Their relatives, the Levites, were assigned to all the service of the tabernacle, God’s temple.

他们的族弟兄利未人也被派办神殿中的一切事。

他们的弟兄利未人也被派办理上帝殿中帐幕的一切事务。

他们的弟兄利未人也被派办理神殿中帐幕的一切事务。

希幔和亚萨的同族弟兄利未人都奉派到会幕——上帝的殿中担任各种职务。

他们的亲族利未人，都被派办理神殿中帐幕里的一切事务。

他們的族弟兄利未人也被派辦神殿中的一切事。

他們的弟兄利未人也被派辦理上帝殿中帳幕的一切事務。

他們的弟兄利未人也被派辦理神殿中帳幕的一切事務。

希幔和亞薩的同族弟兄利未人都奉派到會幕——上帝的殿中擔任各種職務。

他們的親族利未人，都被派辦理神殿中帳幕裡的一切事務。

希幔亞薩的族弟兄利未人都被派來負責上帝殿中帳幕的一切事務。

其昆弟利未人、乃供諸役於上帝室、○

利未人立於上帝之殿、以供役事。

其同族與其餘利未人之職、乃供天主殿中一切役事、

Their fellow Levites were assigned to all the other duties of the tabernacle, the house of God.

The rest of the Levites were appointed to do all the other work at the holy tent. It was the house of God.

And their brothers the Levites were appointed for all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

Their fellow Levites were appointed to various other tasks in the Tabernacle, the house of God.

Their kinsmen the Levites were appointed for all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

And their brethren, the Levites, were appointed to every kind of service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

And their brethren the Levites were appointed for all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

Their relatives, the Levites, were assigned to all the service of the tabernacle, God’s temple.

Their brethren also the Levites[ were] appointed unto all manner of service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

The rest of their fellow Levites were assigned to perform the remaining tasks at God’s sanctuary.

Their brothers the Levites were appointed for all the service of the tabernacle of God’s house.

Then he gathered all the leaders of Israel, the priests, and the Levites.

These are the family records of Aaron and Moses at the time the LORD spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai.These are the names of Aaron’s sons: Nadab, the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.These are the names of Aaron’s sons, the anointed priests, who were ordained to serve as priests.But Nadab and Abihu died in the LORD’s presence when they presented unauthorized fire before the LORD in the Wilderness of Sinai, and they had no sons. So Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests under the direction of Aaron their father.

The LORD said to Aaron,“ You, your sons, and your ancestral family will be responsible for iniquity against the sanctuary. You and your sons will be responsible for iniquity involving your priesthood.But also bring your relatives with you from the tribe of Levi, your ancestral tribe, so they may join you and assist you and your sons in front of the tent of the testimony.They are to perform duties for you and for the whole tent. They must not come near the sanctuary equipment or the altar; otherwise, both they and you will die.They are to join you and guard the tent of meeting, doing all the work at the tent, but no unauthorized person may come near you.“ You are to guard the sanctuary and the altar so that wrath may not fall on the Israelites again.Look, I have selected your fellow Levites from the Israelites as a gift for you, assigned by the LORD to work at the tent of meeting.But you and your sons will carry out your priestly responsibilities for everything concerning the altar and for what is inside the curtain, and you will do that work. I am giving you the work of the priesthood as a gift, but an unauthorized person who comes near the sanctuary will be put to death.”Then the LORD spoke to Aaron,“ Look, I have put you in charge of the contributions brought to me. As for all the holy offerings of the Israelites, I have given them to you and your sons as a portion and a permanent statute.A portion of the holiest offerings kept from the fire will be yours; every one of their offerings that they give me, whether the grain offering, sin offering, or guilt offering will be most holy for you and your sons.You are to eat it as a most holy offering. Every male may eat it; it is to be holy to you.“ The contribution of their gifts also belongs to you. I have given all the Israelites’ presentation offerings to you and to your sons and daughters as a permanent statute. Every ceremonially clean person in your house may eat it.I am giving you all the best of the fresh oil, new wine, and grain, which the Israelites give to the LORD as their firstfruits.The firstfruits of all that is in their land, which they bring to the LORD, belong to you. Every clean person in your house may eat them.“ Everything in Israel that is permanently dedicated to the LORD belongs to you.The firstborn of every living thing, human or animal, presented to the LORD belongs to you. But you must certainly redeem a human firstborn, and redeem the firstborn of an unclean animal.You will pay the redemption price for a month-old male according to your assessment: five shekels of silver by the standard sanctuary shekel, which is twenty gerahs.“ However, 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 for a pleasing aroma to the LORD.But their meat belongs to you. It belongs to you like the breast of the presentation offering and the right thigh.“ I give to you and to your sons and daughters all the holy contributions that the Israelites present to the LORD as a permanent statute. It is a permanent covenant of salt before the LORD for you as well as your offspring.”The LORD told Aaron,“ You will not have an inheritance in their land; there will be no portion among them for you. I am your portion and your inheritance among the Israelites.“ Look, I have given the Levites every tenth in Israel as an inheritance in return for the work they do, the work of the tent of meeting.The Israelites must never again come near the tent of meeting, or they will incur guilt and die.The Levites will do the work of the tent of meeting, and they will bear the consequences of their iniquity. The Levites will not receive an inheritance among the Israelites; this is a permanent statute throughout your generations.For I have given them the tenth that the Israelites present to the LORD as a contribution for their inheritance. That is why I told them that they would not receive an inheritance among the Israelites.”The LORD instructed Moses,“ Speak to the Levites and tell them: When you receive from the Israelites the tenth that I have given you as your inheritance, you are to present part of it as an offering to the LORD— a tenth of the tenth.Your offering will be credited to you as if it were your grain from the threshing floor or the full harvest from the winepress.You are to present an offering to the LORD from every tenth you receive from the Israelites. Give some of it to the priest Aaron as an offering to the LORD.You must present the entire offering due the LORD from all your gifts. The best part of the tenth is to be consecrated.“ Tell them further: Once you have presented the best part of the tenth, and it is credited to you Levites as the produce of the threshing floor or the winepress,then you and your household may eat it anywhere. It is your wage in return for your work at the tent of meeting.You will not incur guilt because of it once you have presented the best part of it, but you must not defile the Israelites’ holy offerings, so that you will not die.”

