Numbers · Brenton's Greek Septuagint
Numbers 18 Brenton's Greek Septuagint
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- Ezra and Nehemiah form one book (2 Esdras) in this edition; the reader shows them as Ezra 1–10 and Nehemiah 1–13.
1 Καὶ εἶπε Κύριος πρὸς Ἀαρὼν, λέγων, σὺ καὶ οἱ υἱοί σου καὶ ὁ οἶκος τοῦ πατρός σου λήψεσθε τὰς ἀμαρτίας τῶν ἁγίων, καὶ σὺ καὶ οἱ υἱοί σου λήψεσθε τὰς ἁμαρτίας τῆς ἱερατείας ὑμῶν.
1 Yahweh said to Aaron, “You and your sons and your fathers’ house with you shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary; and you and your sons with you shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.
2 Καὶ τοὺς ἀδελφούς σου φυλὴν Λευὶ, δῆμον τοῦ πατρός σου προσαγάγου πρὸς σεαυτὸν, καὶ προστεθήτωσάν σοι, καὶ λειτουργείτωσάν σοι· καὶ σὺ καὶ οἱ υἱοί σου μετὰ σοῦ ἀπέναντι τῆς σκηνῆς τοῦ μαρτυρίου.
2 Bring your brothers also, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, near with you, that they may be joined to you, and minister to you; but you and your sons with you shall be before the Tent of the Testimony.
3 Καὶ φυλάξονται τὰς φυλακάς σου, καὶ τὰς φυλακὰς τῆς σκηνῆς. πλὴν πρὸς τὰ σκεύη τὰ ἅγια, καὶ πρὸς τὸ θυσιαστήριον οὐ προσελεύσονται, καὶ οὐκ ἀποθανοῦνται καὶ οὗτοι καὶ ὑμεῖς.
3 They shall keep your commands and the duty of the whole Tent; only they shall not come near to the vessels of the sanctuary and to the altar, that they not die, neither they nor you.
4 Καὶ προστεθήσονται πρὸς σέ, καὶ φυλάξονται τὰς φυλακὰς τῆς σκηνῆς τοῦ μαρτυρίου, κατὰ πάσας τὰς λειτουργίας τῆς σκηνῆς· καὶ ὁ ἀλλογενὴς οὐ προσελεύσεται πρὸς σέ.
4 They shall be joined to you and keep the responsibility of the Tent of Meeting, for all the service of the Tent. A stranger shall not come near to you.
5 Καὶ φυλάξεσθε τὰς φυλακὰς τῶν ἁγίων, καὶ τὰς φυλακὰς τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου, καὶ οὐκ ἔσται θυμὸς ἐν τοῖς υἱοῖς Ἰσραήλ.
5 “You shall perform the duty of the sanctuary and the duty of the altar, that there be no more wrath on the children of Israel.
6 Καὶ ἐγὼ εἴληφα τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς ὑμῶν τοὺς Λευίτας ἐκ μέσου τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ δόμα δεδομένον Κυρίῳ, λειτουργεῖν τὰς λειτουργίας τῆς σκηνῆς τοῦ μαρτυρίου.
6 Behold, I myself have taken your brothers the Levites from among the children of Israel. They are a gift to you, dedicated to Yahweh, to do the service of the Tent of Meeting.
7 Καὶ σὺ καὶ οἱ υἱοί σου μετὰ σοῦ διατηρήσετε τὴν ἱερατείαν ὑμῶν, κατὰ πάντα τρόπον τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου, καὶ τὸ ἔνδοθεν τοῦ καταπετάσματος· καὶ λειτουργήσετε τὰς λειτουργίας δόμα τῆς ἱερατείας ὑμῶν· καὶ ὁ ἀλλογενὴς ὁ προσπορευόμενος ἀποθανεῖται.
7 You and your sons with you shall keep your priesthood for everything of the altar, and for that within the veil. You shall serve. I give you the service of the priesthood as a gift. The stranger who comes near shall be put to death.”
