Numbers 8 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying, Now the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, The LORD said to Moses,
2 “Speak to Aaron, and you have said to him: In your causing the lights to go up, the seven lights give light toward the front of the face of the lampstand.” “Speak to Aaron and say to him, When you set up the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the lampstand.” “Speak to Aaron and say to him, ‘When you set up the lamps, see that all seven light up the area in front of the lampstand.’”
3 And Aaron does so; he has caused its lights to go up toward the front of the face of the lampstand, as YHWH has commanded Moses. And Aaron did so: he set up its lamps in front of the lampstand, as the LORD commanded Moses. Aaron did so; he set up the lamps so that they faced forward on the lampstand, just as the LORD commanded Moses.
4 And this [is] the work of the lampstand: beaten work of gold; from its thigh to its flower it [is] beaten work; as the appearance which YHWH showed Moses, so he has made the lampstand. And this was the workmanship of the lampstand, hammered work of gold. From its base to its flowers, it was hammered work; according to the pattern that the LORD had shown Moses, so he made the lampstand. This is how the lampstand was made: It was made of hammered gold—from its base to its blossoms. The lampstand was made exactly like the pattern the LORD had shown Moses.
5 And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying, And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, The LORD said to Moses:
6 “Take the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel, and you have cleansed them. “Take the Levites from among the people of Israel and cleanse them. “Take the Levites from among all the Israelites and make them ceremonially clean.
7 And thus you do to them to cleanse them: sprinkle waters of atonement on them, and they have caused a razor to pass over all their flesh, and have washed their garments, and cleansed themselves, Thus you shall do to them to cleanse them: sprinkle the water of purification upon them, and let them go with a razor over all their body, and wash their clothes and cleanse themselves. To purify them, do this: Sprinkle the water of cleansing on them; then have them shave their whole bodies and wash their clothes. And so they will purify themselves.
8 and have taken a bullock, a son of the herd, and its present, flour mixed with oil, and you take a second bullock, a son of the herd, for a sin-offering; Then let them take a bull from the herd and its grain offering of fine flour mixed with oil, and you shall take another bull from the herd for a sin offering. Have them take a young bull with its grain offering of the finest flour mixed with olive oil; then you are to take a second young bull for a sin offering.
9 and you have brought the Levites near before the Tent of Meeting, and you have assembled all the congregation of the sons of Israel, And you shall bring the Levites before the tent of meeting and assemble the whole congregation of the people of Israel. Bring the Levites to the front of the tent of meeting and assemble the whole Israelite community.
10 and you have brought the Levites near before YHWH, and the sons of Israel have laid their hands on the Levites, When you bring the Levites before the LORD, the people of Israel shall lay their hands on the Levites, You are to bring the Levites before the LORD, and the Israelites are to lay their hands on them.
11 and Aaron has waved the Levites [as] a wave-offering before YHWH, from the sons of Israel, and they have been [consecrated] for doing the service of YHWH. and Aaron shall offer the Levites before the LORD as a wave offering from the people of Israel, that they may do the service of the LORD. Aaron is to present the Levites before the LORD as a wave offering from the Israelites, so that they may be ready to do the work of the LORD.
12 And the Levites lay their hands on the head of the bullocks, and make one a sin-offering and one a burnt-offering to YHWH, to atone for the Levites. Then the Levites shall lay their hands on the heads of the bulls, and you shall offer the one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering to the LORD to make atonement for the Levites. “Then the Levites are to lay their hands on the heads of the bulls, using one for a sin offering to the LORD and the other for a burnt offering, to make atonement for the Levites.
13 And you have caused the Levites to stand before Aaron, and before his sons, and have waved them [as] a wave-offering to YHWH; And you shall set the Levites before Aaron and his sons, and shall offer them as a wave offering to the LORD. Have the Levites stand in front of Aaron and his sons and then present them as a wave offering to the LORD.
14 and you have separated the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel, and the Levites have become Mine; “Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the people of Israel, and the Levites shall be mine. In this way you are to set the Levites apart from the other Israelites, and the Levites will be mine.
