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.
Yahweh said to Aaron, “You, your sons, and your ancestor's clan will be responsible for all sins committed against the sanctuary. But only you and your sons with you will be responsible for all sins committed by anyone in the priesthood.
2 Men også dine Brødre, Levis Stamme, din Fædrenestamme, skal du lade træde frem sammen med dig, og de skal holde sig til dig og gå dig til Hånde, når du tillige med dine Sønner gør Tjeneste foran Vidnesbyrdets Telt;
As for your fellow members of the tribe of Levi, your ancestors' tribe, you must bring them with you so they may join you and help you when you and your sons serve in front of the tent of the covenant decrees.
3 og de skal tage Vare på, hvad du har at varetage, og på alt, hvad der er at varetage ved Teltet, men de må ikke komme de hellige Ting eller Alteret nær, at ikke både de og I skal dø.
They must serve you and the whole tent. However, they must not come near to anything in the holy place or connected with the altar, or they and also you will die.
4 De skal holde sig til dig og tage Vare på, hvad der er at varetage ved Åbenbaringsteltet, alt Arbejdet derved, men ingen Lægmand må der komme eder nær.
They must join you and take care of the tent of meeting, for all the work connected with the tent. A foreigner must not come near you.
5 Men I skal tage Vare på, hvad der er at varetage ved Helligdommen og Alteret, for at der ikke atter skal komme Vrede over Israelitterne.
You must take responsibility for the holy place and for the altar so that my anger does not come on the people of Israel again.
6 Se, jeg har selv udtaget eders Brødre Leviterne af Israelitternes Midte som en Gave til eder, de er givet HERREN til at udføre Arbejdet ved Åbenbaringsteltet.
Look, I myself have chosen your fellow members of the Levites from among the descendants of Israel. They are a gift to you, given to me to do the work connected to the tent of meeting.
7 Men du tillige med dine Sønner skal tage Vare på eders Præstegerning i alt, hvad der angår 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.
But only you and your sons may exercise the priesthood regarding everything connected with the altar and everything inside the curtain. You yourselves must fulfill those responsibilities. I am giving you the priesthood as a gift. Any foreigner who approaches must be put to death.”
8 HERREN talede fremdeles til Aron: Se, jeg giver dig, hvad der skal lægges til Side af mine Offerydelser; alle Israelitternes Helliggaver giver jeg dig og dine Sønner som eders Del, en evig gyldig Rettighed.
Then Yahweh said to Aaron, “Look, I have given you the duty of handling the offerings raised up to me, and all the holy offerings that the people of Israel give to me. I have given these offerings to you and your sons as your ongoing share.
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 will belong to you from the most holy things that is kept from the fire. From every offering of theirs—every grain offering, every sin offering, and every guilt offering—they are set apart to you and to your sons.
10 På et højhelligt Sted skal du spise det, og alle af Mandkøn må spise deraf; det skal være dig helligt.
These offerings are very holy; every male must eat it, for they are holy to you.
11 Fremdeles skal følgende tilfalde dig som Offerydelse af deres Gaver: Alle Gaver fra Israelitterne, 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, må spise deraf.
These are the offerings that will belong to you, set apart out of all their gifts of the wave offerings of the people of Israel. I have given them to you, your sons, and your daughters, as your portion forever. Everyone who is ceremonially clean in your family may eat any of these offerings.
12 Alt det bedste af Olien, Mosten og Kornet, Førstegrøden deraf, som de giver HERREN, giver jeg dig.
All the best of the oil, all the best of the new wine and grain, the firstfruits that the people give to me—all these things I have given to you.
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, må spise deraf.
The first ripe produce of all that is in their land, which they bring to me, will be yours. Everyone who is clean in your family may eat these things.
14 Alt, hvad der lægges Band på i Israel, skal tilfalde dig.
Every devoted thing in Israel will be yours.
15 Af alt Kød, som de bringer til HERREN, såvel af Mennesker som af Dyr, skal alt, hvad der åbner Moders Liv, tilfalde dig; dog skal du lade de førstefødte Mennesker udløse, og ligeledes skal du lade de førstefødte urene Dyr udløse.
Everything that opens the womb, all the firstborn which the people offer to Yahweh, both of man and animal, will be yours. Nevertheless, the people must certainly buy back every firstborn son, and they must buy back the firstborn male of unclean animals.
16 Hine skal du lade udløse, når de er en Måned gamle eller derover, med en Vurderingssum af fem Sekel efter hellig Vægt, tyve Gera på en Sekel.
Those that are to be bought back by the people must be bought back after becoming one month old. Then the people may buy them back, for the price of five shekels, by the standard weight of the sanctuary shekel, which equals twenty gerahs.
