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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.
Numbers 18
The Message
Numbers 18
The Message
Duties in the Tent of Testimony
18 1-4 God said to Aaron, “You and your sons, along with your father’s family, are responsible for taking care of sins having to do with the Sanctuary; you and your sons are also responsible for sins involving the priesthood. So enlist your brothers of the tribe of Levi to join you and assist you and your sons in your duties in the Tent of Testimony. They will report to you as they go about their duties related to the Tent, but they must not have anything to do with the holy things of the Altar under penalty of death—both they and you will die! They are to work with you in taking care of the Tent of Meeting, whatever work is involved in the Tent. Outsiders are not allowed to help you.
5-7 “Your job is to take care of the Sanctuary and the Altar so that there will be no more outbreaks of anger on the People of Israel. I personally have picked your brothers, the Levites, from Israel as a whole. I’m giving them to you as a gift, a gift of God, to help with the work of the Tent of Meeting. But only you and your sons may serve as priests, working around the Altar and inside the curtain. The work of the priesthood is my exclusive gift to you; it cannot be delegated—anyone else who invades the Sanctuary will be executed.”
8-10 God spoke to Aaron, “I am personally putting you in charge of my contributions, all the holy gifts I get from the People of Israel. I am turning them over to you and your children for your personal use. This is the standing rule. You and your sons get what’s left from the offerings, whatever hasn’t been totally burned up on the Altar—the leftovers from Grain-Offerings, Absolution-Offerings, and Compensation-Offerings. Eat it reverently; it is most holy; every male may eat it. Treat it as holy.
11-13 “You also get the Wave-Offerings from the People of Israel. I present them to you and your sons and daughters as a gift. This is the standing rule. Anyone in your household who is ritually clean may eat it. I also give you all the best olive oil, the best new wine, and the grain that is offered to God as the firstfruits of their harvest—all the firstfruits they offer to God are yours. Anyone in your household who is ritually clean may eat it.
14-16 “You get every Totally-Devoted gift. Every firstborn that is offered to God, whether animal or person, is yours. Except you don’t get the firstborn itself, but its redemption price; firstborn humans and ritually unclean animals are bought back and you get the redemption price. When the firstborn is a month old it must be redeemed at the redemption price of five shekels of silver, using the standard of the Sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs.
17-19 “On the other hand, you don’t redeem a firstborn ox, sheep, or goat—they are holy. Instead splash their blood on the Altar and burn their fat as a Fire-Gift, a pleasing fragrance to God. But you get the meat, just as you get the breast from the Wave-Offering and the right thigh. All the holy offerings that the People of Israel set aside for God, I’m turning over to you and your children. That’s the standard rule and includes both you and your children—a Covenant-of-Salt, eternal and unchangeable before God.”
20 God said to Aaron, “You won’t get any inheritance in land, not so much as a small plot of ground: I am your plot of ground, I am your inheritance among the People of Israel.
21-24 “I’m giving the Levites all the tithes of Israel as their pay for the work they do in the Tent of Meeting. Starting now, the rest of the People of Israel cannot wander in and out of the Tent of Meeting; they’ll be penalized for their sin and the penalty is death. It’s the Levites and only the Levites who are to work in the Tent of Meeting and they are responsible for anything that goes wrong. This is the regular rule for all time. They get no inheritance among the People of Israel; instead I turn over to them the tithes that the People of Israel present as an offering to God. That’s why I give the ruling: They are to receive no land-inheritance among the People of Israel.”
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25-29 God spoke to Moses: “Speak to the Levites. Tell them, When you get the tithe from the People of Israel, the inheritance that I have assigned to you, you must tithe that tithe and present it as an offering to God. Your offerings will be treated the same as other people’s gifts of grain from the threshing floor or wine from the wine vat. This is your procedure for making offerings to God from all the tithes you get from the People of Israel: give God’s portion from these tithes to Aaron the priest. Make sure that God’s portion is the best and holiest of everything you get.
30-32 “Tell the Levites, When you offer the best part, the rest will be treated the same as grain from the threshing floor or wine from the wine vat that others give. You and your households are free to eat the rest of it anytime and anyplace—it’s your wages for your work at the Tent of Meeting. By offering the best part, you’ll avoid guilt, you won’t desecrate the holy offerings of the People of Israel, and you won’t 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
Dân Số 18
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Dân Số 18
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Chức Vụ Thầy Tế Lễ
18 CHÚA bảo A-rôn: “Con, các con trai cùng cả gia đình con phải chịu trách nhiệm về những tội xúc phạm Nơi Thánh. Cũng vậy, con và các con trai con phải chịu trách nhiệm về những tội liên hệ đến chức vụ thầy tế lễ. 2 Tất cả những người trong bộ tộc Lê-vi, gia tộc của con, là người giúp việc cho con. Tuy nhiên, chỉ có con và các con trai con được thi hành chức vụ trong Nơi Thánh. 3 Các người Lê-vi khác phải chu toàn trách nhiệm của họ đối với con và toàn thể công việc tại trại, tuy nhiên họ không được đến gần các vật dụng trong Nơi Thánh và bàn thờ, để họ lẫn con khỏi phải chết. 4 Họ sẽ kết hiệp với con và đảm trách công việc tại Trại Hội Kiến, tất cả công việc tại trại, nhưng không một ai khác được phép đến gần các con 5 trong khi các con phụ trách công việc tại Nơi Thánh và trước bàn thờ kẻo cơn thịnh nộ Ta nổi lên chống lại dân Y-sơ-ra-ên. 6 Người Lê-vi đã được Ta chọn trong dân Y-sơ-ra-ên, họ đã được dâng cho CHÚA, này Ta giao họ cho con để giúp con trong công việc Trại Hội Kiến. 7 Ta cũng ủy nhiệm cho con chức vụ thầy tế lễ, chỉ có con và các con trai con thi hành chức vụ này trước bàn thờ và bên trong bức màn. Ngoài ra, người nào đụng đến các công việc này đều phải chết.”