15 and afterward the Levites come in to serve the Tent of Meeting, and you have cleansed them, and have waved them [as] a wave-offering. And after that the Levites shall go in to serve at the tent of meeting, when you have cleansed them and offered them as a wave offering. “After you have purified the Levites and presented them as a wave offering, they are to come to do their work at the tent of meeting.
16 For they are certainly given to Me out of the midst of the sons of Israel, instead of him who opens any womb—the firstborn of all; I have taken them for Myself from the sons of Israel; For they are wholly given to me from among the people of Israel. Instead of all who open the womb, the firstborn of all the people of Israel, I have taken them for myself. They are the Israelites who are to be given wholly to me. I have taken them as my own in place of the firstborn, the first male offspring from every Israelite woman.
17 for every firstborn among the sons of Israel [is] Mine, among man and among beast; in the day of My striking every firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for Myself; For all the firstborn among the people of Israel are mine, both of man and of beast. On the day that I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I consecrated them for myself, Every firstborn male in Israel, whether human or animal, is mine. When I struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, I set them apart for myself.
18 and I take the Levites instead of every firstborn among the sons of Israel. and I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the people of Israel. And I have taken the Levites in place of all the firstborn sons in Israel.
19 And I give the Levites [as] gifts to Aaron and to his sons, from the midst of the sons of Israel, to do the service of the sons of Israel in the Tent of Meeting, and to make atonement for the sons of Israel, and there is no plague among the sons of Israel in the sons of Israel drawing near to the holy place.” And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and his sons from among the people of Israel, to do the service for the people of Israel at the tent of meeting and to make atonement for the people of Israel, that there may be no plague among the people of Israel when the people of Israel come near the sanctuary.” From among all the Israelites, I have given the Levites as gifts to Aaron and his sons to do the work at the tent of meeting on behalf of the Israelites and to make atonement for them so that no plague will strike the Israelites when they go near the sanctuary.”
20 And Moses does—Aaron also, and all the congregation of the sons of Israel—to the Levites according to all that YHWH has commanded Moses concerning the Levites; so the sons of Israel have done to them. Thus did Moses and Aaron and all the congregation of the people of Israel to the Levites. According to all that the LORD commanded Moses concerning the Levites, the people of Israel did to them. Moses, Aaron and the whole Israelite community did with the Levites just as the LORD commanded Moses.
21 And the Levites cleanse themselves, and wash their garments, and Aaron waves them [as] a wave-offering before YHWH, and Aaron makes atonement for them to cleanse them, And the Levites purified themselves from sin and washed their clothes, and Aaron offered them as a wave offering before the LORD, and Aaron made atonement for them to cleanse them. The Levites purified themselves and washed their clothes. Then Aaron presented them as a wave offering before the LORD and made atonement for them to purify them.
22 and afterward the Levites have gone in to do their service in the Tent of Meeting, before Aaron and before his sons; as YHWH has commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so they have done to them. And after that the Levites went in to do their service in the tent of meeting before Aaron and his sons; as the LORD had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so they did to them. After that, the Levites came to do their work at the tent of meeting under the supervision of Aaron and his sons. They did with the Levites just as the LORD commanded Moses.
23 And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying, And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, The LORD said to Moses,
24 “This [is] who [is] for the Levites: from a son of twenty-five years and upward he goes in to serve the host in the service of the Tent of Meeting, “This applies to the Levites: from twenty-five years old and upward they shall come to do duty in the service of the tent of meeting. “This applies to the Levites: Men twenty-five years old or more shall come to take part in the work at the tent of meeting,
25 and from a son of fifty years he returns from the host of the service, and does not serve anymore, And from the age of fifty years they shall withdraw from the duty of the service and serve no more. but at the age of fifty, they must retire from their regular service and work no longer.
26 and he has ministered with his brothers in the Tent of Meeting, to keep the charge, and does not do service; thus you do to the Levites concerning their charge.” They minister to their brothers in the tent of meeting by keeping guard, but they shall do no service. Thus shall you do to the Levites in assigning their duties.” They may assist their brothers in performing their duties at the tent of meeting, but they themselves must not do the work. This, then, is how you are to assign the responsibilities of the Levites.”
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