4 Mosebog 8
1 Og Herren talede til Mose og sagde:
And the Lord said to Moses,
2 Tal til Aron, og du skal sige til ham: Naar du sætter Lamperne op, skulle de syv Lamper lyse lige imod Lysestagens modsatte Side.
Say to Aaron, When you put the lights in their places, the seven lights will give light in front of the support.
3 Og Aron gjorde saaledes: Lige imod den modsatte Side af Lysestagen satte han dens Lamper op, som Herren havde befalet Mose.
And Aaron did so; he put the lights in their places so that they gave light in front of the support, as the Lord gave orders to Moses.
4 Og Lysestagen var saaledes gjort: Den var af drevet Arbejde af Guld, endog dens Fod og dens Blomster vare af drevet Arbejde; efter det Syn, som Herren havde vist Mose, saaledes havde han gjort Lysestagen.
The support for the lights was of hammered gold work, from its base to its flowers it was of hammered work; from the design which the Lord had given to Moses, he made the support for the lights.
5 Og Herren talede til Mose og sagde:
And the Lord said to Moses,
6 Tag Leviterne midt ud af Israels Børn, og du skal rense dem.
Take the Levites out from among the children of Israel and make them clean.
7 Og saaledes skal du gøre ved dem, til at rense dem: Stænk Sonevand paa dem, og de skulle lade Ragekniven gaa over hele deres Legeme og to deres Klæder og rense sig.
And this is how you are to make them clean: let the holy water which takes away sin be put on them, and let the hair all over their bodies be cut off with a sharp blade, and let their clothing be washed and their bodies made clean.
8 Saa skulle de tage en ung Tyr og Madofret dertil, Mel, blandet med Olie, og du skal tage en anden ung Tyr til et Syndoffer.
Then let them take a young ox and its meal offering, crushed grain mixed with oil, and take another ox for a sin-offering.
9 Og du skal lade Leviterne komme nær til, foran Forsamlingens Paulun, og du skal lade hele Israels Børns Menighed samle sig.
And make the Levites come forward in front of the Tent of meeting, and let all the children of Israel come together:
10 Og du skal lade Leviterne komme frem for Herrens Ansigt, og Israels Børn skulle lægge deres Hænder paa Leviterne.
And you are to take the Levites before the Lord: and the children of Israel are to put their hands on them:
11 Og Aron skal røre Leviterne, udtagne af Israels Børn, med en Rørelse for Herrens Ansigt, og de skulle være til at besørge Herrens Tjeneste.
And Aaron is to give the Levites to the Lord as a wave offering from the children of Israel, so that they may do the Lord's work.
12 Og Leviterne skulle lægge deres Hænder paa Tyrenes Hoved; og gør saa den ene til et Syndoffer og den anden til et Brændoffer for Herren, til at gøre Forligelse for Leviterne.
And the Levites are to put their hands on the heads of the oxen, and one of the oxen is to be offered for a sin-offering and the other for a burned offering to the Lord to take away the sin of the Levites.
13 Og du skal stille Leviterne for Arons Ansigt og for hans Sønners Ansigt, og du skal røre dem med en Rørelse for Herren.
Then the Levites are to be put before Aaron and his sons, to be offered as a wave offering to the Lord.
14 Og du skal udskille Leviterne midt ud af Israels Børn; thi Leviterne skulle være mine.
So you are to make the Levites separate from the children of Israel, and the Levites will be mine.
15 Og derefter skulle Leviterne komme til at tjene ved Forsamlingens Paulun, naar du har renset dem og ladet dem røre med en Rørelse.
After that, the Levites will go in to do whatever has to be done in the Tent of meeting; you are to make them clean and give them as a wave offering.
16 Thi de ere mig givne, ja, givne midt ud af Israels Børn; jeg har taget mig dem i Stedet for hver, som aabner Moders Liv, for alle førstefødte af Israels Børn.
For they have been given to me from among the children of Israel; in place of every mother's first son, the first to come to birth in Israel, I have taken them for myself.
17 Thi alt det førstefødte blandt Israels Børn hører mig til, baade af Mennesker og af Dyr; paa den Dag jeg slog alle førstefødte i Ægyptens Land, helligede jeg mig dem.
For every mother's first son among the children of Israel is mine, the first male birth of man or beast: on the day when I sent death on all the first sons in the land of Egypt, I made them mine.
18 Og jeg tog Leviterne i Stedet for alle førstefødte iblandt Israels Børn.
And in place of the first sons among the children of Israel, I have taken the Levites.
19 Og jeg gav Aron og hans Sønner Leviterne til en Gave, midt ud af Israels Børn, til at besørge Israels Børns Tjeneste ved Forsamlingens Paulun og til at gøre Forligelse for Israels Børn, at der ikke skal komme Plage over Israels Børn, naar Israels Børn nærme sig til Helligdommen.
And I have given them to Aaron and to his sons, from among the children of Israel, to undertake for them all the work of the Tent of meeting, and to take away sin from the children of Israel so that no evil may come on them when they come near the holy place.
20 Og Mose og Aron og al Israels Børns Menighed gjorde saa ved Leviterne; efter alt det, som Herren havde befalet Mose om Leviterne, saa gjorde Israels Børn ved dem.
All these things Moses and Aaron and the children of Israel did to the Levites; as the Lord gave orders to Moses about the Levites, so the children of Israel did.
21 Og Leviterne rensede sig fra Synd og toede deres Klæder, og Aron rørte dem med en Rørelse for Herrens Ansigt; og Aron gjorde Forligelse for dem til at rense dem.
And the Levites were made clean from sin, and their clothing was washed, and Aaron gave them for a wave offering before the Lord; and Aaron took away their sin and made them clean.
22 Og derefter kom Leviterne til at besørge deres Tjeneste ved Forsamlingens Paulun, for Arons Ansigt og for hans Sønners Ansigt; som Herren havde befalet Mose om Leviterne, saa gjorde de ved dem.
And then the Levites went in to do their work in the Tent of meeting before Aaron and his sons: all the orders which the Lord had given Moses about the Levites were put into effect.
23 Og Herren talede til Mose og sagde:
And the Lord said to Moses,
24 Dette er det, som vedkommer Leviterne: Fra fem og tyve Aar gamle og derover skal hver af dem komme til at gøre Arbejdet i Forsamlingens Pauluns Tjeneste.
This is the rule for the Levites: those of twenty-five years old and over are to go in and do the work of the Tent of meeting;
25 Men fra det halvtredsindstyvende Aar skal han vende tilbage fra Tjenestens Arbejde; og han skal ikke tjene ydermere.
But after they are fifty years old, they are to give up their work and do no more;
26 Dog maa han tjene sine Brødre ved Forsamlingens Paulun, med at tage Vare paa, hvad der er at varetage, men Tjenesten skal han ikke besørge. Saaledes skal du gøre med Leviterne, i hvad de have at varetage.
But be with their brothers in the Tent of meeting, taking care of it but doing no work. This is what you are to do in connection with the Levites and their work.
