Aaron and his sons after him brought the offerings. They sacrificed them on the altar of burnt offering. They also burned incense on the altar of incense. That was part of what they did in the Most Holy Room. That’s how they paid for the sin of Israel. They did everything just as Moses, the servant of God, had commanded.

亚伦和他的子孙在燔祭坛和香坛上献祭烧香，又在至圣所办理一切的事，为以色列人赎罪，是照神仆人摩西所吩咐的。

亚伦和他的子孙在燔祭坛和香坛上献祭烧香，办理至圣所一切的事，为以色列赎罪，正如上帝仆人摩西所吩咐的一切。

亚伦和他的子孙在燔祭坛和香坛上献祭烧香，办理至圣所一切的事，为以色列赎罪，正如神仆人摩西所吩咐的一切。

亚伦和他的后代在祭坛和香坛上献祭烧香，负责至圣所里的各种工作，为以色列人赎罪，正如上帝的仆人摩西的吩咐。

亚伦和他的子孙，却在燔祭坛上和香坛上，献祭烧香，作至圣所里的各种工作，为以色列人赎罪，是完全照着神的仆人摩西所吩咐的。

亞倫和他的子孫在燔祭壇和香壇上獻祭燒香，又在至聖所辦理一切的事，為以色列人贖罪，是照神僕人摩西所吩咐的。

亞倫和他的子孫在燔祭壇和香壇上獻祭燒香，辦理至聖所一切的事，為以色列贖罪，正如上帝僕人摩西所吩咐的一切。

亞倫和他的子孫在燔祭壇和香壇上獻祭燒香，辦理至聖所一切的事，為以色列贖罪，正如神僕人摩西所吩咐的一切。

亞倫和他的後代在祭壇和香壇上獻祭燒香，負責至聖所裡的各種工作，為以色列人贖罪，正如上帝的僕人摩西的吩咐。

亞倫和他的子孫，卻在燔祭壇上和香壇上，獻祭燒香，作至聖所裡的各種工作，為以色列人贖罪，是完全照著神的僕人摩西所吩咐的。

但是亞倫和他的子孫卻在燔祭壇和香壇上燻祭燒香，作至聖所一切的工，為以色列人除罪，都照上帝的僕人摩西所吩咐的。

惟亞倫及其子孫、獻祭於燔祭壇及香壇、又供諸役於至聖所、為以色列人贖罪、循上帝僕摩西所命、

亞倫及其子、奉事於祭壇及香壇前、亦在至聖之所、為以色列族贖罪、循上帝僕摩西之命。

亞倫及其子孫、在火焚祭臺、焚香臺、獻祭焚香、又在至聖所供役、為以色列人贖罪、循天主之僕摩西凡所命者、○

But Aaron and his descendants were the ones who presented offerings on the altar of burnt offering and on the altar of incense in connection with all that was done in the Most Holy Place, making atonement for Israel, in accordance with all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.

But Aaron and his sons made offerings on the altar of burnt offering and on the altar of incense for all the work of the Most Holy Place, and to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.

Only Aaron and his descendants served as priests. They presented the offerings on the altar of burnt offering and the altar of incense, and they performed all the other duties related to the Most Holy Place. They made atonement for Israel by doing everything that Moses, the servant of God, had commanded them.

But Aaron and his sons did all the work of the most holy place. They presented the offerings on the altar of burnt offerings and on the altar of incense to make atonement for Israel according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.

But Aaron and his sons offered on the altar of burnt offering and on the altar of incense, for all the work of the Most Holy Place, and to make atonement for Israel, in accordance with everything that Moses the servant of God had commanded.

But Aaron and his sons offered sacrifices on the altar of burnt offering and on the altar of incense, for all the work of the Most Holy Place, and to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.

But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of burnt- offering, and upon the altar of incense, for all the work of the most holy place, and to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.

But Aaron and his sons did all the work of the most holy place. They presented the offerings on the altar of burnt offerings and on the altar of incense to make atonement for Israel according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.

But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of the burnt offering, and on the altar of incense,[ and were appointed] for all the work of the[ place] most holy, and to make an atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.

But Aaron and his descendants offered sacrifices on the altar for burnt offerings and on the altar for incense as they had been assigned to do in the most holy sanctuary. They made atonement for Israel, just as God’s servant Moses had ordered.

But Aaron and his sons offered on the altar of burnt offering, and on the altar of incense, for all the work of the most holy place, and to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.

