4 Mosebog 8
1 Og HERREN talede til Moses og sagde:
And the Lord said to Moses,
2 Tal til Aron og sig til ham: Når du sætter Lamperne på, skal du sætte dem således, at de syv Lamper kaster Lyset ud over Pladsen foran Lysestagen!
Say to Aaron, When you put the lights in their places, the seven lights will give light in front of the support.
3 Det gjorde Aron så; han satte Lamperne på således, at de vendte ud mod Pladsen foran Lysestagen, som HERREN havde pålagt Moses.
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 Men Lysestagen var lavet af Guld i drevet Arbejde, fra Foden til Kronerne var den drevet Arbejde; efter det Forbillede, HERREN havde vist ham, havde Moses lavet 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 HERREN talede fremdeles til Moses og sagde:
And the Lord said to Moses,
6 Udtag Leviterne af Israelitternes Midte og rens dem!
Take the Levites out from among the children of Israel and make them clean.
7 Således skal du gå frem, når du renser dem: Stænk Renselsesvand på dem og lad dem gå hele deres Legeme over med Ragekniv, tvætte 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 Derpå skal de tage en ung Tyr til Brændoffer med tilhørende Afgrødeoffer af fint Hvedemel, rørt i Olie, og du skal tage en anden ung Tyr til 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 Lad så Leviterne træde hen foran Åbenbaringsteltet og kald hele Israelitternes Menighed sammen.
And make the Levites come forward in front of the Tent of meeting, and let all the children of Israel come together:
10 Når du så har ladet Leviterne træde frem for HERRENs Åsyn, skal Israeliterne lægge deres Hænder på Leviterne.
And you are to take the Levites before the Lord: and the children of Israel are to put their hands on them:
11 Derpå skal Aron udføre Svingningen med Leviterne for HERRENs Åsyn som et Offer fra Israeliterne, for at de kan udføre HERRENs Arbejde.
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 Så skal Leviterne lægge deres Hænder på Tyrenes Hoved, og derefter skal du ofre den ene som Syndoffer og den anden som Brændoffer til HERREN for at skaffe Leviterne Soning.
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 Derpå skal du stille Leviterne frem for Aron og hans Sønner og udføre Svingningen med dem 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 Således skal du udskille Leviterne fra Israeliterne, så at Leviterne kommer til at tilhøre mig.
So you are to make the Levites separate from the children of Israel, and the Levites will be mine.
15 Derefter skal Leviterne komme og gøre Arbejde ved Åbenbaringsteltet; du skal foretage Renselsen og udføre Svingningen med dem,
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 er skænket mig som Gave af Israelitternes Midte; i Stedet for alt hvad der åbner Moders Liv, alle førstefødte hos Israeliterne, har jeg taget mig dem til Ejendom.
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 mig tilhører alt det førstefødte hos Israeliterne, både af Mennesker og Kvæg. Dengang jeg slog alle de førstefødte i Ægypten, helligede jeg dem til at være min Ejendom.
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 Jeg tog Leviterne i Stedet for alt det førstefødte hos Israeliterne
And in place of the first sons among the children of Israel, I have taken the Levites.
19 og skænkede Leviterne som Gave til Aron og hans Sønner af Israelitternes Midte til at udføre Israelitternes Arbejde ved Åbenbaringsteltet og skaffe Israeliterne Soning, for at ingen Plage skal ramme Israeliterne, om de selv nærmer sig 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 Moses, Aron og hele Israelitternes Menighed gjorde således med Leviterne; ganske som HERREN havde pålagt Moses med Hensyn til Leviterne, gjorde Israeliterne med 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 Leviterne lod sig rense for Synd og tvættede deres Klæder, og Aron udførte Svingningen med dem for HERRENs Åsyn, og Aron skaffede dem Soning, så de blev rene.
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 Derpå kom Leviterne for at udføre deres Arbejde ved Åbenbaringsteltet under Arons og hans Sønners Tilsyn; som HERREN havde pålagt Moses med Hensyn til Leviterne, således gjorde de med 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 HERREN talede fremdeles til Moses og sagde:
And the Lord said to Moses,
24 Dette er, hvad der gælder Leviterne: Fra Femogtyveårsalderen og opefter skal de komme og gøre Tjeneste med Arbejdet ved Åbenbaringsteltet.
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 Halvtredsårsalderen skal de holde op med at gøre Tjeneste og ikke arbejde mere;
But after they are fifty years old, they are to give up their work and do no more;
26 de kan gå deres Brødre til Hånde i Åbenbaringsteltet med at tage Vare på, hvad der skal varetages; men Arbejde skal de ikke mere gøre. Således skal du gøre med Leviterne i alt, hvad de har 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.
