4 Mosebog 18

1 HERREN sagde til Aron: Du tillige med dine Sønner og dit Fædrenehus skal have Ansvaret for Helligdommen, og du tillige med dine Sønner skal have Ansvaret for eders Præstetjeneste.

And the Lord said to Aaron, You and your sons and your father's family are to be responsible for all wrongdoing in relation to the holy place: and you and your sons are to be responsible for the errors which come about in your work as priests.

2 Men ogsaa dine Brødre, Levis Stamme, din Fædrenestamme, skal du lade træde frem sammen med dig, og de skal holde sig til dig og gaa dig til Haande, naar du tillige med dine Sønner gør Tjeneste foran Vidnesbyrdets Telt;

Let your brothers, the family of Levi, come near with you, so that they may be joined with you and be your servants: but you and your sons with you are to go in before the ark of witness.

3 og de skal tage Vare paa, hvad du har at varetage, og paa alt, hvad der er at varetage ved Teltet, men de maa ikke komme de hellige Ting eller Alteret nær, at ikke baade de og I skal dø.

They are to do your orders and be responsible for the work of the Tent; but they may not come near the vessels of the holy place or the altar, so that death may not overtake them or you.

4 De skal holde sig til dig og tage Vare paa, hvad der er at varetage ved Aabenbaringsteltet, alt Arbejdet derved, men ingen Lægmand maa der komme eder nær.

They are to be joined with you in the care of the Tent of meeting, doing whatever is needed for the Tent: and no one of any other family may come near you.

5 Men I skal tage Vare paa, hvad der er at varetage ved Helligdommen og Alteret, for at der ikke atter skal komme Vrede over Israeliterne.

You are to be responsible for the holy place and the altar, so that wrath may never again come on the children of Israel.

6 Se, jeg har selv udtaget eders Brødre Leviterne af Israeliternes Midte som en Gave til eder, de er givet HERREN til at udføre Arbejdet ved Aabenbaringsteltet.

Now, see, I have taken your brothers the Levites from among the children of Israel: they are given to you and to the Lord, to do the work of the Tent of meeting.

7 Men du tillige med dine Sønner skal tage Vare paa eders Præstegerning i alt, hvad der angaar Alteret og det, der er inden for Forhænget, og udføre Arbejdet derved. Som en Gave skænker jeg eder Præstedømmet; men enhver Lægmand, der trænger sig ind deri, skal lide Døden.

And you and your sons with you are to be responsible as priests for the altar and everything on it, and everything inside the veil; you are to do the work of priests; I have given you your position as priests; and any other man who comes near will be put to death.

8 HERREN talede fremdeles til Aron: Se, jeg giver dig, hvad der skal lægges til Side af mine Offerydelser; alle Israeliternes Helliggaver giver jeg dig og dine Sønner som eders Del, en evig gyldig Rettighed.

And the Lord said to Aaron, See, I have given into your care my lifted offerings; even all the holy things of the children of Israel I have given to you and to your sons as your right for ever, because you have been marked with the holy oil.

9 Følgende skal tilfalde dig af det højhellige, fraregnet hvad der opbrændes: Alle deres Offergaver, der falder ind under Afgrødeofre, Syndofre og Skyldofre, som de bringer mig til Erstatning; som højhelligt skal dette tilfalde dig og dine Sønner.

This is to be yours of the most holy things, out of the fire offerings; every offering of theirs, every meal offering and sin-offering, and every offering which they make on account of error, is to be most holy for you and your sons.

10 Paa et højhelligt Sted skal du spise det, og alle af Mandkøn maa spise deraf; det skal være dig helligt.

As most holy things they are to be your food: let every male have them for food; it is to be holy to you.

11 Fremdeles skal følgende tilfalde dig som Offerydelse af deres Gaver: Alle Gaver fra Israeliterne, hvormed der udføres Svingning, giver jeg dig tillige med dine Sønner og Døtre som en evig gyldig Rettighed; enhver, som er ren i dit Hus, maa spise deraf.

And this is yours: the lifted offering which they give and all the wave offerings of the children of Israel I have given to you and to your sons and to your daughters as your right for ever: everyone in your house who is clean may have them for food.

12 Alt det bedste af Olien, Mosten og Kornet, Førstegrøden deraf, som de giver HERREN, giver jeg dig.

All the best of the oil and the wine and the grain, the first-fruits of them which they give to the Lord, to you have I given them.

13 De første Frugter af alt, hvad der gror i deres Land, som de bringer HERREN, skal tilfalde dig; enhver, som er ren i dit Hus, maa spise deraf.

The earliest produce from their land which they take to the Lord is to be yours; everyone in your house who is clean may have it for his food.

14 Alt, hvad der lægges Band paa i Israel, skal tilfalde dig.

Everything given by oath to the Lord in Israel is to be yours.

15 Af alt Kød, som de bringer til HERREN, saavel af Mennesker som af Dyr, skal alt, hvad der aabner Moders Liv, tilfalde dig; dog skal du lade de førstefødte Mennesker udløse, og ligeledes skal du lade de førstefødte urene Dyr udløse.

The first birth of every living thing which is offered to the Lord, of man or beast, is to be yours; but for the first sons of man payment is to be made, and for the first young of unclean beasts.

