1وَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى،2قُلْ لِهَارُونَ، مَتَى رَفَعْتَ السُّرُجَ فَإِلَى قُدَّامِ الْمَنَارَةِ تُضِيءُ السُّرُجُ السَّبْعَةُ.3فَفَعَلَ هَارُونُ هَكَذَا. إِلَى قُدَّامِ الْمَنَارَةِ رَفَعَ سُرُجَهَا كَمَا أَمَرَ الرَّبُّ مُوسَى.4وَهَذِهِ هِيَ صَنْعَةُ الْمَنَارَةِ، مَسْحُولَةٌ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ. حَتَّى سَاقُهَا وَزَهْرُهَا هِيَ مَسْحُولَةٌ. حَسَبَ الْمَنْظَرِ الَّذِي أَرَاهُ الرَّبُّ مُوسَى هَكَذَا عَمِلَ الْمَنَارَةَ.5وَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى،6خُذِ اللاَّوِيِّينَ مِنْ بَيْنِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَطَهِّرْهُمْ7وَهَكَذَا تَفْعَلُ لَهُمْ لِتَطْهِيرِهِمِ، انْضِحْ عَلَيْهِمْ مَاءَ الْخَطِيَّةِ، وَلْيُمِرُّوا مُوسَى عَلَى كُلِّ جَسَدِهِمْ، وَيَغْسِلُوا ثِيَابَهُمْ فَيَتَطَهَّرُوا.8ثُمَّ يَأْخُذُوا ثَوْراً ابْنَ بَقَرٍ وَتَقْدِمَتَهُ دَقِيقاً مَلْتُوتاً بِزَيْتٍ. وَثَوْراً آخَرَ ابْنَ بَقَرٍ تَأْخُذُ لِذَبِيحَةِ خَطِيَّةٍ.9فَتُقَدِّمُ اللاَّوِيِّينَ أَمَامَ خَيْمَةِ الاِجْتِمَاعِ، وَتَجْمَعُ كُلَّ جَمَاعَةِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ،10وَتُقَدِّمُ اللاَّوِيِّينَ أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ، فَيَضَعُ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ أَيْدِيَهُمْ عَلَى اللاَّوِيِّينَ.11وَيُرَدِّدُ هَارُونُ اللاَّوِيِّينَ تَرْدِيداً أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ مِنْ عِنْدِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ فَيَكُونُونَ لِخِدْمَةِ الرَّبِّ.12ثُمَّ يَضَعُ اللاَّوِيُّونَ أَيْدِيَهُمْ عَلَى رَأْسَيِ الثَّوْرَيْنِ، فَتُقَرِّبُ الْوَاحِدَ ذَبِيحَةَ خَطِيَّةٍ وَالآخَرَ مُحْرَقَةً لِلرَّبِّ، لِلتَّكْفِيرِ عَنِ اللاَّوِيِّينَ.13فَتُوقِفُ اللاَّوِيِّينَ أَمَامَ هَارُونَ وَبَنِيهِ وَتُرَدِّدُهُمْ تَرْدِيداً لِلرَّبِّ.14وَتُفْرِزُ اللاَّوِيِّينَ مِنْ بَيْنِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ فَيَكُونُ اللاَّوِيُّونَ لِي.15وَبَعْدَ ذَلِكَ يَأْتِي اللاَّوِيُّونَ لِيَخْدِمُوا خَيْمَةَ الاِجْتِمَاعِ فَتُطَهِّرُهُمْ وَتُرَدِّدُهُمْ تَرْدِيداً16لأَنَّهُمْ مَوْهُوبُونَ لِي هِبَةً مِنْ بَيْنِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ. بَدَلَ كُلِّ فَاتِحِ رَحِمٍ، بِكْرِ كُلٍّ مِنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ قَدِ اتَّخَذْتُهُمْ لِي.17لأَنَّ لِي كُلَّ بِكْرٍ فِي بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنَ النَّاسِ وَمِنَ الْبَهَائِمِ. يَوْمَ ضَرَبْتُ كُلَّ بِكْرٍ فِي أَرْضِ مِصْرَ قَدَّسْتُهُمْ لِي.18فَاتَّخَذْتُ اللاَّوِيِّينَ بَدَلَ كُلِّ بِكْرٍ فِي بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ.19وَوَهَبْتُ اللاَّوِيِّينَ هِبَةً لِهَارُونَ وَبَنِيهِ مِنْ بَيْنِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ لِيَخْدِمُوا خِدْمَةَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي خَيْمَةِ الاِجْتِمَاعِ، وَلِلتَّكْفِيرِ عَنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، لِكَيْ لاَ يَكُونَ فِي بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَبَأٌ عِنْدَ اقْتِرَابِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى الْقُدْسِ.20فَفَعَلَ مُوسَى وَهَارُونُ وَكُلُّ جَمَاعَةِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ لِلاَّوِيِّينَ حَسَبَ كُلِّ مَا أَمَرَ الرَّبُّ مُوسَى عَنِ اللاَّوِيِّينَ. هَكَذَا فَعَلَ لَهُمْ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ.21فَتَطَهَّرَ اللاَّوِيُّونَ وَغَسَّلُوا ثِيَابَهُمْ، وَرَدَّدَهُمْ هَارُونُ تَرْدِيداً أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ، وَكَفَّرَ عَنْهُمْ هَارُونُ لِتَطْهِيرِهِمْ.22وَبَعْدَ ذَلِكَ أَتَى اللاَّوِيُّونَ لِيَخْدِمُوا خِدْمَتَهُمْ فِي خَيْمَةِ الاِجْتِمَاعِ أَمَامَ هَارُونَ وَأَمَامَ بَنِيهِ كَمَا أَمَرَ الرَّبُّ مُوسَى عَنِ اللاَّوِيِّينَ هَكَذَا فَعَلُوا لَهُمْ.23وَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى،24هَذَا مَا لِلاَّوِيِّينَ، مِنِ ابْنِ خَمْسٍ وَعِشْرِينَ سَنَةً فَصَاعِداً يَأْتُونَ لِيَتَجَنَّدُوا أَجْنَاداً فِي خِدْمَةِ خَيْمَةِ الاِجْتِمَاعِ.25وَمِنِ ابْنِ خَمْسِينَ سَنَةً يَرْجِعُونَ مِنْ جُنْدِ الْخِدْمَةِ وَلاَ يَخْدِمُونَ بَعْدُ.26يُوازِرُونَ إِخْوَتَهُمْ فِي خَيْمَةِ الاِجْتِمَاعِ لِحَرَسِ حِرَاسَةٍ. لَكِنْ خِدْمَةً لاَ يَخْدِمُونَ. هَكَذَا تَعْمَلُ لِلاَّوِيِّينَ فِي حِرَاسَاتِهِمْ.
