Numbers 8

1And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

וַיְדַבֵּר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה לֵּאמֹר׃ (895)

See also: Genesis 46:11, Numbers 1:47, Deuteronomy 10:8

2Speak unto Aaron and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick.

דַּבֵּר אֶל־אַהֲרֹן וְאָמַרְתָּ אֵלָיו בְּהַעֲלֹתְךָ אֶת־הַנֵּרֹת אֶל־מוּל פְּנֵי הַמְּנֹורָה יָאִירוּ שִׁבְעַת הַנֵּרֹות׃ (4983)

See also: Matthew 5:15, Exodus 25:37, Leviticus 24:2, Exodus 37:18-19, Exodus 37:23, Exodus 40:25, Leviticus 24:1-2, Leviticus 24:4, Numbers 18:5, Psalms 119:105, Psalms 119:130, Matthew 5:14, John 1:9, 2 Peter 1:19, Revelation 1:12, Revelation 1:20-2:1, Revelation 4:5, Isaiah 8:20

3And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof over against the candlestick, as the LORD commanded Moses.

וַיַּעַשׂ כֵּן אַהֲרֹן אֶל־מוּל פְּנֵי הַמְּנֹורָה הֶעֱלָה נֵרֹתֶיהָ כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהוָה אֶת־מֹשֶׁה׃ (3434)

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.

וְזֶה מַעֲשֵׂה הַמְּנֹרָה מִקְשָׁה זָהָב עַד־יְרֵכָהּ עַד־פִּרְחָהּ מִקְשָׁה הִוא כַּמַּרְאֶה אֲשֶׁר הֶרְאָה יְהוָה אֶת־מֹשֶׁה כֵּן עָשָׂה אֶת־הַמְּנֹרָה׃ (5221)

See also: Exodus 25:40, Hebrews 8:5, Exodus 25:9, Exodus 25:18, Exodus 25:31-40, Exodus 37:17-24, Exodus 25:36, Exodus 37:7, 1 Chronicles 28:11-19, Hebrews 9:23

5And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

וַיְדַבֵּר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה לֵּאמֹר׃ (895)

See also: 1 Chronicles 6:48

6Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them.

קַח אֶת־הַלְוִיִּם מִתֹּוךְ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְטִהַרְתָּ אֹתָם׃ (2730)

See also: 2 Chronicles 29:11, 2 Corinthians 7:1, James 4:8, Exodus 19:15, Leviticus 14:11, Numbers 3:6, Isaiah 52:11

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.

וְכֹה־תַעֲשֶׂה לָהֶם לְטַהֲרָם הַזֵּה עֲלֵיהֶם מֵי חַטָּאת וְהֶעֱבִירוּ תַעַר עַל־כָּל־בְּשָׂרָם וְכִבְּסוּ בִגְדֵיהֶם וְהִטֶּהָרוּ׃ (3855)

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.

וְלָקְחוּ פַּר בֶּן־בָּקָר וּמִנְחָתֹו סֹלֶת בְּלוּלָה בַשָּׁמֶן וּפַר־שֵׁנִי בֶן־בָּקָר תִּקַּח לְחַטָּאת׃ (4205)

See also: Leviticus 2:1, Numbers 8:12, Exodus 29:1, Exodus 29:3, Leviticus 1:3, Leviticus 4:3, Leviticus 4:14, Leviticus 8:2, Leviticus 16:3, Numbers 15:8-10, Isaiah 53:10, Romans 8:3, 2 Corinthians 5:21

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:

וְהִקְרַבְתָּ אֶת־הַלְוִיִּם לִפְנֵי אֹהֶל מֹועֵד וְהִקְהַלְתָּ אֶת־כָּל־עֲדַת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל׃ (3605)

See also: Exodus 40:12, Leviticus 8:3, Exodus 27:21, Exodus 29:4-37, Ezra 6:18

10And thou shalt bring the Levites before the LORD: and the children of Israel shall put their hands upon the Levites:

וְהִקְרַבְתָּ אֶת־הַלְוִיִּם לִפְנֵי יְהוָה וְסָמְכוּ בְנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת־יְדֵיהֶם עַל־הַלְוִיִּם׃ (2797)

See also: Acts 6:6, Leviticus 1:4, Acts 8:17, Genesis 48:14, Leviticus 4:15, Numbers 3:45, Acts 13:2-3, 1 Timothy 4:14, 1 Timothy 5:22

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.

