1 And Jehovah said to Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy father's house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary; and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.
2 And thy brethren also, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring near with thee, that they may unite with thee, and minister unto thee; but thou and thy sons with thee {shall serve} before the tent of the testimony.
3 And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of the whole tent: only they shall not come near to the vessels of the sanctuary and to the altar, that they may not die, and you as well as they.
4 And they shall unite with thee, and keep the charge of the tent of meeting, for all the service of the tent; and no stranger shall come near to you.
5 And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar; that there come no wrath any more upon the children of Israel.
6 And I, behold, I have taken your brethren, the Levites, from among the children of Israel; to you are they given as a gift for Jehovah to perform the service of the tent of meeting.
7 But thou and thy sons with thee shall attend to your priesthood for all that concerneth the altar, and for that which is inside the veil; and ye shall perform the service: I give you your priesthood as a service of gift, and the stranger that cometh near shall be put to death.
8 And Jehovah spoke to Aaron, And I, behold, I have given thee the charge of my heave-offerings, of all the hallowed things of the children of Israel; to thee have I given them, because of the anointing, and to thy sons by an everlasting statute.
9 This shall be thine of the most holy things, {reserved} from the fire: every offering of theirs, of all their oblations, and of all their sin-offerings, and of all their trespass-offerings, which they render unto me, it is most holy for thee and for thy sons.
10 As most holy shalt thou eat it: every male shall eat it; it shall be holy unto thee.
11 And this shall be thine: the heave-offering of their gift, with all the wave-offerings of the children of Israel; I have given them unto thee, and to thy sons and to thy daughters with thee, by an everlasting statute; every one that is clean in thy house shall eat of it.
12 All the best of the oil, and all the best of the new wine, and of the wheat, the firstfruits of them which they give to Jehovah, have I given thee.
13 The first ripe of everything that is in their land, which they shall bring to Jehovah, shall be thine; every one that is clean in thy house shall eat of it.
14 Every devoted thing in Israel shall be thine.
15 Everything that breaketh open the womb of all flesh, which they present to Jehovah, of men or of beasts, shall be thine; nevertheless the firstborn of man shalt thou in any case ransom, and the firstborn of unclean beasts shalt thou ransom.
16 And those that are to be ransomed from a month old shalt thou ransom, according to thy valuation, for the money of five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs.
17 But the firstborn of a cow, or the firstborn of a sheep, or the firstborn of a goat, thou shalt not ransom: they are holy. Thou shalt sprinkle their blood on the altar, and their fat shalt thou burn as an offering by fire for a sweet odour to Jehovah.
18 And their flesh shall be thine; as the wave-breast and as the right shoulder shall it be thine.
19 All the heave-offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer to Jehovah, have I given thee, and to thy sons and to thy daughters with thee, by an everlasting statute: it shall be an everlasting covenant of salt before Jehovah unto thee and thy seed with thee.
20 And Jehovah said to Aaron, In their land thou shalt have no inheritance, neither shalt thou have any portion among them: I am thy portion and thine inheritance among the children of Israel.
21 And to the children of Levi, behold, I have given all the tithes in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they perform, the service of the tent of meeting.
22 Neither shall the children of Israel henceforth come near the tent of meeting, to bear sin and die.
23 But the Levite, he shall perform the service of the tent of meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity: it is an everlasting statute throughout your generations. And among the children of Israel shall they possess no inheritance;
24 for I have given for an inheritance to the Levites the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as a heave-offering to Jehovah; therefore I have said of them, They shall possess no inheritance among the children of Israel.
25 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
26 And to the Levites shalt thou speak, and say unto them, When ye take of the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then ye shall offer a heave-offering from it for Jehovah, the tenth of the tithe.
27 And your heave-offering shall be reckoned unto you, as the corn from the threshing-floor, and as the fulness of the winepress.
28 Thus ye also shall offer Jehovah's heave-offering of all your tithes, which ye take of the children of Israel; and ye shall give thereof Jehovah's heave-offering to Aaron the priest.
29 Out of all that is given you ye shall offer the whole heave-offering of Jehovah, -of all the best thereof the hallowed part thereof.
30 And thou shalt say unto them, When ye heave the best thereof from it, then it shall be counted unto the Levites as produce of the threshing-floor, and as produce of the winepress.
31 And ye shall eat it in every place, ye and your households; for it is your reward for your service in the tent of meeting.
32 And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, if ye heave from it the best of it; and ye shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, lest ye die.
