Numbers 3
1 These are some of the things that happened to Aaron and Moses/me when Yahweh spoke to Moses/me on Sinai Mountain.
| وَهَذِهِ هِيَ مَوَالِيدُ هَروُنَ وَمُوسَى يَوْمَ خَاطَبَ الرَّبُّ مُوسَى فِي جَبَلِ سِينَاءَ: | ١ |
2 Aaron’s four sons were Nadab the oldest, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
| هَذِهِ هِيَ أَسْمَاءُ أَبْنَاءِ هَرُونَ: نَادَابُ الْبِكْرُ، وَأَبِيهُو، وَأَلِعَازَارُ، وَإِيثَامَارُ، | ٢ |
3 They were appointed [MTY] (OR, Moses/I appointed them) to be priests.
| الَّذِينَ كَانُوا كَهَنَةً مَمْسُوحِينَ تَكَرَّسُوا لِلْكَهَنُوتِ. | ٣ |
4 But, while Yahweh was watching, Nadab and Abihu died in the Sinai Desert because they burned [incense] in a manner that was different from what Yahweh had commanded. They had no sons, so Eleazar and Ithamar were the [only] sons of Aaron who [were left to be] priests, along with their father Aaron.
| إِلّا أَنَّ نَادَابَ وَأَبِيهُو مَاتَا بَيْنَ يَدَيِ الرَّبِّ عِنْدَمَا قَرَّبَا نَاراً غَرِيبَةً أَمَامَهُ فِي صَحْرَاءِ سِينَاءَ، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُمَا بَنُون. وَأَمَّا أَلِعَازَارُ وَإِيثَامَارُ فَقَدْ قَامَا بِخِدْمَةِ الْكَهَنُوتِ تَحْتَ رِعَايَةِ أَبِيهِمَا هَرُونَ. | ٤ |
5 Then Yahweh said to Moses/me,
| وَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى: | ٥ |
6 “Bring [the men of] the tribe of Levi and present them to Aaron, in order that they may assist him.
| «أَحْضِرْ سِبْطَ لاوِي لِيَمْثُلُوا أَمَامَ هَرُونَ الْكَاهِنِ وَيَخْدِمُوهُ. | ٦ |
7 They will serve Aaron and all the other Israeli people, while they do their work inside the Sacred Tent and outside it.
| وَيُحَافِظُوا عَلَى شَعَائِرِهِ وَشَعَائِرِ كُلِّ الشَّعْبِ أَمَامَ خَيْمَةِ الاجْتِمَاعِ، وَيَقُومُوا بِخِدْمَةِ الْمَسْكَنِ، | ٧ |
8 They must serve all the Israeli people by taking care of all the things that are inside the Sacred Tent.
| وَيَحْرُسُوا كُلَّ أَمْتِعَةِ خَيْمَةِ الاجْتِمَاعِ، وَيَنُوبُوا عَنِ الشَّعْبِ فِي تَأْدِيَةِ وَاجِبَاتِ خِدْمَةِ الْمَسْكَنِ. | ٨ |
9 Appoint them to [help] Aaron and his two sons. I have chosen them from all the Israeli people to do that.
| وَلْيَكُنِ اللّاوِيُّونَ تَحْتَ إِمْرَةِ هَرُونَ وَأَبْنَائِهِ هِبَةً لَهُ مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ. | ٩ |
10 Appoint Aaron and his two sons to do the work that priests do. But anyone else who comes close to the Sacred Tent [to do that work] must be executed.”
| أَمَّا هَرُونُ وَأَبْنَاؤُهُ فَهُمْ وَحْدُهُمْ يَقُومُونَ بِخِدْمَةِ الْكَهَنُوتِ، وَأَيُّ وَاحِدٍ سِوَاهُمْ يَقْتَرِبُ مِنَ الْمَقْدِسِ يُقْتَلُ». | ١٠ |
11 Yahweh also told Moses/me,
| وَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى: | ١١ |
12 “Note that from all the Israelis, I have chosen the men of the tribe of Levi to take the places of all the firstborn sons of the Israeli people. The male descendants of Levi belong to me,
| «هَا إِنِّي قَدْ أَفْرَزْتُ اللّاوِيِّينَ مِنْ بَيْنِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ بَدَلاً مِنْ أَبْكَارِ الشَّعْبِ، فَيَكُونُ اللّاوِيُّونَ خَاصَّتِي، | ١٢ |
13 because truly all the firstborn [males] belong to me. That is because on the day that I killed all the firstborn [sons] of the people of Egypt, I [spared] all the firstborn [sons] of the Israelis and set them apart for myself. I also set apart the firstborn [males] of your domestic animals. They belong to me, Yahweh.”