8 Καὶ ἐλάλησε Κύριος πρὸς Ἀαρὼν, καὶ ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ δέδωκα ὑμῖν τὴν διατήρησιν τῶν ἀπαρχῶν ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν ἡγιασμένων μοι παρὰ τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραήλ· σοὶ δέδωκα αὐτὰ εἰς γέρας, καὶ τοῖς υἱοῖς σου μετὰ σὲ νόμιμον αἰώνιον.
8 Yahweh spoke to Aaron, “Behold, I myself have given you the command of my wave offerings, even all the holy things of the children of Israel. I have given them to you by reason of the anointing, and to your sons, as a portion forever.
9 Καὶ τοῦτο ἔστω ὑμῖν ἀπὸ τῶν ἡγιασμένων ἁγίων τῶν καρπωμάτων, ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν δώρων αὐτῶν, καὶ ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν θυσιασμάτων αὐτῶν, καὶ ἀπὸ πάσης πλημμελείας αὐτῶν, καὶ ἀπὸ πασῶν τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν αὐτῶν, ὅσα ἀποδιδόασί μοι ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν ἁγίων, σοὶ ἔσται καὶ τοῖς υἱοῖς σου.
9 This shall be yours of the most holy things from the fire: every offering of theirs, even every meal offering of theirs, and every sin offering of theirs, and every trespass offering of theirs, which they shall give to me, shall be most holy for you and for your sons.
10 Ἐν τῷ ἁγίῳ τῶν ἁγίων φάγεσθε αὐτά· πᾶν ἀρσενικὸν φάγεται αὐτά· σὺ καὶ οἱ υἱοί σου· ἅγια ἔσται σοι.
10 You shall eat of it like the most holy things. Every male shall eat of it. It shall be holy to you.
11 Καὶ τοῦτο ἔσται ὑμῖν ἀπαρχῶν δομάτων αὐτῶν, ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν ἐπιθεμάτων τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραήλ· σοὶ δέδωκα αὐτὰ καὶ τοῖς υἱοῖς σου καὶ ταῖς θυγατράσι σου μετὰ σοῦ, νόμιμον αἰώνιον· πᾶς καθαρὸς ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ σου ἔδεται αὐτά.
11 “This is yours, too: the wave offering of their gift, even all the wave offerings of the children of Israel. I have given them to you, and to your sons and to your daughters with you, as a portion forever. Everyone who is clean in your house shall eat of it.
12 Πᾶσα ἀπαρχὴ ἐλαίου, καὶ πᾶσα ἀπαρχὴ οἴνου, σίτου ἀπαρχὴ αὐτῶν ὅσα ἂν δῶσι τῷ Κυρίῳ, σοὶ δέδωκα αὐτά.
12 “I have given to you all the best of the oil, all the best of the vintage, and of the grain, the first fruits of them which they give to Yahweh.
13 Τὰ πρωτογεννήματα πάντα ὅσα ἐν τῇ γῇ αὐτῶν, ὅσα ἂν ἐνέγκωσι Κυρίῳ, σοὶ ἔσται· πᾶς καθαρὸς ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ σου ἔδεται αὐτά.
13 The first-ripe fruits of all that is in their land, which they bring to Yahweh, shall be yours. Everyone who is clean in your house shall eat of it.
14 Πᾶν ἀνατεθεματισμένον ἐν υἱοῖς Ἰσραὴλ, σοὶ ἔσται.
14 “Everything devoted in Israel shall be yours.
15 Καὶ πᾶν διανοῖγον μήτραν ἀπὸ πάσης σαρκὸς, ὅσα προσφέρουσι Κυρίῳ ἀπὸ ἀνθρώπου ἕως κτήνους, σοὶ ἔσται· ἀλλʼ ἢ λύτροις λυτρωθήσεται τὰ πρωτότοκα τῶν ἀνθρώπων, καὶ τὰ πρωτότοκα τῶν κτηνῶν τῶν ἀκαθάρτων λυτρώσῃ.
15 Everything that opens the womb, of all flesh which they offer to Yahweh, both of man and animal, shall be yours. Nevertheless, you shall surely redeem the firstborn of man, and you shall redeem the firstborn of unclean animals.
16 Καὶ ἡ λύτρωσις αὐτοῦ, ἀπὸ μηνιαίου· ἡ συντίμησις πέντε σίκλων, κατὰ τὸν σίκλον τὸν ἅγιον εἴκοσι ὀβολοί εἰσι.