The LORD spoke to Moses:“ Take the Levites from among the Israelites and ceremonially cleanse them.Do this to them for their purification: Sprinkle them with the purification water. Have them shave their entire bodies and wash their clothes, and so purify themselves.“ They are to take a young bull and its grain offering of fine flour mixed with oil, and you are to take a second young bull for a sin offering.Bring the Levites before the tent of meeting and assemble the entire Israelite community.Then present the Levites before the LORD, and have the Israelites lay their hands on them.Aaron is to present the Levites before the LORD as a presentation offering from the Israelites, so that they may perform the LORD’s work.Next the Levites are to lay their hands on the heads of the bulls. Sacrifice one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering to the LORD, to make atonement for the Levites.“ You are to have the Levites stand before Aaron and his sons, and you are to present them before the LORD as a presentation offering.In this way you are to separate the Levites from the rest of the Israelites so that the Levites will belong to me.After that the Levites may come to serve at the tent of meeting, once you have ceremonially cleansed them and presented them as a presentation offering.For they have been exclusively assigned to me from the Israelites. I have taken them for myself in place of all who come first from the womb, every Israelite firstborn.For every firstborn among the Israelites is mine, both man and animal. I consecrated them to myself on the day I struck down every firstborn in the land of Egypt.But I have taken the Levites in place of every firstborn among the Israelites.From the Israelites, I have given the Levites exclusively to Aaron and his sons to perform the work for the Israelites at the tent of meeting and to make atonement on their behalf, so that no plague will come against the Israelites when they approach the sanctuary.”Moses, Aaron, and the entire Israelite community did this to the Levites. The Israelites did everything to them the LORD commanded Moses regarding the Levites.The Levites purified themselves and washed their clothes; then Aaron presented them before the LORD as a presentation offering. Aaron also made atonement for them to cleanse them ceremonially.After that, the Levites came to do their work at the tent of meeting in the presence of Aaron and his sons. So they did to them as the LORD had commanded Moses concerning the Levites.The LORD spoke to Moses:“ In regard to the Levites: From twenty-five years old or more, a man enters the service in the work at the tent of meeting.But at fifty years old he is to retire from his service in the work and no longer serve.He may assist his brothers to fulfill responsibilities at the tent of meeting, but he must not do the work. This is how you are to deal with the Levites regarding their duties.”

David and the officers of the army also set apart some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun, who were to prophesy accompanied by lyres, harps, and cymbals. This is the list of the men who performed their service:From Asaph’s sons: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asarelah, sons of Asaph, under Asaph’s authority, who prophesied under the authority of the king.From Jeduthun: Jeduthun’s sons: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah— six— under the authority of their father Jeduthun, prophesying to the accompaniment of lyres, giving thanks and praise to the LORD.From Heman: Heman’s sons: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth.All these sons of Heman, the king’s seer, were given by the promises of God to exalt him, for God had given Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.All these men were under their own fathers’ authority for the music in the LORD’s temple, with cymbals, harps, and lyres for the service of God’s temple. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the king’s authority.They numbered 288 together with their relatives who were all trained and skillful in music for the LORD.They cast lots for their duties, young and old alike, teacher as well as pupil.The first lot for Asaph fell to Joseph, his sons, and his relatives— 12 to Gedaliah the second: him, his relatives, and his sons— 12the third to Zaccur, his sons, and his relatives— 12the fourth to Izri, his sons, and his relatives— 12the fifth to Nethaniah, his sons, and his relatives— 12the sixth to Bukkiah, his sons, and his relatives— 12the seventh to Jesarelah, his sons, and his relatives— 12the eighth to Jeshaiah, his sons, and his relatives— 12the ninth to Mattaniah, his sons, and his relatives— 12the tenth to Shimei, his sons, and his relatives— 12the eleventh to Azarel, his sons, and his relatives— 12the twelfth to Hashabiah, his sons, and his relatives— 12the thirteenth to Shubael, his sons, and his relatives— 12the fourteenth to Mattithiah, his sons, and his relatives— 12the fifteenth to Jeremoth, his sons, and his relatives— 12the sixteenth to Hananiah, his sons, and his relatives— 12the seventeenth to Joshbekashah, his sons, and his relatives— 12the eighteenth to Hanani, his sons, and his relatives— 12the nineteenth to Mallothi, his sons, and his relatives— 12

Isn’t it enough for you that the God of Israel has separated you from the Israelite community to bring you near to himself, to perform the work at the LORD’s tabernacle, and to stand before the community to minister to them?He has brought you near, and all your fellow Levites who are with you, but you are pursuing the priesthood as well.