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1 And the Lord said to Aaron: “You, and your sons, and the house of your father with you, shall carry the iniquity of the Sanctuary. And you and your sons together shall bear the sins of your priesthood.
1 Y JEHOVÁ dijo á Aarón: Tú y tus hijos, y la casa de tu padre contigo, llevaréis el pecado del santuario: y tú y tus hijos contigo llevaréis el pecado de vuestro sacerdocio.
2 But take to yourselves also your brothers from the tribe of Levi, and the scepter of your father, and may they be prepared, and may they minister to you. Then you and your sons shall minister in the tabernacle of the testimony.
2 Y á tus hermanos también, la tribu de Leví, la tribu de tu padre, hazlos llegar á ti, y júntense contigo, y servirte han; y tú y tus hijos contigo [serviréis] delante del tabernáculo del testimonio.
3 And the Levites shall stand watch by your precepts, and for all the works of the tabernacle; yet in such a manner that they shall not approach the vessels of the Sanctuary and of the altar, lest both they die, and you perish, at the same time.
3 Y guardarán lo que tú ordenares, y el cargo de todo el tabernáculo: mas no llegarán á los vasos santos ni al altar, porque no mueran ellos y vosotros.
4 But they may be with you, and they may watch over the care of the tabernacle and all its ceremonies. A foreigner shall not be mixed with you.
4 Se juntarán, pues, contigo, y tendrán el cargo del tabernáculo del testimonio en todo el servicio del tabernáculo; ningún extraño se ha de llegar á vosotros.
5 Watch over the care of the Sanctuary, and over the ministry of the altar, lest an indignation may rise over the sons of Israel.
5 Y tendréis la guarda del santuario, y la guarda del altar, para que no sea más la ira sobre los hijos de Israel.
6 I have given your brothers, the Levites, to you from the midst of the sons of Israel, and I have delivered them as a gift to the Lord, in order to serve in the ministries of his tabernacle.
6 Porque he aquí yo he tomado á vuestros hermanos los Levitas de entre los hijos de Israel, dados á vosotros en don de Jehová, para que sirvan en el ministerio del tabernáculo del testimonio.
7 But as for you and your sons: guard the priesthood. For all that pertains to the service of the altar and of what is beyond the veil shall be exercised by the priests. If any outsider will approach, he shall be killed.”
7 Mas tú y tus hijos contigo guardaréis vuestro sacerdocio en todo negocio del altar, y del velo adentro, y ministraréis. Yo os he dado en don el servicio de vuestro sacerdocio; y el extraño que se llegare, morirá.
8 And the Lord said to Aaron: “Behold, I have given you custody of my first-fruits. Everything that is sanctified by the sons of Israel I have delivered to you and your sons, for the office of the priesthood, by everlasting ordinances.
8 Dijo más Jehová á Aarón: He aquí yo te he dado también la guarda de mis ofrendas: todas las cosas consagradas de los hijos de Israel te he dado por razón de la unción, y á tus hijos, por estatuto perpetuo.
9 Therefore, you shall receive these, from the things that are sanctified and offered to the Lord. Every offering, and sacrifice, and whatever is repaid to me, on behalf of sin and also for offenses, and which becomes the Holy of holies, shall be for you and for your sons.
9 Esto será tuyo de la ofrenda de las cosas santas [reservadas] del fuego: toda ofrenda de ellos, todo presente suyo, y toda expiación por el pecado de ellos, y toda expiación por la culpa de ellos, que me han de presentar, será cosa muy santa para ti y para tus hijos.
10 You shall eat it in the Sanctuary. Only the males shall eat from it, because it has been consecrated for you.
10 En el santuario la comerás; todo varón comerá de ella: cosa santa será para ti.
11 But the first-fruits, which the sons of Israel shall vow and offer, I have given to you, and to your sons, as well as to your daughters, by a perpetual right. Whoever is clean in your house shall eat them.
11 Esto también será tuyo: la ofrenda elevada de sus dones, y todas las ofrendas agitadas de los hijos de Israel, he dado á ti, y á tus hijos y á tus hijas contigo, por estatuto perpetuo: todo limpio en tu casa comerá de ellas.
12 All the innermost of the oil, and of the wine, and of the grain, whatever first-fruits they offer to the Lord, I have given to you.
12 De aceite, y de mosto, y de trigo, todo lo más escogido, las primicias de ello, que presentarán á Jehová, á ti las he dado.
13 All the first of the crops, which the soil produces and which are carried to the Lord, shall fall to your use. Whoever is clean in your house shall eat them.
13 Las primicias de todas las cosas de la tierra de ellos, las cuales traerán á Jehová, serán tuyas: todo limpio en tu casa comerá de ellas.