“ Build an altar out of acacia wood. It must be four feet six inches high and seven feet six inches square.Make a horn stick out from each of its upper four corners. The horns and the altar must be all one piece. Cover the altar with bronze.Make everything for the altar out of bronze. Make its pots to remove the ashes. Make its shovels, sprinkling bowls, meat forks, and pans for carrying ashes.Make a bronze grate for the altar. Make a bronze ring for each of the four corners of the grate.Put the grate halfway up the altar on the inside.Make poles out of acacia wood for the altar. Cover them with bronze.Put the poles through the rings. They will be on two sides of the altar for carrying it.Make the altar out of boards. Leave it hollow. It must look just like what I showed you on the mountain.

“ Make an altar for burning incense. Make it out of acacia wood.It must be one and a half feet square and three feet high. Make a horn stick out from each of its upper four corners.Cover the top, sides and horns with pure gold. Put a strip of gold around it.Make two gold rings for the altar below the strip. Put the rings across from each other. They will hold the poles that are used to carry it.Make the poles out of acacia wood. Cover them with gold.Put the altar in front of the curtain that hangs in front of the ark. The ark is where the tablets of the covenant law are kept. The ark will have a cover. It will be the place where sin is paid for. There I will meet with you.“ Aaron must burn sweet- smelling incense on the altar. He must do it every morning when he takes care of the lamps.

He must do the same thing with that bull as he did with the bull for the sin offering. When he does, he will pay for the sin of the community. And they will be forgiven.

Once a year Aaron must put the blood of a sin offering on the horns of the altar. He must do this to make the altar pure. He must do this on the day Israel’s sin is paid for. Do this for all time to come. The altar is a very holy place to me.”Then the Lord spoke to Moses. He said,“ Make a list of the Israelites and count them. When you do, each one must pay the Lord for his life at the time he is counted. Then a plague will not come on them when you count them.Each one counted must pay a fifth of an ounce of silver. It must be weighed out in keeping with the standard weights that are used in the sacred tent. The payment is an offering to the Lord.Each one counted must be 20 years old or more. He must give an offering to the Lord.When you make the offering, rich people must not give more than a fifth of an ounce of silver. And poor people must not give less. The offering you give to the Lord will pay for your lives.Receive the money from the people of Israel. Use it for any purpose in the tent of meeting. It will remind the people that they are paying me for their lives.”

The Lord said to Moses,“ Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron. Tell them,‘ A priest must not make himself“ unclean” by going near the dead body of any of his people.But he can go near the body of a close relative. It could be his mother, father, son, daughter or brother.He can also go near a sister who is not married. She would have depended on him because she did not have a husband. The priest can make himself“ unclean” by going near her body.But he must not make himself“ unclean” by going near the bodies of people only related to him by marriage. Going near them would make him“ unclean.”“‘ Priests must not shave any part of their heads. They must not shave off the edges of their beards. They must not make cuts on their bodies when someone dies.Priests must be holy. They must be set apart for me. I am their God. They must not treat my name as if it were not holy. They must be holy because they bring food offerings to me. That is my food.“‘ They must not get married to women who are“ unclean” because they are prostitutes. They must not marry women who are divorced from their husbands. That is because priests are holy. They are set apart for me. I am their God.Consider them as holy, because they offer up food to me. Consider them as holy, because I am holy. I am the Lord. I make you holy.“‘ Suppose a priest’s daughter makes herself“ unclean” by becoming a prostitute. Then she brings shame on her father. She must be burned to death.“‘ The high priest is the one among his brothers whose head has been anointed with olive oil. He has been appointed to wear the priest’s clothes. When someone dies, the high priest must not let his own hair hang loose. He must not tear his clothes to show how sad he is.He must not enter a place where there is a dead body. He must not make himself“ unclean,” even if his father or mother dies.He must not leave the sacred tent of the Lord to take part in burying a body. That would bring shame on the tent. The anointing oil has set the high priest apart. I am the Lord.“‘ The woman the high priest gets married to must be a virgin.He must not marry a widow or a woman who is divorced. He must not marry a woman who is“ unclean” because she is a prostitute. He must only marry a virgin. She must come from his own people.If he doesn’t marry a virgin, he makes the children he has by her“ unclean.” I am the Lord. I make him holy.’ ”The Lord said to Moses,“ Speak to Aaron. Tell him,‘ No man in your family line with any flaws may come near to offer food to the Lord. This is true for all time to come.No man who has any flaws can come near. No man who is blind or disabled can come. No man whose body is scarred or twisted can come.No man whose foot or hand is disabled can come.No man whose back is bent can come. No man who is too short can come. No man who has anything wrong with his eyes can come. No man who has boils or running sores can come. No man whose sex glands are crushed can come.No man with any flaws who is in the family line of Aaron the priest may come near me. He can’t come to bring the food offerings to the Lord. If he has any flaws, he must not come near to offer food to the Lord.He can eat the holy food. He can also eat my very holy food.

With it the priest will pay for the sin of the whole community of Israel. Then they will be forgiven. They did not mean to commit that sin. And they have presented to the Lord a food offering for the wrong thing they did. They have brought a sin offering with it.