| لأَنَّ كُلَّ بِكْرٍ مِنْ شَعْبِ إِسْرَائِيلَ هُوَ لِي. فَقَدْ أَفْرَزْتُ لِي كُلَّ بِكْرٍ فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنَ النَّاسِ وَالْبَهَائِمِ مُنْذُ أَنْ أَهْلَكْتُ كُلَّ بِكْرٍ فِي دِيَارِ مِصْرَ. لِي يَكُونُونَ. أَنَا الرَّبُّ». | ١٣ |
14 Yahweh spoke to Moses/me again in the Sinai Desert. He said,
| وَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى فِي صَحْرَاءِ سِينَاءَ: | ١٤ |
15 “Count the male members of the tribe of Levi. Write down their names and the names of their clans and family groups. Count all the males who are at least one month old.”
| «أَحْصِ كُلَّ ذَكَرٍ مِنْ أَبْنَاءِ سِبْطِ لاوِي مِنِ ابْنِ شَهْرٍ فَمَا فَوْقُ، حَسَبَ بُيُوتِ آبَائِهِمْ وَعَشَائِرِهِمْ». | ١٥ |
16 So Moses/I counted them, just as Yahweh commanded.
| فَأَحْصَاهُمْ مُوسَى وَفْقاً لأَمْرِ الرَّبِّ. | ١٦ |
17 Levi had [three] sons, whose names were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
| وَهَذِهِ هِيَ أَسْمَاءُ أَبْنَاءِ لاوِي: جَرْشُونُ وَقَهَاتُ وَمَرَارِي. | ١٧ |
18 Gershon had [two] sons: Libni and Shimei. The clans that were descended from them had the same names as those [two] sons.
| أَمَّا اسْمَا ابْنَيْ جَرْشُونَ حَسَبَ عَشَائِرِهِمَا، فَهُمَا: لِبْنِي وَشِمْعِي | ١٨ |
19 Kohath had [four] sons: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. The clans that were descended from them had the same names as those [four] sons.
| وَبَنُو قَهَاتَ حَسَبَ عَشَائِرِهِمْ هُمْ: عَمْرَامُ وَيِصْهَارُ وَحَبْرُونُ وَعُزِّيئِيلُ. | ١٩ |
20 Merari had [two] sons: Mahli and Mushi. The clans that were descended from them had the same names as those [two] sons. Those are the clans that were descended from Levi.
| وَابْنَا مَرَارِي حَسَبَ عَشَائِرِهِمَا هُمَا مَحْلِي وَمُوشِي. هَذِهِ هِيَ عَشَائِرُ اللّاوِيِّينَ وَفْقاً لِبُيُوتِ آبَائِهِمْ. | ٢٠ |
21 The two clans descended from Gershon are those that were descended from [his sons] Libni and Shimei.
| فَقَدْ تَفَرَّعَ عَنْ جَرْشُونَ عَشِيرَتَا اللِّبْنِيِّينَ وَالشِّمْعِيِّينَ. هَاتَانِ هُمَا عَشِيرَتَا الْجَرْشُونِيِّينَ. | ٢١ |
22 In those two clans there were 7,500 males who were at least one month old.
| وَكَانَ عَدَدُ الذُّكُورِ الْمُحْصَيْنَ مِنْهُمَا مِنِ ابْنِ شَهْرٍ وَمَا فَوْقُ، سَبْعَةَ آلافٍ وَخَمْسَ مِئَةٍ. | ٢٢ |