16 Hine skal du lade udløse, naar de er en Maaned gamle eller derover, med en Vurderingssum af fem Sekel efter hellig Vægt, tyve Gera paa en Sekel.

Payment is to be made for these when they are a month old, at the value fixed by you, a price of five shekels by the scale of the holy place, that is, twenty gerahs to the shekel.

17 Men de førstefødte Stykker Hornkvæg, Lam eller Geder maa du ikke lade udløse; de er hellige, deres Blod skal du sprænge paa Alteret, og Fedtet skal du bringe som Røgoffer, et Ildoffer til en liflig Duft for HERREN;

But no such payment may be made for the first birth of an ox or a sheep or a goat; these are holy: their blood is to be dropped on the altar, and their fat burned for an offering made by fire, a sweet smell to the Lord.

18 men Kødet tilfalder dig; ligesom Svingningsbrystet og højre Kølle tilfalder det dig.

Their flesh is to be yours; like the breast of the wave offering and the right leg, it is to be yours.

19 Al Offerydelse af Helliggaver, som Israeliterne yder HERREN, giver jeg dig tillige med dine Sønner og Døtre som en evig gyldig Rettighed; det skal være en evig gyldig Saltpagt for HERRENS Aasyn for dig tillige med dine Efterkommere.

All the lifted offerings of the holy things which the children of Israel give to the Lord, I have given to you and to your sons and to your daughters as a right for ever. This is an agreement made with salt before the Lord, to you and to your seed for ever.

20 HERREN sagde fremdeles til Aron: Du skal ingen Arvelod have i deres Land, og der skal ikke tilfalde dig nogen Lod iblandt dem; jeg selv er din Arvelod og Del blandt Israeliterne.

And the Lord said to Aaron, You will have no heritage in their land, or any part among them; I am your part and your heritage among the children of Israel.

21 Men se, Levisønnerne giver jeg al Tiende i Israel som Arvelod til Løn for det Arbejde, de udfører ved Aabenbaringsteltet.

And to the children of Levi I have given as their heritage all the tenths offered in Israel, as payment for the work they do, the work of the Tent of meeting.

22 Israeliterne maa herefter ikke komme Aabenbaringsteltet nær, for at de ikke skal paadrage sig Synd og dø;

In future the children of Israel are not to come near the Tent of meeting, so that death may not come to them because of sin.

23 kun Leviterne maa udføre Arbejdet ved Aabenbaringsteltet, og de skal have Ansvaret derfor. Det skal være eder en evig gyldig Anordning fra Slægt til Slægt. Men nogen Arvelod skal de ikke have blandt Israeliterne;

But the Levites are to do the work of the Tent of meeting, and be responsible for errors in connection with it: this is a law for ever through all your generations; and among the children of Israel they will have no heritage.

24 thi Tienden, Israeliterne yder HERREN som Offerydelse, giver jeg Leviterne til Arvelod. Derfor sagde jeg dem, at de ikke skal have nogen Arvelod blandt Israeliterne.

For the tenths which the children of Israel give as a lifted offering to the Lord I have given to the Levites as their heritage. and so I have said to them, Among the children of Israel they will have no heritage.

25 HERREN talede fremdeles til Moses og sagde:

And the Lord said to Moses,

26 Tal til Leviterne og sig til dem: Naar I af Israeliterne modtager Tienden, som jeg har givet eder som den Arvelod, I skal have af dem, saa skal I yde HERREN en Offerydelse deraf, Tiende af Tienden;

Say to the Levites, When you take from the children of Israel the tenth which I have given to you from them as your heritage, a tenth part of that tenth is to be offered as an offering lifted up before the Lord.

27 og denne eders Offerydelse skal ligestilles med Offerydelsen af Kornet fra Tærskepladsen og Overfloden fra Vinpersen.

And this lifted offering is to be put to your credit as if it was grain from the grain-floor and wine from the vines.

28 Saaledes skal ogsaa I yde HERREN en Offerydelse af al den Tiende, I modtager af Israeliterne, og denne HERRENS Offerydelse skal I give Præsten Aron.

So you are to make an offering lifted up to the Lord from all the tenths which you get from the children of Israel, giving out of it the Lord's lifted offering to Aaron the priest.

29 Af alle de Gaver, I modtager, skal I yde HERRENS Offerydelse, af alt det bedste deraf, som hans Helliggave.

From everything given to you, let the best of it, the holy part of it, be offered as a lifted offering to the Lord.

30 Og sig til dem: Naar I yder det bedste deraf, skal det ligestilles med Offerydelsen af, hvad der kommer fra Tærskepladsen og Vinpersen.

Say to them, then, When the best of it is lifted up on high, it is to be put to the account of the Levites as the increase of the grain-floor and of the place where the grapes are crushed.

31 I maa spise det hvor som helst sammen med eders Familie, thi det er eders Løn for eders Arbejde ved Aabenbaringsteltet.

It is to be your food, for you and your families in every place: it is your reward for your work in the Tent of meeting.

32 Naar I blot yder det bedste deraf, skal I ikke for den Sags Skyld paadrage eder Synd og ikke vanhellige Israeliternes Helliggaver og udsætte eder for at dø.

And no sin will be yours on account of it, when the best of it has been lifted up on high; you are not to make a wrong use of the holy things of the children of Israel, so that death may not overtake you.