The young bull must be killed there in the sight of the Lord. Then the priests in Aaron’s family line must bring its blood to the altar. They must splash it against the sides of the altar. The altar stands at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

These are the offerings to pay for their sins. They must eat them. The offerings must be made when Aaron and his sons are set apart and prepared to serve the Lord. No one else can eat them. They are sacred.

The priests in Aaron’s family line must build a fire on the altar. They must place wood on the fire.Then they must place the pieces of the animal on the burning wood on the altar. The pieces include the head and the fat.The inside parts of the animal must be washed with water. The legs must also be washed. The priest must burn all of it on the altar. It is a burnt offering. It is a food offering. Its smell pleases the Lord.

The priests, who are Levites, won’t receive any part of the land of Israel. That also applies to the whole tribe of Levi. They will eat the food offerings presented to the Lord. That will be their share.They won’t have any part of the land the Lord gave the other tribes in Israel. The Lord himself is their share, just as he promised them.Anyone who sacrifices a bull or a sheep owes a share of it to the priests. Their share is the shoulder, the inside parts and the meat from the head.You must give the priests the first share of the harvest of your grain, olive oil and fresh wine. You must also give them the first wool you clip from your sheep.The Lord your God has chosen the Levites and their sons after them to serve him in his name always. He hasn’t chosen priests from any of your other tribes.Sometimes a Levite will move from the town in Israel where he’s living. And he will come to the place the Lord will choose. He’ll do it because he really wants to.Then he can serve in the name of the Lord his God. He’ll be like all the other Levites who serve the Lord there.He must have an equal share of the good things they have. That applies even if he has already received money by selling things his family owned.

Moses, the servant of the Lord, died there in Moab. It happened just as the Lord had said.

Sacrifice a bull each day. It is a sin offering to pay for their sins. Make the altar pure. Pour olive oil on it to set it apart.Take seven days to make the altar pure. Set it apart. Then the altar will be a very holy place. Anything that touches it will be holy.