16 You shall redeem those who are to be redeemed of them from a month old, according to your estimation, for five shekels of money, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, which weighs twenty gerahs.
17 Πλὴν πρωτότοκα μόσχων καὶ πρωτότοκα προβάτων, καὶ πρωτότοκα αἰγῶν οὐ λυτρώσῃ· ἅγιά ἐστι· καὶ τὸ αἷμα αὐτῶν προσχεεῖς πρὸς τὸ θυσιαστήριον, καὶ τὸ στέαρ ἀνοίσεις κάρπωμα εἰς ὀσμὴν εὐωδίας Κυρίῳ.
17 “But you shall not redeem the firstborn of a cow, or the firstborn of a sheep, or the firstborn of a goat. They are holy. You shall sprinkle their blood on the altar, and shall burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a pleasant aroma to Yahweh.
18 Καὶ τὰ κρέα ἔσται σοι, καθὰ καὶ τὸ στηθύνιον τοῦ ἐπιθέματος· καὶ κατὰ τὸν βραχίονα τὸν δεξιὸν, σοὶ ἔσται.
18 Their meat shall be yours, as the wave offering breast and as the right thigh, it shall be yours.
19 Πᾶν ἀφαίρεμα τῶν ἁγίων, ὅσα ἐὰν ἀφέλωσιν οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ Κυρίῳ, δέδωκά σοι καὶ τοῖς υἱοῖς σου καὶ ταῖς θυγατράσι σου μετὰ σοῦ, νόμιμον αἰώνιον· διαθήκη ἁλὸς αἰωνίου ἔστιν ἔναντι Κυρίου, σοὶ καὶ τῷ σπέρματί σου μετὰ σέ.
19 All the wave offerings of the holy things which the children of Israel offer to Yahweh, I have given you and your sons and your daughters with you, as a portion forever. It is a covenant of salt forever before Yahweh to you and to your offspring with you.”
20 Καὶ ἐλάλησε Κύριος πρὸς Ἀαρὼν, ἐν τῇ γῇ αὐτῶν οὐ κληρονομήσεις, καὶ μερὶς οὐκ ἔσται σοι ἐν αὐτοῖς, ὅτι ἐγὼ μερίς σου καὶ κληρονομία σου ἐν μέσῳ τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραήλ.
20 Yahweh said to Aaron, “You shall have no inheritance in their land, neither shall you have any portion among them. I am your portion and your inheritance among the children of Israel.
21 Καὶ τοῖς υἱοῖς Λευὶ ἰδοὺ δέδωκα πᾶν ἐπιδέκατον ἐν Ἰσραὴλ ἐν κλήρῳ ἀντὶ τῶν λειτουργιῶν αὐτῶν, ὅσα αὐτοὶ λειτουργοῦσι λειτουργίαν ἐν τῇ σκηνῇ τοῦ μαρτυρίου.
21 “To the children of Levi, behold, I have given all the tithe in Israel for an inheritance, in return for their service which they serve, even the service of the Tent of Meeting.
22 Καὶ οὐ προσελεύσονται ἔτι οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ εἰς τὴν σκηνὴν τοῦ μαρτυρίου λαβεῖν ἁμαρτίαν θανατηφόρον.
22 Henceforth the children of Israel shall not come near the Tent of Meeting, lest they bear sin, and die.
23 Καὶ λειτουργήσει ὁ Λενίτης αὐτὸς τὴν λειτουργίαν τῆς σκηνῆς τοῦ μαρτυρίου· καὶ αὐτοὶ λήψονται τὰ ἁμαρτήματα αὐτῶν, νόμιμον αἰώνιον εἰς τὰς γενεὰς αὐτῶν· καὶ ἐν μέσῳ υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ οὐ κληρονομήσουσι κληρονομίαν.
23 But the Levites shall do the service of the Tent of Meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity. It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations. Among the children of Israel, they shall have no inheritance.
24 Ὅτι τὰ ἐπιδέκατα τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ ὅσα ἐὰν ἀφορίσωσι Κυρίῳ, ἀφαίρεμα δέδωκα τοῖς Λευίταις ἐν κλήρῳ· διὰ τοῦτο εἴρηκα αὐτοῖς, ἐν μέσῳ υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ οὐ κληρονομήσουσι κλῆρον.