23 They were told to set up their tents on the west side of the Sacred Tent.
| وَقَدْ خَيَّمَتْ عَشِيرَتَا الْجَرْشُونِيِّينَ وَرَاءَ الْمَسْكَنِ إِلَى الْغَرْبِ، | ٢٣ |
24 The leader of those two clans was Eliasaph, the son of Lael.
| وَكَانَ رَئِيسُهُمَا أَلِيَاسَافَ بْنَ لايِلَ | ٢٤ |
25 Their work was to take care of the Sacred Tent, including the coverings of the tent, the curtain at the entrance of the tent,
| وَعُهِدَ إِلَى الْجَرْشُونِيِّينَ بِحِرَاسَةِ الْمَسْكَنِ فِي خَيْمَةِ الاجْتِمَاعِ وَالْخَيْمَةِ وَغِطَائِهَا وَسَتَائِرِ بَابِ خَيْمَةِ الاجْتِمَاعِ، | ٢٥ |
26 the (curtains/large pieces of cloth) that formed the walls around the courtyard that is around the tent and around the altar, the curtains that were at the entrance of the courtyard, and the ropes [for fastening the tent]. They also did all the work of taking care of the things outside the Sacred Tent.
| وَسَتَائِرِ الدَّارِ وَسِتَارَةِ بَابِ الدَّارِ الَّتِي حَوْلَ الْمَسْكَنِ وَحَوْلَ جَوَانِبِ الْمَذْبَحِ وَحِبَالِهِ مَعَ كُلِّ خِدْمَتِهِ. | ٢٦ |
27 The clans that were descended from Kohath were those descended from his four sons: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
| وَتَفَرَّعَ عَنْ قَهَاتَ عَشَائِرُ الْعَمْرَامِيِّينَ وَالْيِصْهَارِيِّينَ وَالْحَبْرُونِيِّينَ وَالْعُزِّيئِيلِيِّينَ. هَذِهِ هِيَ عَشَائِرُ الْقَهَاتِيِّينَ. | ٢٧ |
28 In those four clans there were 8,600 males who were at least one month old. The work of the men of the clans was to take care of [the things that are inside] the Sacred Tent.
| فَكَانَ عَدَدُ الذُّكُورِ الْمُحْصَيْنَ مِنْهُمْ مِنِ ابْنِ شَهْرٍ فَمَا فَوْقُ، ثَمَانِيَةَ آلافٍ وَسِتَّ مِئَةٍ. وَمُهِمَّتُهُمْ حِرَاسَةُ الْقُدْسِ. | ٢٨ |
29 They set up their tents on the south side of the Sacred Tent.
| وَتُخَيِّمُ عَشَائِرُ بَنِي قَهَاتَ فِي جَنُوبِيِّ الْمَسْكَنِ، | ٢٩ |
30 The leader of those four clans was Elizaphan, the son of Uzziel.
| وَكَانَ رَئِيسُهَا أَلِيصَافَانَ بْنَ عُزِّيئِيلَ. | ٣٠ |
31 The work of the men of those clans was to take care of the sacred chest, the table [on which the priest put the sacred bread], the lampstand, the altars, all the items that the priest used in the Sacred Tent, and the curtain that is inside the tent. Their work was also to take care of the things inside the tent.
| وَهُمْ يَتَوَلَّوْنَ حِرَاسَةَ التَّابُوتِ وَالْمَائِدَةِ وَالْمَنَارَةِ وَالْمَذْبَحَيْنِ وَأَمْتِعَةِ الْقُدْسِ الَّتِي يَخْدُمُونَ بِها، وَالْحِجَابِ وَكُلِّ مَا يَتَعَلَّقُ بِهِ. | ٣١ |
32 Aaron’s son Eleazar was the leader of all the male descendants of Levi. He supervised all the work that was done at the Sacred Tent.