17 Men de førstefødte Stykker Hornkvæg, Lam eller Geder må du ikke lade udløse; de er hellige, deres Blod skal du sprænge på Alteret, og Fedtet skal du bringe som Røgoffer, et Ildoffer til en liflig Duft for HERREN;
But the firstborn of a cow, or the firstborn of a sheep, or the firstborn of a goat—you must not buy back these animals; they are set apart to me. You must sprinkle their blood on the altar and burn their fat as an offering made by fire, an aroma pleasing to Yahweh.
18 men Kødet tilfalder dig; ligesom Svingningsbrystet og højre Kølle tilfalder det dig.
Their meat will be yours. Like the raised breast and the right thigh, their meat will be yours.
19 Al Offerydelse af Helliggaver, som Israelitterne 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 Åsyn for dig tillige med dine Efterkommere.
All the holy offerings that the people of Israel present to Yahweh, I have given to you, and to your sons and to your daughters with you, as a continual share. It is an everlasting covenant of salt, a binding covenant forever, before Yahweh for both you and your descendants with you.”
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 Israelitterne.
Yahweh said to Aaron, “You will have no inheritance in the people's land, nor will you have any share of property among the people. I am your share and inheritance among the people of Israel.
21 Men se, Levisønnerne giver jeg al Tiende i Israel som Arvelod til Løn for det Arbejde, de udfører ved Åbenbaringsteltet.
To the descendants of Levi, look, I have given all the tithes in Israel as their inheritance in return for the service that they provide in working at the tent of meeting.
22 Israelitterne må herefter ikke komme Åbenbaringsteltet nær, for at de ikke skal pådrage sig Synd og dø;
From now on the people of Israel must not come near the tent of meeting, or they will be responsible for this sin and die.
23 kun Leviterne må udføre Arbejdet ved Åbenbaringsteltet, 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 Israelitterne;
The Levites must do the work connected to the tent of meeting. They will be responsible for any sin regarding it. This will be a permanent law throughout your people's generations. Among the people of Israel they must have no inheritance.
24 thi Tienden, Israelitterne yder HERREN som Offerydelse, giver jeg Leviterne til Arvelod. Derfor sagde jeg dem, at de ikke skal have nogen Arvelod blandt Israelitterne.
For the tithes of the people of Israel, which they offer as a contribution to me—it is these that I have given to the Levites as their inheritance. That is why I said to them, 'They must have no inheritance among the people of Israel.'”
25 HERREN talede fremdeles til Moses og sagde:
Yahweh spoke to Moses and said,
26 Tal til Leviterne og sig til dem: Når I af Israelitterne modtager Tienden, som jeg har givet eder som den Arvelod, I skal have af dem, så skal I yde HERREN en Offerydelse deraf, Tiende af Tienden;
“You must speak to the Levites and say to them, 'When you receive from the people of Israel the tenth that I have given to you from them for your inheritance, you will present a contribution from it to Yahweh, a tenth of the tithe.
27 og denne eders Offerydelse skal ligestilles med Offerydelsen af Kornet fra Tærskepladsen og Overfloden fra Vinpersen.
Your contribution must be considered by you as if it were a tenth of the grain from the threshing floor or of the production from the winepress.
28 Således skal også I yde HERREN en Offerydelse af al den Tiende, I modtager af Israelitterne, og denne HERRENs Offerydelse skal I give Præsten Aron.
So you also must make a contribution to Yahweh from all the tithes that you receive from the people of Israel. From them you must give his contribution to Aaron the priest.
29 Af alle de Gaver, I modtager, skal I yde HERRENs Offerydelse, af alt det bedste deraf, som hans Helliggave.
Out of all the gifts you receive, you must make every contribution to Yahweh. You must do this from all the best and the holiest things that have been given to you.'
30 Og sig til dem: Når I yder det bedste deraf, skal det ligestilles med Offerydelsen af, hvad der kommer fra Tærskepladsen og Vinpersen.
Therefore you must say to them, 'When you present the best of it, then it must be credited to the Levites as the product from the threshing floor and the winepress.
31 I må spise det hvor som helst sammen med eders Familie, thi det er eders Løn for eders Arbejde ved Åbenbaringsteltet.
You may eat the rest of your gifts in any place, you and your families, because it is your pay in return for your work in the tent of meeting.
32 Når I blot yder det bedste deraf, skal I ikke for den Sags Skyld pådrage eder Synd og ikke vanhellige Israelitternes Helliggaver og udsætte eder for at dø.
You will not incur any guilt by eating and drinking it, if you have presented to Yahweh the best of what you have received. But you must not profane the holy offerings of the people of Israel, or you will die.'”
