民数记 8
1 耶和华晓谕摩西说：
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
2 “你告诉亚伦说：点灯的时候，七盏灯都要向灯台前面发光。”
Speak to Aaron, and thou shalt say to him: When thou shalt place the seven lamps, let the candlestick be set up on the south side. Give orders therefore that the lamps look over against the north, towards the table of the leaves of proposition, over against that part shall they give light, towards which the candlestick looketh.
3 亚伦便这样行。他点灯台上的灯，使灯向前发光，是照耶和华所吩咐摩西的。
And Aaron did so, and he put the lamps upon the candlestick, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
4 这灯台的做法是用金子锤出来的，连座带花都是锤出来的。摩西制造灯台，是照耶和华所指示的样式。
Now this was the work of the candlestick, it was of beaten gold, both the shaft in the middle, and all that came out of both sides of the branches: according to the pattern which the Lord had shewn to Moses, so he made the candlestick.
5 耶和华晓谕摩西说：
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
6 “你从以色列人中选出利未人来，洁净他们。
Take the Levites out of the midst of the children of Israel, and thou shalt purify them,
7 洁净他们当这样行：用除罪水弹在他们身上，又叫他们用剃头刀刮全身，洗衣服，洁净自己。
According to this rite: Let them be sprinkled with the water of purification, and let them shave all the hairs of their flesh. And when they shall have washed their garments, and are cleansed,
8 然后叫他们取一只公牛犊，并同献的素祭，就是调油的细面；你要另取一只公牛犊作赎罪祭。
They shall take an ox of the herd, and for the offering thereof fine flour tempered with oil: and thou shalt take another ox of the herd for a sin offering:
9 将利未人奉到会幕前，招聚以色列全会众。
And thou shalt bring the Levites before the tabernacle of the covenant, calling together all the multitude of the children of Israel:
10 将利未人奉到耶和华面前，以色列人要按手在他们头上。
And when the Levites are before the Lord, the children of Israel shall put their hands upon them:
11 亚伦也将他们奉到耶和华面前，为以色列人当作摇祭，使他们好办耶和华的事。
And Aaron shall offer the Levites, as a gift in the sight of the Lord from the children of Israel, that they may serve in his ministry.
12 利未人要按手在那两只牛的头上；你要将一只作赎罪祭，一只作燔祭，献给耶和华，为利未人赎罪。
The Levites also shall put their hands upon the heads of the oxen, of which thou shalt sacrifice one for sin, and the other for a holocaust to the Lord, to pray for them.
13 你也要使利未人站在亚伦和他儿子面前，将他们当作摇祭奉给耶和华。
And thou shalt set the Levites in the sight of Aaron and of his sons, and shalt consecrate them being offered to the Lord,
14 “这样，你从以色列人中将利未人分别出来，利未人便要归我。
And shalt separate them from the midst of the children of Israel, to be mine.
15 此后利未人要进去办会幕的事，你要洁净他们，将他们当作摇祭奉上；
And afterwards they shall enter into the tabernacle of the covenant, to serve me. And thus shalt thou purify and consecrate them for an oblation of the Lord: for as a gift they were given me by the children of Israel.
16 因为他们是从以色列人中全然给我的，我拣选他们归我，是代替以色列人中一切头生的。
I have taken them instead of the firstborn that open every womb in Israel,
17 以色列人中一切头生的，连人带牲畜，都是我的。我在埃及地击杀一切头生的那天，将他们分别为圣归我。
For all the firstborn of the children of Israel, both of men and of beasts, are mine. From the day that I slew every firstborn in the land of Egypt, have I sanctified them to myself:
18 我拣选利未人代替以色列人中一切头生的。
And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel:
19 我从以色列人中将利未人当作赏赐给亚伦和他的儿子，在会幕中办以色列人的事，又为以色列人赎罪，免得他们挨近圣所，有灾殃临到他们中间。”
And have delivered them for a gift to Aaron and his sons out of the midst of the people, to serve me for Israel in the tabernacle of the covenant, and to pray for them, lest there should be a plague among the people, if they should presume to approach unto my sanctuary.
20 摩西、亚伦，并以色列全会众便向利未人如此行。凡耶和华指着利未人所吩咐摩西的，以色列人就向他们这样行。
And Moses and Aaron and all the multitude of the children of Israel did with the Levites all that the Lord had commanded Moses:
21 于是利未人洁净自己，除了罪，洗了衣服；亚伦将他们当作摇祭奉到耶和华面前，又为他们赎罪，洁净他们。
And they were purified, and washed their garments. And Aaron lifted them up in the sight of the Lard, and prayed for them,
22 然后利未人进去，在亚伦和他儿子面前，在会幕中办事。耶和华指着利未人怎样吩咐摩西，以色列人就怎样向他们行了。
That being purified they might go into the tabernacle of the covenant to do their services before Aaron and his sons. As the Lord had commanded Moses touching the Levites, so was it done.
23 耶和华晓谕摩西说：
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
24 “利未人是这样：从二十五岁以外，他们要前来任职，办会幕的事。
This is the law of the Levites: From twenty-five years old and upwards, they shall go in to minister in the tabernacle of the covenant.
25 到了五十岁要停工退任，不再办事，
And when they shall have accomplished the fiftieth year of their age, they shall cease to serve:
26 只要在会幕里，和他们的弟兄一同伺候，谨守所吩咐的，不再办事了。至于所吩咐利未人的，你要这样向他们行。”
And they shall be the ministers of their brethren in the tabernacle of the covenant, to keep the things that are committed to their care, but not to do the works. Thus shalt thou order the Levites touching their charge.