14 All that the sons of Israel shall repay by vow shall be yours.
14 Todo lo consagrado por voto en Israel será tuyo.
15 Whatever goes out first from the womb, of all flesh, which they offer to the Lord, whether from men or from cattle, shall be your right; yet only in so far as, for the firstborn of man, you shall accept a price. And every animal that is unclean you shall cause to be redeemed.
15 Todo lo que abriere matriz en toda carne que ofrecerán á Jehová, así de hombres como de animales, será tuyo: mas has de hacer redimir el primogénito del hombre: también harás redimir el primogénito de animal inmundo.
16 And its redemption shall be, after one month, five shekels of silver, by the weight of the Sanctuary. A shekel has twenty obols.
16 Y de un mes harás efectuar el rescate de ellos, conforme á tu estimación, por precio de cinco siclos, al siclo del santuario, [que] es de veinte óbolos.
17 But the firstborn of a cow, or of a sheep, or of a goat, you shall not cause to be redeemed, because they have been sanctified to the Lord. Thus, their blood you shall pour out upon the altar, and their fat you shall burn as a most sweet odor to the Lord.
17 Mas el primogénito de vaca, y el primogénito de oveja, y el primogénito de cabra, no redimirás; santificados son: la sangre de ellos rociarás sobre el altar, y quemarás la grosura de ellos, ofrenda encendida en olor suave á Jehová.
18 Yet truly, the flesh shall fall to your use, just as the consecrated breast and the right shoulder shall be yours.
18 Y la carne de ellos será tuya: como el pecho de la mecedura y como la espaldilla derecha, será tuya.
19 All the first-fruits of the Sanctuary, which the sons of Israel offer to the Lord, I have given to you and to your sons as well as to your daughters, as a perpetual right. It is an everlasting covenant of salt before the Lord, for you and for your sons.”
19 Todas las ofrendas elevadas de las cosas santas, que los hijos de Israel ofrecieren á Jehová, helas dado para ti, y para tus hijos y para tus hijas contigo, por estatuto perpetuo: pacto de sal perpetuo es delante de Jehová para ti y para tu simiente contigo.
20 And the Lord said to Aaron: “In their land, you shall possess nothing; neither shall you have a portion among them. I am your portion and your inheritance in the midst of the sons of Israel.
20 Y Jehová dijo á Aarón: De la tierra de ellos no tendrás heredad, ni entre ellos tendrás parte: Yo soy tu parte y tu heredad en medio de los hijos de Israel.
21 But I have given, to the sons of Levi, all the tithes of Israel as a possession, for the ministry by which they serve me in the tabernacle of the covenant,
21 Y he aquí yo he dado á los hijos de Leví todos los diezmos en Israel por heredad, por su ministerio, por cuanto ellos sirven en el ministerio del tabernáculo del testimonio.
22 so that the sons of Israel may no longer approach to the tabernacle, nor commit deadly sin.
22 Y no llegarán más los hijos de Israel al tabernáculo del testimonio, porque no lleven pecado, por el cual mueran.
23 Only the sons of Levi may serve me in the tabernacle and may carry the sins of the people. It shall be an everlasting ordinance in your generations. They shall possess nothing else;
23 Mas los Levitas harán el servicio del tabernáculo del testimonio, y ellos llevarán su iniquidad: estatuto perpetuo por vuestras edades; y no poseerán heredad entre los hijos de Israel.
24 being content with the oblation of tithes, which I have separated for their uses and necessities.”
24 Porque á los Levitas he dado por heredad los diezmos de los hijos de Israel, que ofrecerán á Jehová en ofrenda: por lo cual les he dicho: Entre los hijos de Israel no poseerán heredad.
25 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
25 Y habló Jehová á Moisés, diciendo:
26 “Instruct the Levites, and also declare to them: When you will receive, from the sons of Israel, the tithes, which I have given to you, offer their first-fruits to the Lord, that is, the tenth part of a tenth,
26 Así hablarás á los Levitas, y les dirás: Cuando tomareis de los hijos de Israel los diezmos que os he dado de ellos por vuestra heredad, vosotros presentaréis de ellos en ofrenda mecida á Jehová el diezmo de los diezmos.
27 so that it may be accounted to you as an oblation of the first-fruits, as much from the threshing floors as from the oil and wine presses.
27 Y se os contará vuestra ofrenda como grano de la era, y como acopio del lagar.
28 And offer the first-fruits of everything, from which you receive tithes, to the Lord, and give them to Aaron the priest.
28 Así ofreceréis también vosotros ofrenda á Jehová de todos vuestros diezmos que hubiereis recibido de los hijos de Israel; y daréis de ellos la ofrenda de Jehová á Aarón el sacerdote.
29 Everything which you shall offer from the tithes, and which you shall separate as gifts to the Lord, shall be the finest and most select.
29 De todos vuestros dones ofreceréis toda ofrenda á Jehová; de todo lo mejor de ellos [ofreceréis] la porción que ha de ser consagrada.
