4 Mosebog 8
1 Og Herren talede til Mose og sagde:
And the Lord spoke unto Moses, saying,
2 Tal til Aron, og du skal sige til ham: Naar du sætter Lamperne op, skulle de syv Lamper lyse lige imod Lysestagens modsatte Side.
Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, then shall the seven lamps give light toward the body of the candlestick.
3 Og Aron gjorde saaledes: Lige imod den modsatte Side af Lysestagen satte han dens Lamper op, som Herren havde befalet Mose.
And Aaron did so; toward the body of the candlestick did he light its lamps; as the Lord had commanded Moses.
4 Og Lysestagen var saaledes gjort: Den var af drevet Arbejde af Guld, endog dens Fod og dens Blomster vare af drevet Arbejde; efter det Syn, som Herren havde vist Mose, saaledes havde han gjort Lysestagen.
And this was the workmanship of the candlestick: It was of beaten gold, from the shaft thereof, unto the flowers thereof, it was beaten work; according unto the pattern which the Lord had shown Moses, so made he the candlestick.
5 Og Herren talede til Mose og sagde:
And the Lord spoke unto Moses, saying,
6 Tag Leviterne midt ud af Israels Børn, og du skal rense dem.
Take the Levites from the midst of the children of Israel, and cleanse them.
7 Og saaledes skal du gøre ved dem, til at rense dem: Stænk Sonevand paa dem, og de skulle lade Ragekniven gaa over hele deres Legeme og to deres Klæder og rense sig.
And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them: Sprinkle upon them water of purification, after they have let the razor pass over all their flesh, and then let them wash their clothes, and so shall they be clean.
8 Saa skulle de tage en ung Tyr og Madofret dertil, Mel, blandet med Olie, og du skal tage en anden ung Tyr til et Syndoffer.
And they shall take a young bullock with his meat-offering, fine flour mingled with oil; and another young bullock shalt thou take for a sin-offering.
9 Og du skal lade Leviterne komme nær til, foran Forsamlingens Paulun, og du skal lade hele Israels Børns Menighed samle sig.
And thou shalt bring near the Levites before the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt assemble together the whole congregation of the children of Israel.
10 Og du skal lade Leviterne komme frem for Herrens Ansigt, og Israels Børn skulle lægge deres Hænder paa Leviterne.
And when thou hast brought near the Levites before the Lord, then shall the children of Israel lay their hands upon the Levites:
11 Og Aron skal røre Leviterne, udtagne af Israels Børn, med en Rørelse for Herrens Ansigt, og de skulle være til at besørge Herrens Tjeneste.
And Aaron shall make with the Levites a waving before the Lord from the children of Israel, that they may be ready to execute the service of the Lord.
12 Og Leviterne skulle lægge deres Hænder paa Tyrenes Hoved; og gør saa den ene til et Syndoffer og den anden til et Brændoffer for Herren, til at gøre Forligelse for Leviterne.
And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bullocks: and thou shalt prepare the one as a sin-offering, and the other as a burnt-offering, unto the Lord, to make an atonement for the Levites.
13 Og du skal stille Leviterne for Arons Ansigt og for hans Sønners Ansigt, og du skal røre dem med en Rørelse for Herren.
And thou shalt place the Levites before Aaron and before his sons, and make with them a waving before the Lord.
14 Og du skal udskille Leviterne midt ud af Israels Børn; thi Leviterne skulle være mine.
Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from the midst of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine.
15 Og derefter skulle Leviterne komme til at tjene ved Forsamlingens Paulun, naar du har renset dem og ladet dem røre med en Rørelse.
And after that shall the Levites go in to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation: after thou shalt have cleansed them, and made with them a waving.
16 Thi de ere mig givne, ja, givne midt ud af Israels Børn; jeg har taget mig dem i Stedet for hver, som aabner Moders Liv, for alle førstefødte af Israels Børn.
For they are wholly given unto me from the midst of the children of Israel: instead of every one that openeth the womb, of every first-born of the children of Israel, have I taken them unto me.
17 Thi alt det førstefødte blandt Israels Børn hører mig til, baade af Mennesker og af Dyr; paa den Dag jeg slog alle førstefødte i Ægyptens Land, helligede jeg mig dem.
For mine are all the first-born of the children of Israel, both of man and beast: on the day that I smote every first-born in the land of Egypt did I sanctify them unto myself.
18 Og jeg tog Leviterne i Stedet for alle førstefødte iblandt Israels Børn.
And I have taken the Levites, instead of all the first-born among the children of Israel.
19 Og jeg gav Aron og hans Sønner Leviterne til en Gave, midt ud af Israels Børn, til at besørge Israels Børns Tjeneste ved Forsamlingens Paulun og til at gøre Forligelse for Israels Børn, at der ikke skal komme Plage over Israels Børn, naar Israels Børn nærme sig til Helligdommen.
And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from the midst of 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 Og Mose og Aron og al Israels Børns Menighed gjorde saa ved Leviterne; efter alt det, som Herren havde befalet Mose om Leviterne, saa gjorde Israels Børn ved dem.
And so did Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel, to the Levites: according unto all that the Lord had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did the children of Israel unto them.
21 Og Leviterne rensede sig fra Synd og toede deres Klæder, og Aron rørte dem med en Rørelse for Herrens Ansigt; og Aron gjorde Forligelse for dem til at rense dem.
And the Levites purified themselves, and they washed their clothes; and Aaron made with them a waving before the Lord: and Aaron made an atonement for them to cleanse them.
22 Og derefter kom Leviterne til at besørge deres Tjeneste ved Forsamlingens Paulun, for Arons Ansigt og for hans Sønners Ansigt; som Herren havde befalet Mose om Leviterne, saa gjorde de ved dem.
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 Og Herren talede til Mose og sagde:
And the Lord spoke unto Moses, saying,
24 Dette er det, som vedkommer Leviterne: Fra fem og tyve Aar gamle og derover skal hver af dem komme til at gøre Arbejdet i Forsamlingens Pauluns Tjeneste.
This shall be the rule for the Levites: From twenty and five years old and upward shall he go into the ranks to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation;
25 Men fra det halvtredsindstyvende Aar skal han vende tilbage fra Tjenestens Arbejde; og han skal ikke tjene ydermere.
And from the age of fifty years shall he go out of the ranks of the service, and he shall serve no more;
26 Dog maa han tjene sine Brødre ved Forsamlingens Paulun, med at tage Vare paa, hvad der er at varetage, men Tjenesten skal han ikke besørge. Saaledes skal du gøre med Leviterne, i hvad de have at varetage.
But he shall wait on his brethren in the tabernacle of the congregation, to keep the charge, but the service shall he not perform; thus shalt thou do unto the Levites in the discharge of their office.