1And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,2Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick.3And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof over against the candlestick, as the LORD commanded Moses.4And this work of the candlestick was of beaten gold, unto the shaft thereof, unto the flowers thereof, was beaten work: according unto the pattern which the LORD had shewed Moses, so he made the candlestick.5And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,6Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them.7And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them: Sprinkle water of purifying upon them, and let them shave all their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and so make themselves clean.8Then let them take a young bullock with his meat offering, even fine flour mingled with oil, and another young bullock shalt thou take for a sin offering.9And thou shalt bring the Levites before the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt gather the whole assembly of the children of Israel together:10And thou shalt bring the Levites before the LORD: and the children of Israel shall put their hands upon the Levites:11And Aaron shall offer the Levites before the LORD for an offering of the children of Israel, that they may execute the service of the LORD.12And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bullocks: and thou shalt offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, unto the LORD, to make an atonement for the Levites.13And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them for an offering unto the LORD.14Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine.15And after that shall the Levites go in to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt cleanse them, and offer them for an offering.16For they are wholly given unto me from among the children of Israel; instead of such as open every womb, even instead of the firstborn of all the children of Israel, have I taken them unto me.17For all the firstborn of the children of Israel are mine, both man and beast: on the day that I smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for myself.18And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel.19And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of the congregation, and to make an atonement for the children of Israel: that there be no plague among the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come nigh unto the sanctuary.20And Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel, did to the Levites according unto all that the LORD commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did the children of Israel unto them.21And the Levites were purified, and they washed their clothes; and Aaron offered them as an offering before the LORD; and Aaron made an atonement for them to cleanse them.22And after that went the Levites in to do their service in the tabernacle of the congregation before Aaron, and before his sons: as the LORD had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did they unto them.23And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,24This is it that belongeth unto the Levites: from twenty and five years old and upward they shall go in to wait upon the service of the tabernacle of the congregation:25And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the service thereof , and shall serve no more:26But shall minister with their brethren in the tabernacle of the congregation, to keep the charge, and shall do no service. Thus shalt thou do unto the Levites touching their charge.