| أَمَّا رَئِيسُ رُؤَسَاءِ اللّاوِيِّينَ أَلِعَازَارُ بْنُ هَرُونَ الْكَاهِنِ فَيَتَوَلَّى أَيْضاً أَمْرَ حُرَّاسِ حِرَاسَةِ الْقُدْسِ. | ٣٢ |
33 The clans that were descended from Merari were those descended from [his sons] Mahli and Mushi.
| وَتَفَرَّعَ عَنْ مَرَارِي عَشِيرَتَا الْمَحْلِيِّينَ وَالْمُوشِيِّينَ. هَاتَانِ هُمَا عَشِيرَتَا مَرَارِي. | ٣٣ |
34 In those two clans there were 6,200 males who were at least one month old.
| فَكَانَ عَدَدُ الذُّكُورِ الْمُحْصَيْنَ مِنْهُمَا مِنِ ابْنِ شَهْرٍ فَمَا فَوْقُ، سِتَّةَ آلافٍ وَمِئَتَيْنِ، | ٣٤ |
35 They were told to set up their tents on the north side of the Sacred Tent. The leader of those two clans was Zuriel, the son of Abihail.
| وَرَئِيسُهُمَا صُورِيئِيلُ بْنُ أَبِيحَايِلَ. وَتُخَيِّمَانِ إِلَى شِمَالِيِّ الْمَسْكَنِ. | ٣٥ |
36 The work of the men of those two clans was to take care of the frames that held up the tent, the crossbars, the pillars, and the bases. They also did all the work that was connected with those items.
| وَمُهِمَّةُ أَبْنَاءِ مَرَارِي حِرَاسَةُ أَلْوَاحِ الْمَسْكَنِ وَعَوَارِضِهِ وَقَوَاعِدِهَا وَكُلِّ أَوَانِيهِ وَالْعِنَايَةُ بِها، | ٣٦ |
37 Their work was also to take care of the posts [that held up the curtains that formed the walls of] the courtyard, and all the bases, tent pegs, and ropes [that fastened those curtains].
| وَأَعْمِدَةِ جَوَانِبِ الدَّارِ وَقَوَاعِدِهَا وَأَوْتَادِهَا وَحِبَالِهَا. | ٣٧ |
38 Aaron and Moses/I and Aaron’s sons were told to set up their/our tents in the area in front of the Sacred Tent, on the east side. Their/Our work was to supervise the work that would be done in and around the Sacred Tent, for the benefit of the Israeli people. Only the priests were permitted to do that. [Yahweh declared that] we should execute anyone else who went near the tent [to do the work that the priests do].
| أَمَّا مُوسَى وَهَرُونُ وَأَبْنَاؤُهُ فَيَنْزِلُونَ قُدَّامَ الْمَسْكَنِ إِلَى الشَّرْقِ لِيَقُومُوا بِحِرَاسَةِ الْمَقْدِسِ نِيَابَةً عَنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَأَيُّ وَاحِدٍ سِوَاهُمْ يَقْتَرِبُ مِنْهُ يُقْتَلُ. | ٣٨ |
39 When Aaron and Moses/I counted all the males who were at least one month old, who belonged to the clans descended from Levi, the total was 22,000.
| فَكَانَ مَجْمُوعُ الْمُحْصَيْنَ مِنْ ذُكُورِ اللّاوِيِّينَ مِنِ ابْنِ شَهْرٍ فَمَا فَوْقُ، الَّذِينَ أَحْصَاهُمْ مُوسَى وَهَرُونُ حَسَبَ عَشَائِرِهِمْ كَمَا أَمَرَ الرَّبُّ، اثْنَيْنِ وَعِشْرِينَ أَلْفاً. | ٣٩ |
40 Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Now count all the [other] firstborn males in Israel who are at least one month old, and write down their names.
| وَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى: «أَحْصِ كُلَّ بِكْرٍ ذَكَرٍ مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنِ ابْنِ شَهْرٍ فَمَا فَوْقُ، وَدَوِّنْ أَسْمَاءَهُمْ جَمِيعاً، | ٤٠ |
41 Also, set apart for me the descendants of Levi to be substitutes for the firstborn males of the other Israelis. And set apart for me the livestock of the descendants of Levi to be substitutes for the firstborn livestock of the other Israeli people.”
