1 Yahweh said to Aaron, "You and your sons and your fathers’ house with you shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary; and you and your sons with you shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood. 2 Bring your brothers also, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, near with you, that they may be joined to you, and minister to you; but you and your sons with you shall be before the Tent of the Testimony. 3 They shall keep your commands and the duty of the whole Tent; only they shall not come near to the vessels of the sanctuary and to the altar, that they not die, neither they nor you. 4 They shall be joined to you and keep the responsibility of the Tent of Meeting, for all the service of the Tent. A stranger shall not come near to you.
5 "You shall perform the duty of the sanctuary and the duty of the altar, that there be no more wrath on the children of Israel. 6 Behold, I myself have taken your brothers the Levites from among the children of Israel. They are a gift to you, dedicated to Yahweh, to do the service of the Tent of Meeting. 7 You and your sons with you shall keep your priesthood for everything of the altar, and for that within the veil. You shall serve. I give you the service of the priesthood as a gift. The stranger who comes near shall be put to death."
8 Yahweh spoke to Aaron, "Behold, I myself have given you the command of my wave offerings, even all the holy things of the children of Israel. I have given them to you by reason of the anointing, and to your sons, as a portion forever. 9 This shall be yours of the most holy things from the fire: every offering of theirs, even every meal offering of theirs, and every sin offering of theirs, and every trespass offering of theirs, which they shall render to me, shall be most holy for you and for your sons. 10 You shall eat of it like the most holy things. Every male shall eat of it. It shall be holy to you.
11 "This is yours, too: the wave offering of their gift, even all the wave offerings of the children of Israel. I have given them to you, and to your sons and to your daughters with you, as a portion forever. Everyone who is clean in your house shall eat of it.
12 "I have given to you all the best of the oil, all the best of the vintage, and of the grain, the first fruits of them which they give to Yahweh. 13 The first-ripe fruits of all that is in their land, which they bring to Yahweh, shall be yours. Everyone who is clean in your house shall eat of it.
14 "Everything devoted in Israel shall be yours. 15 Everything that opens the womb, of all flesh which they offer to Yahweh, both of man and animal, shall be yours. Nevertheless, you shall surely redeem the firstborn of man, and you shall redeem the firstborn of unclean animals. 16 You shall redeem those who are to be redeemed of them from a month old, according to your estimation, for five shekels of money, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, which weighs twenty gerahs.
17 "But you shall not redeem the firstborn of a cow, or the firstborn of a sheep, or the firstborn of a goat. They are holy. You shall sprinkle their blood on the altar, and shall burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a pleasant aroma to Yahweh. 18 Their meat shall be yours, as the wave offering breast and as the right thigh, it shall be yours. 19 All the wave offerings of the holy things which the children of Israel offer to Yahweh, I have given you and your sons and your daughters with you, as a portion forever. It is a covenant of salt forever before Yahweh to you and to your offspring with you."
20 Yahweh said to Aaron, "You shall have no inheritance in their land, neither shall you have any portion among them. I am your portion and your inheritance among the children of Israel.
21 "To the children of Levi, behold, I have given all the tithe in Israel for an inheritance, in return for their service which they serve, even the service of the Tent of Meeting. 22 Henceforth the children of Israel shall not come near the Tent of Meeting, lest they bear sin, and die. 23 But the Levites shall do the service of the Tent of Meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity. It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations. Among the children of Israel, they shall have no inheritance. 24 For the tithe of the children of Israel, which they offer as a wave offering to Yahweh, I have given to the Levites for an inheritance. Therefore I have said to them, ‘Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.’"
25 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 26 "Moreover you shall speak to the Levites, and tell them, ‘When you take of the children of Israel the tithe which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then you shall offer up a wave offering of it for Yahweh, a tithe of the tithe. 27 Your wave offering shall be credited to you, as though it were the grain of the threshing floor, and as the fullness of the wine press. 28 Thus you also shall offer a wave offering to Yahweh of all your tithes, which you receive of the children of Israel; and of it you shall give Yahweh’s wave offering to Aaron the priest. 29 Out of all your gifts, you shall offer every wave offering to Yahweh, of all its best parts, even the holy part of it.’
30 "Therefore you shall tell them, ‘When you heave its best from it, then it shall be credited to the Levites as the increase of the threshing floor, and as the increase of the wine press. 31 You may eat it anywhere, you and your households, for it is your reward in return for your service in the Tent of Meeting. 32 You shall bear no sin by reason of it, when you have heaved from it its best. You shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, that you not 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。’"