My sons, do not be negligent now, for the LORD has chosen you to serve in his presence and offer sacrifices.”

我的众子啊，现在不要懈怠；因为耶和华拣选你们站在他面前侍奉他，与他烧香。”

我的众子啊，现在不要懈怠；因为耶和华拣选你们站在他面前事奉他，作他的仆人，向他烧香。”

我的众子啊，现在不要懈怠；因为耶和华拣选你们站在他面前事奉他，作他的仆人，向他烧香。”

我的孩子们啊，不要懈怠！因为耶和华拣选你们站在祂面前事奉祂，向祂烧香。”

我的孩子们，你们现在不要懈怠，因为耶和华拣选了你们站在他面前事奉他，为要作他的仆人，向他烧香。”

我的眾子啊，現在不要懈怠；因為耶和華揀選你們站在他面前事奉他，與他燒香。」

我的眾子啊，現在不要懈怠；因為耶和華揀選你們站在他面前事奉他，作他的僕人，向他燒香。」

我的眾子啊，現在不要懈怠；因為耶和華揀選你們站在他面前事奉他，作他的僕人，向他燒香。」

我的孩子們啊，不要懈怠！因為耶和華揀選你們站在祂面前事奉祂，向祂燒香。」

我的孩子們，你們現在不要懈怠，因為耶和華揀選了你們站在他面前事奉他，為要作他的僕人，向他燒香。”

我的眾子啊，現在你們不要懈怠，因為永恆主是揀選了你們站在他面前伺候他，做伺候他向他燻祭的人。』

我子歟、今勿懈怠、蓋耶和華簡爾侍立其前、為其執事、供役焚香、○

我國之赤子、毋怠荒、蓋耶和華遴選爾曹、使立於前、供役焚香。

我子歟、今勿懈怠、蓋主選爾曹、侍立其前、奉事焚香、

My sons, do not be negligent now, for the Lord has chosen you to stand before him and serve him, to minister before him and to burn incense.”

My sons, don’t fail to obey the Lord. He has chosen you to stand in front of him and work for him. He wants you to serve him and burn incense to him.”

My sons, do not now be negligent, for the Lord has chosen you to stand in his presence, to minister to him and to be his ministers and make offerings to him.”

My sons, do not neglect your duties any longer! The Lord has chosen you to stand in his presence, to minister to him, and to lead the people in worship and present offerings to him.”

My sons, don’t be negligent now, for the LORD has chosen you to stand in his presence, to serve him, and to be his ministers and burners of incense.”

My sons, do not be negligent now, for the Lord has chosen you to stand before Him, to serve Him, and to be His ministers and burn incense.”

My sons, do not be negligent now, for the Lord has chosen you to stand before Him, to serve Him, and that you should minister to Him and burn incense.”

My sons, be not now negligent; for Jehovah hath chosen you to stand before him, to minister unto him, and that ye should be his ministers, and burn incense.

My sons, don’t be negligent now, for the Lord has chosen you to stand in His presence, to serve Him, and to be His ministers and burners of incense.”

My sons, be not now negligent: for the LORD hath chosen you to stand before him, to serve him, and that ye should minister unto him, and burn incense.

My sons, don’t be negligent now; for Yahweh has chosen you to stand before him, to minister to him, and that you should be his ministers, and burn incense.”

Do not be deceived. God will not be made a fool. For a person will reap what he sows,because the person who sows to his own flesh will reap corruption from the flesh, but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit.

At that time the LORD set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the LORD’s covenant, to stand before the LORD to serve him, and to formulate blessings in his name, as they do to this very day.

“ Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may serve him.They are responsible for his needs and the needs of the whole community before the tent of meeting, by attending to the service of the tabernacle.And they are responsible for all the furnishings of the tent of meeting, and for the needs of the Israelites, as they serve in the tabernacle.You are to assign the Levites to Aaron and his sons; they will be assigned exclusively to him out of all the Israelites.

“ Bring with you your brothers, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, so that they may join with you and minister to you while you and your sons with you are before the tent of the testimony.They must be responsible to care for you and to care for the entire tabernacle. However, they must not come near the furnishings of the sanctuary and the altar, or both they and you will die.They must join with you, and they will be responsible for the care of the tent of meeting, for all the service of the tent, but no unauthorized person may approach you.You will be responsible for the care of the sanctuary and the care of the altar, so that there will be no more wrath on the Israelites.I myself have chosen your brothers the Levites from among the Israelites. They are given to you as a gift from the LORD, to perform the duties of the tent of meeting.But you and your sons with you are responsible for your priestly duties, for everything at the altar and within the curtain. And you must serve. I give you the priesthood as a gift for service; but the unauthorized person who approaches must be put to death.”

Then a fire went out from the LORD and devoured the 250 men who offered incense.( 17: 1) The LORD spoke to Moses:“ Tell Eleazar son of Aaron the priest to pick up the censers out of the flame, for they are holy, and then scatter the coals of fire at a distance.As for the censers of these men who sinned at the cost of their lives, they must be made into hammered sheets for covering the altar, because they presented them before the LORD and sanctified them. They will become a sign to the Israelites.”So Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers presented by those who had been burned up, and they were hammered out as a covering for the altar.It was a memorial for the Israelites, that no outsider who is not a descendant of Aaron should approach to burn incense before the LORD, that he might not become like Korah and his company– just as the LORD had spoken by the authority of Moses.

“ Take the Levites from among the Israelites and purify them.And do this to them to purify them: Sprinkle water of purification on them; then have them shave all their body and wash their clothes, and so purify themselves.Then they are to take a young bull with its grain offering of fine flour mixed with olive oil; and you are to take a second young bull for a purification offering.You are to bring the Levites before the tent of meeting and assemble the entire community of the Israelites.Then you are to bring the Levites before the LORD, and the Israelites are to lay their hands on the Levites;and Aaron is to offer the Levites before the LORD as a wave offering from the Israelites, that they may do the work of the LORD.When the Levites lay their hands on the heads of the bulls, offer the one for a purification offering and the other for a whole burnt offering to the LORD, to make atonement for the Levites.You are to have the Levites stand before Aaron and his sons, and then offer them as a wave offering to the LORD.And so you are to separate the Levites from among the Israelites, and the Levites will be mine.