1 耶和华对亚伦说： "你和你的儿子， 以及你父家的人， 要与你一同担当干犯圣所的罪孽， 你和你的儿子要与你一同担当干犯祭司职任的罪孽。
2 你要带着你的亲族利未支派的人， 就是你祖宗支派的人， 与你一同前来， 使他们与你联合， 并且服事你； 只是你和你的儿子要与你一同在约柜的会幕前供职。
3 他们要守你所吩咐的， 和会幕里的一切事， 只是不可走近圣所的器具和祭坛， 免得他们和你们都死亡。
4 他们要与你联合， 也要守会幕的本分， 办理会幕的一切事务； 只是外人不可走近你们。
5 你们要看守圣所和祭坛， 免得震怒再临到以色列人。
6 我已经把你们的亲族利未人， 从以色列人中拣选出来， 给你们作礼物献与耶和华， 为要办理会幕的事。
7 你和你的儿子， 要与你一同守你们祭司的职分， 办理一切属祭坛和幔子内的事； 你们要这样供职。我把祭司的职分赐给你们作服事我的赏赐； 外人若是近前来， 必被处死。"
8 耶和华对亚伦说： "我已经把保留归我的举祭， 就是以色列人一切分别为圣的物， 都赐给你和你的子孙， 作为永远应得的分。
9 以色列人所献一切不经过火、至圣的供物， 就是一切素祭、一切赎罪祭和一切赎愆祭， 都要作至圣的物， 归给你和你的子孙。
10 你要在至圣的地方吃， 凡是男的都可以吃； 你要以此物为圣。
11 以色列人礼物中的举祭， 与他们的摇祭， 都是你的； 我已经给了你和你的儿女， 作为永远应得的分； 在你家中洁净的人都可以吃。
12 最好的油、最好的新酒和五谷， 就是以色列人献给耶和华的初熟的物， 我都赐给你。
13 从他们地上带来给耶和华的初熟的物， 都要归给你们； 在你家中洁净的人， 都可以吃。
14 以色列中一切永献的物， 都必归给你。
15 有血肉生命头生的， 无论是人或是牲畜， 就是他们献给耶和华的， 都必归给你； 只是人类头生的， 你总要赎出来； 不洁净牲畜头生的， 也要赎出来。
16 关于他们的赎价， 一个月以上的， 你要照你估定的价， 按着圣所的秤， 就是按照圣所的标准重量（"就是按照圣所的标准重量"， 原文作"一舍客勒是二十季拉"）， 用五十七克银子赎出来。
17 只是头生的牛、头生的绵羊， 或是头生的山羊， 你不可赎出来； 它们都是圣的。你要把它们的血洒在祭坛上， 把它们的脂油焚烧， 作为献给耶和华馨香的火祭。
18 它们的肉却要归给你， 像摇过的胸和右腿要归给你一样。
19 以色列人奉献给耶和华圣物中的举祭， 我都赐给了你和与你在一起的儿女， 作永远应得的分； 这是在耶和华面前给你和与你在一起的后裔作永远的盐约。"
20 耶和华对亚伦说： "你在以色列人的地不可有产业， 在他们中间也不可有分； 在以色列人中间， 我就是你的分， 是你的产业。
21 "至于利未的子孙， 我已经把以色列中所有的十分之一， 赐给了他们作产业， 这是为酬报他们在会幕里办理的事务。
22 从今以后， 以色列人不可走近会幕， 免得他们负罪而死。
23 唯独利未人要办理会幕的事， 要担当他们的罪孽， 这要作你们世世代代永远的条例； 在以色列人中， 他们不可有产业。
24 因为以色列人献给耶和华为举祭的十分之一， 我已经赐给了利未人作产业； 所以我对他们说： 在以色列人中， 他们不可有产业。"
25 耶和华对摩西说：
26 "你要告诉利未人： 你们既然从以色列人手中， 取得了我赐给你们作产业的十分之一， 你们就要从这十分之一中， 取出十分之一， 献给耶和华作为举祭。
27 这要算为你们的举祭， 好像禾场上的五谷， 又像榨酒池中的酒。
28 这样， 你们也要把从以色列人取得的十分之一， 作举祭献给耶和华； 你们要把献给耶和华的举祭， 归给亚伦祭司。
29 从你们得的一切礼物中， 要把最好的， 分别为圣， 献给耶和华为举祭。
30 所以你要对利未人说： ‘如果你们把最好的献上， 这就算为你们禾场上的粮和榨酒池中的酒了。
31 你们和你们的家人， 随处都可以吃， 因为这是你们的工价， 是你们在会幕里办事的报酬。
32 如果你们把最好的献上， 就不致因此担罪。以色列人的圣物， 你们不可亵渎， 免得你们死亡。’"