1 GLT And Yahweh said to Aaron,“You and your sons and the house of your father with you shall bear the iniquity of the holy place; and you and your sons with you shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood. BSB BSB: So the LORD said to Aaron, “You and your sons and your father’s house must bear the iniquity involving the sanctuary. And you and your sons alone must bear the iniquity involving your priesthood.
2 GLT And also bring with you your brothers, the staff of Levi, the tribe of your father, and they shall be joined to you and serve you; and you and your sons with you shall be before the face of the tent of the testimony. BSB BSB: But bring with you also your brothers from the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, that they may join you and assist you and your sons before the Tent of the Testimony.
3 GLT And they shall keep your keeping and the keeping of all of the tent. However, they shall not come near to the vessels of the holy place or to the altar, and they will not die, both them and you. BSB BSB: And they shall attend to your duties and to all the duties of the Tent; but they must not come near to the furnishings of the sanctuary or the altar, or both they and you will die.
4 GLT And they shall be joined to you and shall keep the keeping of the tent of meeting, for all the service of the tent; and a stranger shall not come near to you; BSB BSB: They are to join you and attend to the duties of the Tent of Meeting, doing all the work at the Tent; but no outsider may come near you.
5 GLT and you shall keep the keeping of the holy place and the keeping of the altar, and there shall not again be fury against the sons of Israel. BSB BSB: And you shall attend to the duties of the sanctuary and of the altar, so that wrath may not fall on the Israelites again.
6 GLT And I, behold, I have taken your brothers the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel as a gift for you, ones given to Yahweh to serve the service of the tent of meeting. BSB BSB: Behold, I Myself have selected your fellow Levites from the Israelites as a gift to you, dedicated to the LORD to perform the service for the Tent of Meeting.
7 GLT And you and your sons with you shall keep your priesthood for all the things of the altar and for the inside of the curtain, and you shall serve. I have given your priesthood as a gift of service, and a stranger who comes near shall be put to death.” BSB BSB: But only you and your sons shall attend to your priesthood for everything concerning the altar and what is inside the veil, and you are to perform that service. I am giving you the work of the priesthood as a gift, but any outsider who comes near the sanctuary must be put to death.”
8 GLT And Yahweh spoke to Aaron,“And I, behold, I have given to you the keeping of my contribution, of all the holy things of the sons of Israel I have given them to you for a portion and to your sons for a statute of eternity. BSB BSB: Then the LORD said to Aaron, “Behold, I have put you in charge of My offerings. As for all the sacred offerings of the Israelites, I have given them to you and your sons as a portion and a permanent statute.
9 GLT This will belong to you from the holiest holy thing from the fire: every offering of theirs, of every grain offering of theirs and of every sin offering of theirs and of every guilt offering of theirs which they return to me, a holiest holy thing it is for you and for your sons. BSB BSB: A portion of the most holy offerings reserved from the fire will be yours. From all the offerings they render to Me as most holy offerings, whether grain offerings or sin offerings or guilt offerings, that part belongs to you and your sons.
10 GLT You shall eat it as a holiest holy thing. Every male shall eat it. It is holy for you. BSB BSB: You are to eat it as a most holy offering, and every male may eat it. You shall regard it as holy.
11 GLT And this belongs to you: the contribution of their gift, of all the wave offerings of the sons of Israel, I have given them to you and to your sons and to your daughters with you for a statute of eternity. Every clean one in your house shall eat it. BSB BSB: And this is yours as well: the offering of their gifts, along with all the wave offerings of the Israelites. I have given this to you and your sons and daughters as a permanent statute. Every ceremonially clean person in your household may eat it.
12 GLT All the fat of fresh oil and all the fat of new wine and grain, their firstfruits which they will give to Yahweh, I have given them to you. BSB BSB: I give you all the freshest olive oil and all the finest new wine and grain that the Israelites give to the LORD as their firstfruits.
13 GLT The firstfruits of all that is in the land which they will bring to Yahweh will belong to you. Every clean one in your house shall eat it. BSB BSB: The firstfruits of everything in their land that they bring to the LORD will belong to you. Every ceremonially clean person in your household may eat them.
14 GLT Every dedicated thing in Israel will belong to you. BSB BSB: Every devoted thing in Israel belongs to you.
15 GLT Every opener of the womb of all flesh that they offer to Yahweh, among mankind and among livestock, will belong to you. But you shall surely redeem the firstborn of mankind, and you shall redeem the firstborn of the unclean livestock. BSB BSB: The firstborn of every womb, whether man or beast, that is offered to the LORD belongs to you. But you must surely redeem every firstborn son and every firstborn male of unclean animals.
