< Numbers 8 >
1 Yahweh spoke to Moses. He said,
and to speak: speak LORD to(wards) Moses to/for to say
2 “Speak to Aaron. Say to him, 'The seven lamps must give light in front of the lampstand when you light them.'”
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
3 Aaron did this. He lit the lamps on the lampstand to give light toward the front of it, as Yahweh had commanded Moses.
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
4 The lampstand was made in this way and Yahweh showed Moses the pattern for it. It was to be hammered gold from its base to its top, with hammered cups like blossoms.
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
5 Again, Yahweh spoke to Moses. He said,
and to speak: speak LORD to(wards) Moses to/for to say
6 “Take the Levites from among the people of Israel and purify them.
to take: take [obj] [the] Levi from midst son: descendant/people Israel and be pure [obj] them
7 Do this to them to purify them: Sprinkle the water of atonement on them. Make them shave their entire body, wash their clothes, and in this way purify themselves.
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
8 Then have them take a young bull and its grain offering of fine flour mingled with oil. Let them take another young bull as a sin offering.
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
9 You will bring the Levites in front of the tent of meeting and assemble the whole community of the people of Israel.
and to present: bring [obj] [the] Levi to/for face: before tent meeting and to gather [obj] all congregation son: descendant/people Israel
10 When you bring the Levites before Yahweh, the people of Israel must lay their hands on the Levites.
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
11 Aaron must offer the Levites before Yahweh, as a wave offering from the people of Israel so that they may do the service of Yahweh.
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
12 The Levites must place their hands on the heads of the bulls. You must offer one bull for a sin offering and the other bull for a burnt offering to me, to atone for the Levites.
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
13 Present the Levites before Aaron and before his sons, and lift them up as a wave offering to me.
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
14 In this way you must separate the Levites from among the people of Israel. The Levites will belong to me.
and to separate [obj] [the] Levi from midst son: descendant/people Israel and to be to/for me [the] Levi
15 After that, the Levites must go in to serve in the tent of meeting. You must purify them. You must offer them as a wave offering.
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
16 Do this, because they are entirely mine from among the people of Israel. They will take the place of each male child who opens the womb, the firstborn of all the descendants of Israel. I have taken the Levites for myself.
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
17 All the firstborn from among the people of Israel are mine, both of people and of animals. On the day that I took the lives of all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I set them apart for myself.
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
18 I have taken the Levites from among the people of Israel instead of all the firstborn.
and to take: take [obj] [the] Levi underneath: instead all firstborn in/on/with son: descendant/people Israel
19 I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and his sons. I have taken them from among the people of Israel to do the work of the people of Israel in the tent of meeting. I have given them to atone for the people of Israel so that no plague will harm the people when they come near to the holy place.”
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
20 Moses, Aaron, and the whole community of the people of Israel did this with the Levites. They did everything that Yahweh had commanded Moses concerning the Levites. The people of Israel did this with them.
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
21 The Levites purified themselves and washed their clothing, and Aaron presented them as a wave offering to Yahweh and he made atonement for them to cleanse them.
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
22 After that, the Levites went in to do their service in the tent of meeting before Aaron and before Aaron's sons. This was as Yahweh had commanded Moses about the Levites. They treated all the Levites in this way.
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
23 Yahweh spoke again to Moses. He said,
and to speak: speak LORD to(wards) Moses to/for to say
24 “All of this is for the Levites who are twenty-five years old and more. They must join the company to serve in the tent of meeting.
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
25 They must stop serving in this way at the age of fifty years. At that age they must not serve any longer.
and from son: aged fifty year to return: again from army: duty [the] service: ministry and not to serve: minister still
26 They may help their brothers who continue to work at the tent of meeting, but they must serve no more. You must direct the Levites in all these matters.”
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