d'Israele le decime che io vi do per conto loro come vostre proprietà, metterete da parte un'offerta da fare al Signore: una decima della decima; 27 e l'offerta che avrete prelevata vi sarà contata come il grano che viene dall'aia e come il mosto che esce dal torchio. 28 Cosí anche voi metterete da parte un'offerta per il Signore da tutte le decime che riceverete dai figli d'Israele e darete al *sacerdote Aaronne l'offerta che avrete messa da parte per il Signore. 29 Da tutte le cose che vi saranno date metterete da parte tutte le offerte per il Signore; di tutto ciò che vi sarà di meglio metterete da parte quel tanto che è da consacrare”. 30 E dirai loro: “Quando ne avrete messo da parte il meglio, quello che rimane sarà contato ai Leviti come il prodotto dell'aia e come il prodotto del torchio. 31 Lo potrete mangiare in qualunque luogo, voi e le vostre famiglie, perché è il compenso che riceverete in cambio del vostro servizio nella tenda di convegno. 32 Cosí non vi sarà attribuito nessun peccato, poiché ne avrete messo da parte il meglio; e non profanerete le cose sante dei figli d'Israele, e non morirete”».

Footnotes

  1. Numeri 18:19 Un patto inalterabile, lett. un patto di sale.
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Numbers 18
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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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