8 CHÚA nói tiếp với A-rôn: “Ngoài ra, Ta còn cho các ngươi tất cả các lễ vật của người Y-sơ-ra-ên dâng theo lối đưa qua đưa lại trước CHÚA. Các lễ vật thánh đều thuộc về con và các con trai con. Lệ này được áp dụng đời đời. 9 Trừ phần được đem đốt dâng lên, phần còn lại của các lễ vật ngũ cốc, lễ vật chuộc tội và lễ vật chuộc lỗi đều thuộc về con và các con trai con. 10 Đó là những vật rất thánh, chỉ được ăn tại một Nơi Thánh và chỉ nam giới mới được ăn.
11 Còn các lễ vật được dâng lên theo lối đưa qua đưa lại cũng thuộc về con, nhưng mọi người trong gia đình, nam lẫn nữ đều được phép ăn, nếu họ tinh sạch.
12 Ta ban cho con phần tốt nhất của dầu, rượu mới và thóc, tất cả các lễ vật đầu mùa người ta đem dâng lên CHÚA. 13 Ta cũng ban cho con tất cả các lễ vật đầu mùa của các thổ sản khác người ta dâng lên CHÚA. Mọi người tinh sạch trong gia đình con đều được phép ăn.
14 Vậy, tất cả mọi vật người Y-sơ-ra-ên dâng hiến cho Ta đều thuộc về con, kể cả các con trưởng nam và thú vật đầu lòng của họ. 15 Tuy nhiên, con trưởng nam và con đực đầu lòng của thú vật không sạch phải được chuộc lại. 16 Khi chúng được một tháng, giá chuộc tương đương với năm sê-ken bạc[a] theo tiêu chuẩn cân đo Nơi Thánh.
17 Nhưng con đực đầu lòng của các loài bò, cừu và dê thì không được chuộc vì chúng được biệt riêng ra thánh. Phải lấy huyết chúng rảy lên bàn thờ, lấy mỡ đem đốt, đó là một lễ vật dùng lửa dâng lên có mùi thơm đẹp lòng CHÚA. 18 Thịt của các sinh tế này thuộc về con, đặc biệt là cái ngực được đưa qua đưa lại và cái đùi bên phải. 19 Tóm lại, Ta cho con mọi lễ vật của người Y-sơ-ra-ên dâng theo lối đưa qua đưa lại trước CHÚA, mọi người trong gia đình con, nam lẫn nữ đều được phép ăn. Đây là luật lệ đời đời, là một giao ước bất di bất dịch[b] giữa CHÚA với con và con cháu con.”
20 CHÚA tiếp: “Tuy nhiên con sẽ không được thừa hưởng đất đai, con không có phần gì cả trong dân Y-sơ-ra-ên. Chính Ta là phần của con, là sản nghiệp của con giữa họ.
21 Tất cả những phần mười mà dân Y-sơ-ra-ên dâng lên Ta, Ta ban cho người Lê-vi vì công khó họ phục dịch trong Trại Hội Kiến. 22 Từ nay về sau, người Y-sơ-ra-ên sẽ không ai vào Trại Hội Kiến để khỏi mắc tội và khỏi chết. 23 Người Lê-vi sẽ chịu trách nhiệm về công việc Trại Hội Kiến, và nếu có lỗi lầm, họ sẽ mang tội. Đây là một luật đời đời được áp dụng qua các thế hệ: người Lê-vi sẽ không thừa hưởng tài sản trong Y-sơ-ra-ên, 24 vì Ta đã cho họ một phần mười lợi tức của người Y-sơ-ra-ên, là phần dân chúng đem dâng lên CHÚA, chính vì thế mà Ta phán về người Lê-vi rằng họ không được thừa hưởng gì cả trong dân Y-sơ-ra-ên.”
25 CHÚA cũng nói với Môi-se: 26 “Con bảo người Lê-vi khi nhận được một phần mười lợi tức của người Y-sơ-ra-ên mà CHÚA ban cho anh em hưởng, phải lấy một phần mười trong số phần mười đó dâng cho CHÚA. 27 Lễ vật này sẽ được coi như lễ vật đầu mùa chọn lọc, như ngũ cốc dâng từ sân đạp lúa, như rượu nho dâng từ bồn ép nho của họ vậy. 28 Vậy trong tất cả những phần mười anh em nhận được từ dân Y-sơ-ra-ên, anh em phải dành riêng một lễ vật dâng lên CHÚA, và anh em hãy giao lễ vật ấy cho thầy tế lễ A-rôn. 29 Trong tất cả những món quà anh em nhận được, anh em hãy dành riêng phần tốt nhất dâng lên CHÚA; đó là phần biệt riêng ra thánh cho CHÚA.”
30 Con hãy nói tiếp với người Lê-vi: “Một khi anh em đã dâng phần tốt nhất rồi, phần còn lại sẽ được kể như thổ sản từ sân đạp lúa và bồn ép nho. 31 Phần còn lại này anh em và gia đình được phép ăn bất kỳ nơi nào vì đó là thù lao cho công khó anh em phục dịch tại Trại Hội Kiến. 32 Nếu anh em dâng phần tốt nhất lên CHÚA, anh em sẽ không mắc tội khi ăn phần còn lại. Khi anh em dâng lên CHÚA phần tốt nhất trước khi ăn, anh em sẽ không mắc tội xúc phạm lễ vật thánh của dân Y-sơ-ra-ên dâng lên và khỏi phải chết.”
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