Numbers 8

1 and to speak: speak LORD to(wards) Moses to/for to say

Then the LORD said to Moses,

2 to speak: speak to(wards) Aaron and to say to(wards) him in/on/with to ascend: establish you [obj] [the] lamp to(wards) opposite face: before [the] lampstand to light seven [the] lamp

“Speak to Aaron and tell him: ‘When you set up the seven lamps, they are to light the area in front of the lampstand.’”

3 and to make: do so Aaron to(wards) opposite face: before [the] lampstand to ascend: establish lamp her like/as as which to command LORD [obj] Moses

And Aaron did so; he set up the lamps facing toward the front of the lampstand, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

4 and this deed: work [the] lampstand beating gold till thigh her till flower her beating he/she/it like/as appearance which to see: see LORD [obj] Moses so to make [obj] [the] lampstand

This is how the lampstand was constructed: it was made of hammered gold from its base to its blossoms, fashioned according to the pattern the LORD had shown Moses.

5 and to speak: speak LORD to(wards) Moses to/for to say

Again the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

6 to take: take [obj] [the] Levi from midst son: descendant/people Israel and be pure [obj] them

“Take the Levites from among the Israelites and make them ceremonially clean.

7 and thus to make: do to/for them to/for be pure them to sprinkle upon them water sin: punishment and to pass razor upon all flesh their and to wash garment their and be pure

This is what you must do to cleanse them: Sprinkle them with the water of purification. Have them shave their whole bodies and wash their clothes, and so purify themselves.

8 and to take: take bullock son: young animal cattle and offering his fine flour to mix in/on/with oil and bullock second son: young animal cattle to take: take to/for sin: sin offering

Then have them take a young bull with its grain offering of fine flour mixed with oil, and you are to take a second young bull for a sin offering.

9 and to present: bring [obj] [the] Levi to/for face: before tent meeting and to gather [obj] all congregation son: descendant/people Israel

Bring the Levites before the Tent of Meeting and assemble the whole congregation of Israel.

10 and to present: bring [obj] [the] Levi to/for face: before LORD and to support son: descendant/people Israel [obj] hand their upon [the] Levi

You are to present the Levites before the LORD and have the Israelites lay their hands upon them.

11 and to wave Aaron [obj] [the] Levi wave offering to/for face: before LORD from with son: descendant/people Israel and to be to/for to serve: minister [obj] service: ministry LORD

Aaron is to present the Levites before the LORD as a wave offering from the sons of Israel, so that they may perform the service of the LORD.

12 and [the] Levi to support [obj] hand their upon head [the] bullock and to make: offer [obj] [the] one sin: sin offering and [obj] [the] one burnt offering to/for LORD to/for to atone upon [the] Levi

And the Levites are to lay their hands on the heads of the bulls, and offer to the LORD one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, to make atonement for the Levites.

13 and to stand: stand [obj] [the] Levi to/for face: before Aaron and to/for face: before son: child his and to wave [obj] them wave offering to/for LORD

You are to have the Levites stand before Aaron and his sons and then present them before the LORD as a wave offering.

14 and to separate [obj] [the] Levi from midst son: descendant/people Israel and to be to/for me [the] Levi

In this way you shall separate the Levites from the rest of the Israelites, and the Levites will belong to Me.

15 and after so to come (in): come [the] Levi to/for to serve: minister [obj] tent meeting and be pure [obj] them and to wave [obj] them wave offering

After you have cleansed them and presented them as a wave offering, they may come to serve at the Tent of Meeting.

16 for to give: give to give: give they(masc.) to/for me from midst son: descendant/people Israel underneath: instead firstborn all womb firstborn all from son: descendant/people Israel to take: take [obj] them to/for me

For the Levites have been wholly given to Me from among the sons of Israel. I have taken them for Myself in place of all who come first from the womb, the firstborn of all the sons of Israel.

17 for to/for me all firstborn in/on/with son: descendant/people Israel in/on/with man and in/on/with animal in/on/with day to smite I all firstborn in/on/with land: country/planet Egypt to consecrate: consecate [obj] them to/for me

For every firstborn male in Israel is Mine, both man and beast. I set them apart for Myself on the day I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt.

18 and to take: take [obj] [the] Levi underneath: instead all firstborn in/on/with son: descendant/people Israel

But I have taken the Levites in place of all the firstborn among the sons of Israel.

19 and to give: give [emph?] [obj] [the] Levi to give: give to/for Aaron and to/for son: child his from midst son: descendant/people Israel to/for to serve: minister [obj] service: ministry son: descendant/people Israel in/on/with tent meeting and to/for to atone upon son: descendant/people Israel and not to be in/on/with son: descendant/people Israel plague in/on/with to approach: approach son: descendant/people Israel to(wards) [the] holiness

And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and his sons from among the Israelites, to perform the service for the Israelites at the Tent of Meeting and to make atonement on their behalf, so that no plague will come against the Israelites when they approach the sanctuary.”

20 and to make: do Moses and Aaron and all congregation son: descendant/people Israel to/for Levi like/as all which to command LORD [obj] Moses to/for Levi so to make: do to/for them son: descendant/people Israel

So Moses, Aaron, and the whole congregation of Israel did with the Levites everything that the LORD had commanded Moses they should do.

21 and to sin [the] Levi and to wash garment their and to wave Aaron [obj] them wave offering to/for face: before LORD and to atone upon them Aaron to/for be pure them

The Levites purified themselves and washed their clothes, and Aaron presented them as a wave offering before the LORD. Aaron also made atonement for them to cleanse them.

22 and after so to come (in): come [the] Levi to/for to serve: minister [obj] service: ministry their in/on/with tent meeting to/for face: before Aaron and to/for face: before son: child his like/as as which to command LORD [obj] Moses upon [the] Levi so to make: do to/for them

After that, the Levites came to perform their service at the Tent of Meeting in the presence of Aaron and his sons. Thus they did with the Levites just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

23 and to speak: speak LORD to(wards) Moses to/for to say

And the LORD said to Moses,

24 this which to/for Levi from son: aged five and twenty year and above [to] to come (in): come to/for to serve army: duty in/on/with service: ministry tent meeting

“This applies to the Levites: Men twenty-five years of age or older shall enter to perform the service in the work at the Tent of Meeting.

25 and from son: aged fifty year to return: again from army: duty [the] service: ministry and not to serve: minister still

But at the age of fifty, they must retire from performing the work and no longer serve.

26 and to minister [obj] brother: male-relative his in/on/with tent meeting to/for to keep: guard charge and service: ministry not to serve: minister thus to make: do to/for Levi in/on/with charge their

After that, they may assist their brothers in fulfilling their duties at the Tent of Meeting, but they themselves are not to do the work. This is how you are to assign responsibilities to the Levites.”