וְהֵנִיף אַהֲרֹן אֶת־הַלְוִיִּם תְּנוּפָה לִפְנֵי יְהוָה מֵאֵת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְהָיוּ לַעֲבֹד אֶת־עֲבֹדַת יְהוָה׃ (3716)

See also: Leviticus 7:30, Numbers 8:15, Acts 13:2, Numbers 3:7, Numbers 8:13, Numbers 8:21, Exodus 29:24, Leviticus 8:27, Leviticus 8:29, Numbers 1:49-53, Numbers 3:5-43, Numbers 6:20

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.

וְהַלְוִיִּם יִסְמְכוּ אֶת־יְדֵיהֶם עַל רֹאשׁ הַפָּרִים וַעֲשֵׂה אֶת־הָאֶחָד חַטָּאת וְאֶת־הָאֶחָד עֹלָה לַיהוָה לְכַפֵּר עַל־הַלְוִיִּם׃ (3964)

13And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them for an offering unto the LORD.

וְהַעֲמַדְתָּ אֶת־הַלְוִיִּם לִפְנֵי אַהֲרֹן וְלִפְנֵי בָנָיו וְהֵנַפְתָּ אֹתָם תְּנוּפָה לַיהוָה׃ (3266)

See also: 1 Chronicles 15:2, Numbers 8:11, Numbers 8:15, Numbers 8:21, Numbers 18:6, Romans 12:1, Romans 15:16

14Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine.

וְהִבְדַּלְתָּ אֶת־הַלְוִיִּם מִתֹּוךְ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְהָיוּ לִי הַלְוִיִּם׃ (2166)

See also: Numbers 3:45, Numbers 18:6, Malachi 3:17, Numbers 3:12, Numbers 6:2, Numbers 8:17, Numbers 16:9-10, Deuteronomy 10:8, Romans 1:1, Galatians 1:15, Hebrews 7:26

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.

וְאַחֲרֵי־כֵן יָבֹאוּ הַלְוִיִּם לַעֲבֹד אֶת־אֹהֶל מֹועֵד וְטִהַרְתָּ אֹתָם וְהֵנַפְתָּ אֹתָם תְּנוּפָה׃ (3652)

See also: Numbers 8:11, Malachi 2:5, Numbers 3:7, Numbers 8:13, Numbers 8:21, Exodus 29:24, Numbers 3:12, Numbers 3:23-37, Numbers 4:3-32, Numbers 8:22, 1 Chronicles 23:1-32, 1 Chronicles 25:1-26, 2 Chronicles 29:34

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.

כִּי נְתֻנִים נְתֻנִים הֵמָּה לִי מִתֹּוךְ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל תַּחַת פִּטְרַת כָּל־רֶחֶם בְּכֹור כֹּל מִבְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לָקַחְתִּי אֹתָם לִי׃ (6034)

See also: Exodus 13:2, Luke 2:23, Numbers 3:12, Numbers 3:45, Numbers 3:9, Numbers 3:13, Numbers 3:41, Numbers 18:6

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.

כִּי לִי כָל־בְּכֹור בִּבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל בָּאָדָם וּבַבְּהֵמָה בְּיֹום הַכֹּתִי כָל־בְּכֹור בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם הִקְדַּשְׁתִּי אֹתָם לִי׃ (3804)

See also: Exodus 13:2, Exodus 12:29, Luke 2:23, Exodus 13:12-15, Exodus 29:44, Leviticus 27:14-15, Leviticus 27:26, Numbers 3:13, Numbers 8:14, Psalms 78:51, Psalms 105:36, Psalms 135:8, Ezekiel 20:12, John 10:36, John 17:19, Hebrews 10:29, Hebrews 11:28, James 1:18

18And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel.

וָאֶקַּח אֶת־הַלְוִיִּם תַּחַת כָּל־בְּכֹור בִּבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל׃ (2298)

See also: Numbers 3:12, Genesis 48:14

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.