| فَتَفْرِزُ لِيَ اللّاوِيِّينَ، أَنَا الرَّبُّ، لِيَكُونُوا لِي بَدَلَ كُلِّ بِكْرٍ فِي بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَكَذَلِكَ بَهَائِمَ اللّاوِيِّينَ بَدَلَ كُلِّ بِكْرٍ فِي بَهَائِمِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ». | ٤١ |
42 So Moses/I did that. He/I counted the firstborn males of all the Israeli people, as Yahweh had commanded.
| فَأَحْصَى مُوسَى أَبْكَارَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ كَمَا أَمَرَهُ الرَّبُّ، | ٤٢ |
43 The total of those who were at least one month old was 22,273.
| فَكَانَ مَجْمُوعُ عَدَدِ الذُّكُورِ الأَبْكَارِ الْمُحْصَيْنَ، كُلٍّ بِاسْمِهِ، مِنِ ابْنِ شَهْرٍ فَمَا فَوْقُ، اثْنَيْنِ وَعِشْرِينَ أَلْفاً وَمِئَتَيْنِ وَثَلاثَةً وَسَبْعِينَ. | ٤٣ |
44 Then Yahweh said to Moses/me,
| وَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى: | ٤٤ |
45 “Set apart the descendants of Levi to be substitutes for [the firstborn males of] the other Israeli people. The descendants of Levi belong to me, Yahweh.
| «أَفْرِزِ اللّاوِيِّينَ بَدَلَ كُلِّ بِكْرٍ فِي بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَكَذَلِكَ بَهَائِمَ اللّاوِيِّينَ بَدَلَ بَهَائِمِهِمْ، فَيَكُونَ اللّاوِيُّونَ خَاصَّتِي، أَنَا الرَّبَّ. | ٤٥ |
46 There are 273 more firstborn males of the other Israeli people than of the descendants of Levi.
| وَأَمَّا فِدَاءُ الْمِئَتَيْنِ وَالثَّلاثَةِ وَالسَّبْعِينَ مِنْ أَبْكَارِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ الزَّائِدِينَ عَنْ عَدَدِ اللّاوِيِّينَ، | ٤٦ |
47 To pay for these 273 males, collect five pieces of silver for each of them. Each of those pieces of silver must weigh the same as each of the silver coins that are stored in the Sacred Tent. Give this silver to Aaron and his sons.”
| فَتَأْخُذُ عَنْ كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمْ خَمْسَةَ شَوَاقِلَ (نَحْوَ سِتِّينَ جِرَاماً) مِنَ الْفِضَّةِ وَفْقاً لِلْوَزْنِ الْمُعْتَمَدِ فِي الْقُدْسِ فَيَكُونُ كُلُّ عِشْرِينَ جِيرَةً مُعَادِلَةً لِشَاقِلٍ (أَيْ لاثْنَيْ عَشَرَ جِرَاماً). | ٤٧ |
| وَتُعْطِي الْفِضَّةَ لِهَرُونَ وَأَبْنَائِهِ فِدْيَةً عَنِ الأَبْكَارِ الزَّائِدِينَ عَنْ عَدَدِ اللّاوِيِّينَ» | ٤٨ |
49 So Moses/I did that. He/I collected the silver from those 273 males.
| فَجَمَعَ مُوسَى فِضَّةَ الْفِدْيَةِ مِنَ الزَّائِدِينَ عَنْ عَدَدِ اللّاوِيِّينَ فِدَاءً لَهُمْ. | ٤٩ |
50 The total was 1,365 pieces of silver. Each silver coin weighed the same as each of the silver coins stored in the Sacred Tent.
| جَبَاهَا مِنْ أَبْكَارِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَكَانَتْ أَلْفاً وَثَلاثَ مِئَةٍ وَخَمْسَةً وَسِتِّينَ مِنَ الْفِضَّةِ عَلَى شَاقِلِ الْقُدْسِ (نَحْوَ سِتَّةَ عَشَرَ كِيلُو جِرَاماً وَثُلْثٍ). | ٥٠ |
51 Moses/I gave these silver coins to Aaron and his sons, as Yahweh had commanded.
| وَأَعْطَى مُوسَى فِضَّةَ الْفِدْيَةِ لِهَرُونَ وَأَبْنَائِهِ كَمَا أَمَرَ الرَّبُّ. | ٥١ |
