4 Mosebog 8

1 Og HERREN talede til Moses og sagde:

And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,

2 Tal til Aron og sig til ham: Naar du sætter Lamperne paa, skal du sætte dem saaledes, at de syv Lamper kaster Lyset ud over Pladsen foran Lysestagen!

“Speak to Aaron, and you have said to him: In your causing the lights to go up, the seven lights give light toward the front of the face of the lampstand.”

3 Det gjorde Aron saa; han satte Lamperne paa saaledes, at de vendte ud mod Pladsen foran Lysestagen, som HERREN havde paalagt Moses.

And Aaron does so; he has caused its lights to go up toward the front of the face of the lampstand, as YHWH has commanded Moses.

4 Men Lysestagen var lavet af Guld i drevet Arbejde, fra Foden til Kronerne var den drevet Arbejde; efter det Forbillede, HERREN havde vist ham, havde Moses lavet Lysestagen.

And this [is] the work of the lampstand: beaten work of gold; from its thigh to its flower it [is] beaten work; as the appearance which YHWH showed Moses, so he has made the lampstand.

5 HERREN talede fremdeles til Moses og sagde:

And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,

6 Udtag Leviterne af Israeliternes Midte og rens dem!

“Take the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel, and you have cleansed them.

7 Saaledes skal du gaa frem, naar du renser dem: Stænk Renselsesvand paa dem og lad dem gaa hele deres Legeme over med Ragekniv, tvætte deres klæder og rense sig.

And thus you do to them to cleanse them: sprinkle waters of atonement on them, and they have caused a razor to pass over all their flesh, and have washed their garments, and cleansed themselves,

8 Derpaa skal de tage en ung Tyr til Brændoffer med tilhørende Afgrødeoffer af fint Hvedemel, rørt i Olie, og du skal tage en anden ung Tyr til Syndoffer.

and have taken a bullock, a son of the herd, and its present, flour mixed with oil, and you take a second bullock, a son of the herd, for a sin-offering;

9 Lad saa Leviterne træde hen foran Aabenbaringsteltet og kald hele Israeliternes Menighed sammen.

and you have brought the Levites near before the Tent of Meeting, and you have assembled all the congregation of the sons of Israel,

10 Naar du saa har ladet Leviterne træde frem for HERRENS Aasyn, skal Israeliterne lægge deres Hænder paa Leviterne.

and you have brought the Levites near before YHWH, and the sons of Israel have laid their hands on the Levites,

11 Derpaa skal Aron udføre Svingningen med Leviterne for HERRENS Aasyn som et Offer fra Israeliterne, for at de kan udføre HERRENS Arbejde.

and Aaron has waved the Levites [as] a wave-offering before YHWH, from the sons of Israel, and they have been [consecrated] for doing the service of YHWH.

12 Saa skal Leviterne lægge deres Hænder paa Tyrenes Hoved, og derefter skal du ofre den ene som Syndoffer og den anden som Brændoffer til HERREN for at skaffe Leviterne Soning.

And the Levites lay their hands on the head of the bullocks, and make one a sin-offering and one a burnt-offering to YHWH, to atone for the Levites.

13 Derpaa skal du stille Leviterne frem for Aron og hans Sønner og udføre Svingningen med dem for HERREN.

And you have caused the Levites to stand before Aaron, and before his sons, and have waved them [as] a wave-offering to YHWH;

14 Saaledes skal du udskille Leviterne fra Israeliterne, saa at Leviterne kommer til at tilhøre mig.

and you have separated the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel, and the Levites have become Mine;

15 Derefter skal Leviterne komme og gøre Arbejde ved Aabenbaringsteltet; du skal foretage Renselsen og udføre Svingningen med dem,

and afterward the Levites come in to serve the Tent of Meeting, and you have cleansed them, and have waved them [as] a wave-offering.

16 thi de er skænket mig som Gave af Israeliternes Midte; i Stedet for alt hvad der aabner Moders Liv, alle førstefødte hos Israeliterne, har jeg taget mig dem til Ejendom.

For they are certainly given to Me out of the midst of the sons of Israel, instead of him who opens any womb—the firstborn of all; I have taken them for Myself from the sons of Israel;

17 Thi mig tilhører alt det førstefødte hos Israeliterne, baade af Mennesker og Kvæg. Dengang jeg slog alle de førstefødte i Ægypten, helligede jeg dem til at være min Ejendom.

for every firstborn among the sons of Israel [is] Mine, among man and among beast; in the day of My striking every firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for Myself;

18 Jeg tog Leviterne i Stedet for alt det førstefødte hos Israeliterne

and I take the Levites instead of every firstborn among the sons of Israel.

19 og skænkede Leviterne som Gave til Aron og hans Sønner af Israeliternes Midte til at udføre Israeliternes Arbejde ved Aabenbaringsteltet og skaffe Israeliterne Soning, for at ingen Plage skal ramme Israeliterne, om de selv nærmer sig Helligdommen.

And I give the Levites [as] gifts to Aaron and to his sons, from the midst of the sons of Israel, to do the service of the sons of Israel in the Tent of Meeting, and to make atonement for the sons of Israel, and there is no plague among the sons of Israel in the sons of Israel drawing near to the holy place.”

20 Og Moses, Aron og hele Israeliternes Menighed gjorde saaledes med Leviterne; ganske som HERREN havde paalagt Moses med Hensyn til Leviterne, gjorde Israeliterne med dem.

And Moses does—Aaron also, and all the congregation of the sons of Israel—to the Levites according to all that YHWH has commanded Moses concerning the Levites; so the sons of Israel have done to them.

21 Leviterne lod sig rense for Synd og tvættede deres Klæder, og Aron udførte Svingningen med dem for HERRENS Aasyn, og Aron skaffede dem Soning, saa de blev rene.

And the Levites cleanse themselves, and wash their garments, and Aaron waves them [as] a wave-offering before YHWH, and Aaron makes atonement for them to cleanse them,

22 Derpaa kom Leviterne for at udføre deres Arbejde ved Aabenbaringsteltet under Arons og hans Sønners Tilsyn; som HERREN havde paalagt Moses med Hensyn til Leviterne, saaledes gjorde de med dem.

and afterward the Levites have gone in to do their service in the Tent of Meeting, before Aaron and before his sons; as YHWH has commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so they have done to them.

23 HERREN talede fremdeles til Moses og sagde:

And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,

24 Dette er, hvad der gælder Leviterne: Fra Femogtyveaarsalderen og opefter skal de komme og gøre Tjeneste med Arbejdet ved Aabenbaringsteltet.

“This [is] who [is] for the Levites: from a son of twenty-five years and upward he goes in to serve the host in the service of the Tent of Meeting,

25 Men fra Halvtredsaarsalderen skal de holde op med at gøre Tjeneste og ikke arbejde mere;

and from a son of fifty years he returns from the host of the service, and does not serve anymore,

26 de kan gaa deres Brødre til Haande i Aabenbaringsteltet med at tage Vare paa, hvad der skal varetages; men Arbejde skal de ikke mere gøre. Saaledes skal du gøre med Leviterne i alt, hvad de har at varetage.

and he has ministered with his brothers in the Tent of Meeting, to keep the charge, and does not do service; thus you do to the Levites concerning their charge.”