16 GLT And his redeemed ones from a son of a month you shall redeem by your valuation, five silver shekels by the shekel of the holy place(it is 20 gerahs). BSB BSB: You are to pay the redemption price for a month-old male according to your valuation: five shekels of silver, according to the sanctuary shekel, which is twenty gerahs.
17 GLT But the firstborn of a cow or the firstborn of a sheep or the firstborn of a goat you shall not redeem; they are holy. You shall throw their blood on the altar, and you shall make their fat smoke as an offering made by fire for an aroma of soothing for Yahweh. BSB BSB: But you must not redeem the firstborn of an ox, a sheep, or a goat; they are holy. You are to splatter their blood on the altar and burn their fat as a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
18 GLT And their flesh will belong to you; like the breast of the wave offering or like the right thigh, it will belong to you. BSB BSB: And their meat belongs to you, just as the breast and right thigh of the wave offering belong to you.
19 GLT All the contributions of the holy things which the sons of Israel lift up to Yahweh, I have given to you and to your sons and to your daughters with you for a statute of eternity. It is an eternal covenant of salt before the face of Yahweh for you and for your seed with you.” BSB BSB: All the holy offerings that the Israelites present to the LORD I give to you and to your sons and daughters as a permanent statute. It is a permanent covenant of salt before the LORD for you and your offspring.”
20 GLT And Yahweh said to Aaron,“You shall not inherit in their land and a portion in their midst shall not belong to you. I am your portion and your inheritance in the midst of the sons of Israel. BSB BSB: Then the LORD said to Aaron, “You will have no inheritance in their land, nor will you have any portion among them. I am your portion and your inheritance among the Israelites.
21 GLT And to the sons of Levi, behold, I have given every tenth in Israel for an inheritance in exchange for their service which they are serving, the service of the tent of meeting. BSB BSB: Behold, I have given to the Levites all the tithes in Israel as an inheritance in return for the work they do, the service of the Tent of Meeting.
22 GLT And the sons of Israel shall not again come near to the tent of meeting to bear sin to die. BSB BSB: No longer may the Israelites come near to the Tent of Meeting, or they will incur guilt and die.
23 GLT And the Levite, he shall serve the service of the tent of meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity. It is a statute of eternity for your generations, and in the midst of the sons of Israel you shall not inherit an inheritance. BSB BSB: The Levites are to perform the work of the Tent of Meeting, and they must bear their iniquity. This is a permanent statute for the generations to come. The Levites will not receive an inheritance among the Israelites.
24 GLT For I have given to the Levites for an inheritance the tenth of the sons of Israel which they lift up to Yahweh as a contribution. Therefore, I have said to them,‘You shall not inherit an inheritance in the midst of the sons of Israel.’” BSB BSB: For I have given to the Levites as their inheritance the tithe that the Israelites present to the LORD as a contribution. That is why I told them that they would not receive an inheritance among the Israelites.”
25 GLT And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, BSB BSB: And the LORD instructed Moses,
26 GLT “And speak to the Levites and say to them,‘When you take from with the sons of Israel the tenth that I have given to you from with them as your inheritance, then you shall lift up from it a contribution of Yahweh, a tenth from the tenth. BSB BSB: “Speak to the Levites and tell them: ‘When you receive from the Israelites the tithe that I have given you as your inheritance, you must present part of it as an offering to the LORD—a tithe of the tithe.
27 GLT And it shall be reckoned to you as your contribution like the grain from the threshing floor and like the fullness from the winepress. BSB BSB: Your offering will be reckoned to you as grain from the threshing floor or juice from the winepress.
28 GLT Thus you shall lift up, also you, the contribution of Yahweh from all your tenths which you took from with the sons of Israel, and you shall give from it the contribution of Yahweh to Aaron the priest. BSB BSB: So you are to present an offering to the LORD from all the tithes you receive from the Israelites, and from these you are to give the LORD’s offering to Aaron the priest.
29 GLT From all your gifts you shall lift up all of the contribution of Yahweh, from all its fat, its holy part from it.’ BSB BSB: You must present the offering due the LORD from all the best of every gift, the holiest part of it.’
30 GLT And you shall say to them,‘When you lift up its fat from it, then it shall be reckoned to the Levites like the product of the threshing floor and like the product of the winepress. BSB BSB: Therefore say to the Levites, ‘When you have presented the best part, it will be reckoned to you as the produce of the threshing floor or winepress.
31 GLT And you shall eat it in every place, you and your house, because it is a wage for you in exchange for your service in the tent of meeting. BSB BSB: And you and your households may eat the rest of it anywhere; it is the compensation for your work at the Tent of Meeting.
32 GLT And you shall not bear sin on account of it when you lift up its fat from it, and the holy things of the sons of Israel you shall not defile, and not die.’” BSB BSB: Once you have presented the best part of it, you will not incur guilt because of it. But you must not defile the sacred offerings of the Israelites, or else you will die.’”
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