24 For the tithe of the children of Israel, which they offer as a wave offering to Yahweh, I have given to the Levites for an inheritance. Therefore I have said to them, ‘Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.’”
25 Καὶ ἐλάλησε Κύριος πρὸς Μωυσῆν, λέγων,
25 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
26 καὶ τοῖς Λενίταις λαλήσεις, καὶ ἐρεῖς πρὸς αὐτοὺς, ἐὰν λάβητε παρὰ τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ τὸ ἐπιδέκατον, ὃ δέδωκα ὑμῖν παρʼ αὐτῶν ἐν κλήρῳ, καὶ ἀφελεῖτε ὑμεῖς ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ ἀφαίρεμα Κυρίῳ, ἐπιδέκατον ἀπὸ τοῦ ἐπιδεκάτου.
26 “Moreover you shall speak to the Levites, and tell them, ‘When you take of the children of Israel the tithe which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then you shall offer up a wave offering of it for Yahweh, a tithe of the tithe.
27 Καὶ λογισθήσεται ὑμῖν τὰ ἀφαιρέματα ὑμῶν ὡς σῖτος ἀπὸ ἅλω, καὶ ἀφαίρεμα ἀπὸ ληνοῦ.
27 Your wave offering shall be credited to you, as though it were the grain of the threshing floor, and as the fullness of the wine press.
28 Οὕτως ἀφελεῖτε αὐτοὺς καὶ ὑμεῖς ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν ἀφαιρεμάτων Κυρίου ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν ἐπιδεκάτων ὑμῶν, ὅσα ἐὰν λάβητε παρὰ τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραήλ· καὶ δώσετε ἀπʼ αὐτῶν ἀφαίρεμα Κυρίῳ Ἀαρὼν τῷ ἱερεῖ.
28 Thus you also shall offer a wave offering to Yahweh of all your tithes, which you receive of the children of Israel; and of it you shall give Yahweh’s wave offering to Aaron the priest.
29 Ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν δομάτων ὑμῶν ἀφελεῖτε ἀφαιρεμα Κυρίῳ, ἢ ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν ἀπαρχῶν τὸ ἡγιασμένον ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ.
29 Out of all your gifts, you shall offer every wave offering to Yahweh, of all its best parts, even the holy part of it.’
30 Καὶ ἐρεῖς πρὸς αὐτοὺς, ὅταν ἀφαιρῆτε τὴν ἀπαρχὴν ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ, καὶ λογισθήσεται τοῖς Λευίταις ὡς γέννημα ἀπὸ ἅλω, καὶ ὡς γέννημα ἀπὸ ληνοῦ.
30 “Therefore you shall tell them, ‘When you heave its best from it, then it shall be credited to the Levites as the increase of the threshing floor, and as the increase of the wine press.
31 Καὶ ἔδεσθε αὐτὸ ἐν παντὶ τόπῳ ὑμεῖς καὶ οἱ οἶκοι ὑμῶν, ὅτι μισθὸς οὗτος ὑμῖν ἐστιν ἀντὶ τῶν λειτουργιῶν ὑμῶν τῶν ἐν τῇ σκηνῇ τοῦ μαρτυρίου.
31 You may eat it anywhere, you and your households, for it is your reward in return for your service in the Tent of Meeting.
32 Καὶ οὐ λήψεσθε διʼ αὐτὸ ἁμαρτίαν, ὅτι ἂν ἀφαιρῆτε τὴν ἀπαρχὴν ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ· καὶ τὰ ἅγια τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ οὐ βεβηλώσετε, ἵνα μὴ ἀποθάνητε.
32 You shall bear no sin by reason of it, when you have heaved from it its best. You shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, that you not die.’”
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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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Of whom again Moses says, "They shall have no inheritance, for the Lord Himself is their inheritance." And again, "The priests the Levites shall have no part in the whole tribe of Levi, nor substance with Israel; their substance is the offerings (fructifications) of the Lord: these shall they eat." Wherefore also Paul says, "I do not seek after a …