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.

The LORD said to Aaron, “You and your sons and your fathers’ house with you shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary; and you and your sons with you shall bear the iniquity of your 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;

Bring your brothers also, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, near with you, that they may be joined to you, and minister to you; but you and your sons with you shall be before the Tent of the Testimony.

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 shall keep your commands and the duty of the whole Tent; only they shall not come near to the vessels of the sanctuary and to the altar, that they not die, neither they nor you.

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 shall be joined to you and keep the responsibility of the Tent of Meeting, for all the service of the Tent. A stranger shall not come near to 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 shall perform the duty of the sanctuary and the duty of the altar, that there be no more wrath on the children of Israel.

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.

Behold, I myself have taken your brothers the Levites from amongst the children of Israel. They are a gift to you, dedicated to the LORD, to do the service of 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.

You and your sons with you shall keep your priesthood for everything of the altar, and for that within the veil. You shall serve. I give you the service of the priesthood as a gift. The stranger who comes near shall 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.

The LORD spoke to Aaron, “Behold, I myself have given you the command of my wave offerings, even all the holy things of the children of Israel. I have given them to you by reason of the anointing, and to your sons, as a portion forever.

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 shall be yours of the most holy things from the fire: every offering of theirs, even every meal offering of theirs, and every sin offering of theirs, and every trespass offering of theirs, which they shall render to me, shall be most holy for you and for your sons.

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

You shall eat of it like the most holy things. Every male shall eat of it. It shall be 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.

“This is yours, too: the wave offering of their gift, even all the wave offerings of the children of Israel. I have given them to you, and to your sons and to your daughters with you, as a portion forever. Everyone who is clean in your house shall eat of it.

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

“I have given to you all the best of the oil, all the best of the vintage, and of the grain, the first fruits of them which they give to the LORD.

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 fruits of all that is in their land, which they bring to the LORD, shall be yours. Everyone who is clean in your house shall eat of it.

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

“Everything devoted in Israel shall 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, of all flesh which they offer to the LORD, both of man and animal, shall be yours. Nevertheless, you shall surely redeem the firstborn of man, and you shall redeem the firstborn 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.

You shall redeem those who are to be redeemed of them from a month old, according to your estimation, for five shekels of money, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, which weighs 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 you shall not redeem the firstborn of a cow, or the firstborn of a sheep, or the firstborn of a goat. They are holy. You shall sprinkle their blood on the altar, and shall burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a pleasant aroma to the LORD.

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

Their meat shall be yours, as the wave offering breast and as the right thigh, it shall 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 wave offerings of the holy things which the children of Israel offer to the LORD, I have given you and your sons and your daughters with you, as a portion forever. It is a covenant of salt forever before the LORD to you and to your offspring 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.

The LORD said to Aaron, “You shall have no inheritance in their land, neither shall you have any portion amongst them. I am your portion and your inheritance amongst the children 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 children of Levi, behold, I have given all the tithe in Israel for an inheritance, in return for their service which they serve, even the service of the Tent of Meeting.

22 Israelitterne må herefter ikke komme Åbenbaringsteltet nær, for at de ikke skal pådrage sig Synd og dø;

Henceforth the children of Israel shall not come near the Tent of Meeting, lest they bear 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;

But the Levites shall do the service of the Tent of Meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity. It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations. Amongst the children of Israel, they shall 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 tithe of the children of Israel, which they offer as a wave offering to the LORD, I have given to the Levites for an inheritance. Therefore I have said to them, ‘Amongst the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.’”

25 HERREN talede fremdeles til Moses og sagde:

The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

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;

“Moreover you shall speak to the Levites, and tell them, ‘When you take of the children of Israel the tithe which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then you shall offer up a wave offering of it for the LORD, a tithe of the tithe.

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

Your wave offering shall be credited to you, as though it were the grain of the threshing floor, and as the fullness of the wine press.

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.

Thus you also shall offer a wave offering to the LORD of all your tithes, which you receive of the children of Israel; and of it you shall give the LORD’s wave 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.

Out of all your gifts, you shall offer every wave offering to the LORD, of all its best parts, even the holy part of it.’

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 shall tell them, ‘When you heave its best from it, then it shall be credited to the Levites as the increase of the threshing floor, and as the increase of the wine press.

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 it anywhere, you and your households, for it is your reward in return for your service 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 shall bear no sin by reason of it, when you have heaved from it its best. You shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, that you not die.’”