Moses said to Korah,“ You and all your followers must stand in front of the Lord tomorrow. You must appear there along with Aaron.Each man must get his shallow cup. He must put incense in it. There will be a total of 250 incense cups. Each man must bring his cup to the Lord. You and Aaron must also bring your cups.”So each of them got his cup. He put burning coals and incense in it. All the men came with Moses and Aaron. They stood at the entrance to the tent of meeting.Korah gathered all his followers together at the entrance to the tent. They opposed Moses and Aaron. Then the glory of the Lord appeared to the whole community.The Lord said to Moses and Aaron,“ Separate yourselves from these people. Then I can put an end to all of them at once.”But Moses and Aaron fell with their faces to the ground. They cried out,“ God, you are the God who gives life and breath to all living things. Will you be angry with the whole community when only one man sins?”Then the Lord spoke to Moses. He said,“ Tell the community,‘ Move away from the tents of Korah, Dathan and Abiram.’ ”Moses got up. He went to Dathan and Abiram. The elders of Israel followed him.Moses warned the community. He said,“ Move away from the tents of these evil men! Don’t touch anything that belongs to them. If you do, the Lord will sweep you away because of all their sins.”So they moved away from the tents of Korah, Dathan and Abiram. Dathan and Abiram had already come out. They were standing at the entrances to their tents. Their wives, children and little ones were standing there with them.Then Moses said,“ What is about to happen wasn’t my idea. The Lord has sent me to do everything I’m doing. Here is how you will know I’m telling you the truth.These men won’t die a natural death. Something will happen to them that doesn’t usually happen to people. If what I’m telling you doesn’t happen, then you will know that the Lord hasn’t sent me.But the Lord will make something totally new happen. The ground will open its mouth and swallow them up. It will swallow up everything that belongs to them. They will be buried alive. When that happens, you will know that these men have disrespected the Lord.”As soon as Moses finished saying all these words, what he had said came true. The ground under them broke open.It opened its mouth. It swallowed up those men. In fact, it swallowed up everyone who lived in their houses. It swallowed all Korah’s men. And it swallowed up everything they owned.They went down into the grave alive. Everything they owned went down with them. The ground closed over them and they died. And so they disappeared from the community.All the Israelites around them heard their cries. They ran away from them. They shouted,“ The ground is going to swallow us up too!”Then the Lord sent down fire. It burned up the 250 men offering the incense.The Lord said to Moses,“ Speak to Eleazar the priest. He is the son of Aaron. Remind him that the shallow cups are holy. He must take them out of the ashes. He must scatter the burning coals away from there.The men who sinned used those cups. And it cost them their lives. Hammer the cups into bronze sheets that will cover the altar. The cups were offered to the Lord. They have become holy. Let them serve as a warning to the Israelites.”So the priest Eleazar collected the bronze incense cups. They had been brought by the men who had been burned to death. He had them hammered out to cover the altar.He did just as the Lord had directed Moses to tell him to do. The covering would be a reminder to the Israelites. It would remind them that no one except a son of Aaron should come and burn incense to the Lord. If people other than priests did that, they would become like Korah and his followers.The next day the whole community of Israel told Moses and Aaron they weren’t happy with them.“ You have killed the Lord’ s people,” they said.The community gathered together to oppose Moses and Aaron. The people walked toward the tent of meeting. Suddenly the cloud covered it. The glory of the Lord appeared.Then Moses and Aaron went to the front of the tent of meeting.The Lord said to Moses,“ Get away from these people. Then I can put an end to all of them at once.” And Moses and Aaron fell with their faces to the ground.Moses said to Aaron,“ Take your incense cup. Put incense in it. And put burning coals from the altar in it. Then hurry to the people and pay for their sin. The Lord has begun to show his anger. The plague has started.”So Aaron did as Moses said. He ran in among the people. The plague had already started among them. But Aaron offered the incense and paid for their sin.He stood between those alive and those dead. And the plague stopped.But 14,700 people died from the plague. That doesn’t include those who had died because of what Korah did.Then Aaron returned to Moses at the entrance to the tent of meeting. The plague had stopped.The Lord said to Moses,“ Speak to the Israelites. Get 12 walking sticks from them. Get one from the leader of each of Israel’s tribes. Write the name of each man on his walking stick.Write Aaron’s name on Levi’s walking stick. There must be one stick for the head of each of Israel’s tribes.Put the walking sticks in the tent of meeting. Place them in front of the ark where the tablets of the covenant law are kept. That is where I meet with you.The walking stick that belongs to the man I choose will begin to grow new shoots. The Israelites are never happy with what you do. I will put an end to what they are saying.”So Moses spoke to the Israelites. Their leaders gave him 12 walking sticks. They gave one for the leader of each of Israel’s tribes. Aaron’s walking stick was among them.Moses put the sticks in front of the Lord in the tent where the tablets of the covenant law were kept.The next day Moses entered the tent. He looked at Aaron’s walking stick. It stood for the tribe of Levi. Moses saw that it had begun to grow new shoots. It had also produced buds and flowers and almonds.Then Moses brought out all the walking sticks from in front of the Lord. He brought them to all the Israelites. They looked at them. And each man took his own walking stick.The Lord said to Moses,“ Put Aaron’s walking stick back in front of the ark where the tablets of the covenant law are kept. The stick will be kept there as a warning to those who refuse to obey. They are never happy with what I do. Aaron’s walking stick will put an end to what they are saying. Then they will not die.”Moses did just as the Lord commanded him.The Israelites said to Moses,“ We’ll die! We are lost! All of us are lost!Anyone who even comes near the Lord’ s holy tent will die. Are all of us going to die?”

The law that was given to the people called for the priestly system. That system began with Levi. Suppose the priestly system could have made people perfect. Then why was there still a need for another priest to come? And why did he need to be like Melchizedek? Why wasn’t he from Aaron’s family line?A change of the priestly system requires a change of law.We are talking about a priest who is from a different tribe. No one from that tribe has ever served at the altar.It is clear that our Lord came from the family line of Judah. Moses said nothing about priests who were from the tribe of Judah.

That angel will be gracious to them. He’ll say to God,‘ Spare them from going down into the grave. I know a way that can set them free.’

The Lord spoke to Moses. He said,“ Bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance to the tent of meeting. Bring their clothes and the anointing oil. Bring the bull for the sin offering. Also bring two rams. And bring the basket with the bread made without yeast.Then gather the whole community at the entrance to the tent of meeting.”Moses did just as the Lord had commanded him. All the people gathered together at the entrance to the tent of meeting.Moses said to the people,“ Here is what the Lord has commanded us to do.”Then Moses brought Aaron and his sons to the people. He washed Aaron and his sons with water.He put the inner robe on Aaron. He tied the belt around him. He dressed him in the outer robe. He put the linen apron on him. He took the skillfully made waistband and tied the apron on him with it. He wanted to make sure it was securely tied to him.Moses placed the chest cloth on Aaron. He put the Urim and Thummim in the chest cloth.Then he placed the turban on Aaron’s head. On the front of the turban he put the gold plate. It was a sacred crown. Moses did everything just as the Lord had commanded him.Then Moses took the anointing oil and poured it on the holy tent. He also poured it on everything in it. That’s how he set apart those things for the Lord.

Moses, the servant of the Lord, died. After that, the Lord spoke to Joshua, the son of Nun. Joshua was Moses’ helper. The Lord said to Joshua,