30 And you shall say to them: ‘If you offer the noble and the better of the tithes, it shall be accounted to you as if you had given from the first-fruits of the threshing floor and of the oil and wine presses.’
30 Y les dirás: Cuando ofreciereis lo mejor de ellos, será contado á los Levitas por fruto de la era, y como fruto del lagar.
31 And you shall eat these in all your places, both you and your families, because it is your price for the ministry, by which you serve in the tabernacle of the testimony.
31 Y lo comeréis en cualquier lugar, vosotros y vuestra familia: pues es vuestra remuneración por vuestro ministerio en el tabernáculo del testimonio.
32 And you shall not sin in this way: by reserving the excellent and fat things for yourselves, lest you pollute the oblations of the sons of Israel, and lest you die.”
32 Y cuando vosotros hubiereis ofrecido de ello lo mejor suyo, no llevaréis por ello pecado: y no habéis de contaminar las cosas santas de los hijos de Israel, y no moriréis.
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Moses
Drawn from the Nile, he led Israel out of Egypt and received God's Law.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 2–Deuteronomy 34
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- 1 Exodus 28:38; 1 Peter 2:24; Acts 20:26–27; Hebrews 4:15; Ezekiel 3:18–19
- 2 Genesis 29:34; Numbers 18:4; Numbers 17:7; Numbers 8:22; 2 Chronicles 30:16
- 3 Numbers 4:15; Numbers 3:36; Numbers 3:25; Numbers 3:31; Numbers 16:40
- 4 2 Samuel 6:6–7; Numbers 3:10; 1 Samuel 6:19; Numbers 1:51
- 5 Exodus 27:21; Leviticus 24:3; Numbers 16:46; Numbers 8:2; 1 Timothy 3:15
- 6 Numbers 3:9; Numbers 3:45; Numbers 3:12; Isaiah 48:15; Ezekiel 34:11
- 7 Numbers 3:10; John 3:27; Romans 15:15–16; Numbers 16:40; Numbers 18:20
- 8 Leviticus 6:16; Exodus 29:29; Leviticus 6:18; Exodus 40:15; Leviticus 7:6
- 9 Leviticus 7:7; Leviticus 14:13; Leviticus 6:25–26; Leviticus 5:1; Leviticus 4:22
- 10 Leviticus 6:29; Leviticus 7:6; Leviticus 6:16; Leviticus 10:17; Leviticus 14:13
- 11 Deuteronomy 18:3; Leviticus 10:14; Exodus 29:27–28; Leviticus 22:1–16; Leviticus 7:14
- 12 Exodus 23:19; Deuteronomy 18:4; Exodus 34:26; Leviticus 2:14; Leviticus 23:17
- 13 Exodus 22:29; Exodus 23:19; Hosea 9:10; Jeremiah 24:2; Micah 7:1
- 14 Leviticus 27:28; Ezekiel 44:29
- 15 Exodus 34:20; Exodus 13:2; Exodus 13:12–13; Exodus 22:29; Numbers 3:13
- 16 Exodus 30:13; Numbers 3:47; Ezekiel 45:12; Leviticus 27:2–7; Leviticus 27:25
- 17 Leviticus 3:2–5; Deuteronomy 15:19–22; Exodus 29:16
- 18 Exodus 29:26–28; Leviticus 7:31–34
- 19 2 Chronicles 13:5; Leviticus 2:13; Numbers 18:11; Leviticus 7:14; Numbers 31:29
- 20 Ezekiel 44:28; Deuteronomy 10:9; Joshua 13:33; Deuteronomy 18:1–2; Lamentations 3:24
- 21 Nehemiah 12:44; Nehemiah 10:37; Numbers 18:6; Deuteronomy 14:22–29; Hebrews 7:5
- 22 Leviticus 22:9; Numbers 3:38; Numbers 18:7; Leviticus 20:20; Numbers 3:10
- 23 Numbers 18:1; Numbers 3:7; Numbers 18:20
- 24 Numbers 18:26; Malachi 3:8–10
- 26 Nehemiah 10:38; Numbers 18:21
- 27 Numbers 18:30; Leviticus 6:19–23; Deuteronomy 15:14; Hosea 9:1–2; 2 Kings 6:27
- 28 Genesis 14:18; Hebrews 6:20–7:10
- 30 Matthew 10:37–39; Numbers 18:27–28; Malachi 1:8; Genesis 43:11; Deuteronomy 6:5
- 31 1 Corinthians 9:10–14; Matthew 10:10; 1 Timothy 5:17–18; Luke 10:7; Deuteronomy 14:22–23
- 32 Leviticus 19:8; Leviticus 22:2; 1 Corinthians 11:27; Numbers 18:22; Leviticus 22:15–16
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