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.”

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

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.”

Don’t be misled— you cannot mock the justice of God. You will always harvest what you plant.Those who live only to satisfy their own sinful nature will harvest decay and death from that sinful nature. But those who live to please the Spirit will harvest everlasting life from the Spirit.

At that time the Lord set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the Ark of the Lord’s Covenant, and to stand before the Lord as his ministers, and to pronounce blessings in his name. These are their duties to this day.

“ Call forward the tribe of Levi, and present them to Aaron the priest to serve as his assistants.They will serve Aaron and the whole community, performing their sacred duties in and around the Tabernacle.They will also maintain all the furnishings of the sacred tent, serving in the Tabernacle on behalf of all the Israelites.Assign the Levites to Aaron and his sons. They have been given from among all the people of Israel to serve as their assistants.

“ Bring your relatives of the tribe of Levi— your ancestral tribe— to assist you and your sons as you perform the sacred duties in front of the Tabernacle of the Covenant.But as the Levites go about all their assigned duties at the Tabernacle, they must be careful not to go near any of the sacred objects or the altar. If they do, both you and they will die.The Levites must join you in fulfilling their responsibilities for the care and maintenance of the Tabernacle, but no unauthorized person may assist you.“ You yourselves must perform the sacred duties inside the sanctuary and at the altar. If you follow these instructions, the Lord’s anger will never again blaze against the people of Israel.I myself have chosen your fellow Levites from among the Israelites to be your special assistants. They are a gift to you, dedicated to the Lord for service in the Tabernacle.But you and your sons, the priests, must personally handle all the priestly rituals associated with the altar and with everything behind the inner curtain. I am giving you the priesthood as your special privilege of service. Any unauthorized person who comes too near the sanctuary will be put to death.”

Then fire blazed forth from the Lord and burned up the 250 men who were offering incense.And the Lord said to Moses,“ Tell Eleazar son of Aaron the priest to pull all the incense burners from the fire, for they are holy. Also tell him to scatter the burning coals.Take the incense burners of these men who have sinned at the cost of their lives, and hammer the metal into a thin sheet to overlay the altar. Since these burners were used in the Lord’s presence, they have become holy. Let them serve as a warning to the people of Israel.”So Eleazar the priest collected the 250 bronze incense burners that had been used by the men who died in the fire, and the bronze was hammered into a thin sheet to overlay the altar.This would warn the Israelites that no unauthorized person— no one who was not a descendant of Aaron— should ever enter the Lord’s presence to burn incense. If anyone did, the same thing would happen to him as happened to Korah and his followers. So the Lord’s instructions to Moses were carried out.

“ Now set the Levites apart from the rest of the people of Israel and make them ceremonially clean.Do this by sprinkling them with the water of purification, and have them shave their entire body and wash their clothing. Then they will be ceremonially clean.Have them bring a young bull and a grain offering of choice flour moistened with olive oil, along with a second young bull for a sin offering.Then assemble the whole community of Israel, and present the Levites at the entrance of the Tabernacle.When you present the Levites before the Lord, the people of Israel must lay their hands on them.Raising his hands, Aaron must then present the Levites to the Lord as a special offering from the people of Israel, thus dedicating them to the Lord’s service.“ Next the Levites will lay their hands on the heads of the young bulls. Present one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering to the Lord, to purify the Levites and make them right with the Lord.Then have the Levites stand in front of Aaron and his sons, and raise your hands and present them as a special offering to the Lord.In this way, you will set the Levites apart from the rest of the people of Israel, and the Levites will belong to me.