וָאֶתְּנָה אֶת־הַלְוִיִּם נְתֻנִים ׀ לְאַהֲרֹן וּלְבָנָיו מִתֹּוךְ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לַעֲבֹד אֶת־עֲבֹדַת בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּאֹהֶל מֹועֵד וּלְכַפֵּר עַל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְלֹא יִהְיֶה בִּבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל נֶגֶף בְּגֶשֶׁת בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶל־הַקֹּדֶשׁ׃ (8299)

See also: Numbers 16:46, Numbers 1:53, Numbers 3:9, 2 Chronicles 26:16-20, Numbers 3:6-9, Numbers 18:2-6, Numbers 18:5, 1 Samuel 6:19, 1 Chronicles 23:28-32, 2 Chronicles 29:34, 2 Chronicles 35:3, Ezekiel 44:11-14

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.

וַיַּעַשׂ מֹשֶׁה וְאַהֲרֹן וְכָל־עֲדַת בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל לַלְוִיִּם כְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּה יְהוָה אֶת־מֹשֶׁה לַלְוִיִּם כֵּן־עָשׂוּ לָהֶם בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל׃ (4926)

See also: Numbers 9:5, Numbers 9:22

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.

וַיִּתְחַטְּאוּ הַלְוִיִּם וַיְכַבְּסוּ בִּגְדֵיהֶם וַיָּנֶף אַהֲרֹן אֹתָם תְּנוּפָה לִפְנֵי יְהוָה וַיְכַפֵּר עֲלֵיהֶם אַהֲרֹן לְטַהֲרָם׃ (3290)

See also: Exodus 19:10, Numbers 8:7, Numbers 8:11-13, Numbers 8:13, Numbers 8:15, Numbers 19:19, Leviticus 14:11, Numbers 3:12, Numbers 19:12

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.

וְאַחֲרֵי־כֵן בָּאוּ הַלְוִיִּם לַעֲבֹד אֶת־עֲבֹדָתָם בְּאֹהֶל מֹועֵד לִפְנֵי אַהֲרֹן וְלִפְנֵי בָנָיו כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהוָה אֶת־מֹשֶׁה עַל־הַלְוִיִּם כֵּן עָשׂוּ לָהֶם׃ (4352)

See also: Numbers 8:15, Numbers 18:2, 2 Chronicles 30:15-17, 2 Chronicles 30:27, 2 Chronicles 31:2, 2 Chronicles 35:8-15, Ezra 8:17

23And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

וַיְדַבֵּר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה לֵּאמֹר׃ (895)

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:

זֹאת אֲשֶׁר לַלְוִיִּם מִבֶּן חָמֵשׁ וְעֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה וָמַעְלָה יָבֹוא לִצְבֹא צָבָא בַּעֲבֹדַת אֹהֶל מֹועֵד׃ (3466)

See also: Numbers 4:3, 1 Chronicles 23:3, 1 Chronicles 15:2, Numbers 1:53, Numbers 4:23, 1 Chronicles 23:24, Numbers 3:7, Numbers 4:35, 1 Chronicles 28:12-13, 2 Chronicles 31:17, Nehemiah 12:44, 1 Corinthians 9:7, 2 Corinthians 10:4, 2 Timothy 2:3-5, 1 Timothy 1:18, 1 Timothy 6:12

25And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the service thereof, and shall serve no more:

וּמִבֶּן חֲמִשִּׁים שָׁנָה יָשׁוּב מִצְּבָא הָעֲבֹדָה וְלֹא יַעֲבֹד עֹוד׃ (1591)

See also: Numbers 4:23, 2 Timothy 4:7

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.

וְשֵׁרֵת אֶת־אֶחָיו בְּאֹהֶל מֹועֵד לִשְׁמֹר מִשְׁמֶרֶת וַעֲבֹדָה לֹא יַעֲבֹד כָּכָה תַּעֲשֶׂה לַלְוִיִּם בְּמִשְׁמְרֹתָם׃ (5202)

See also: Numbers 1:53, Numbers 3:32, Numbers 18:4, Numbers 31:30, 1 Chronicles 23:32, 1 Chronicles 26:20-29, Ezekiel 44:8, Ezekiel 44:11, 1 Timothy 4:15