After that the Levites shall go in to service the tabernacle of meeting. So you shall cleanse them and offer them like a wave offering.

此后利未人要进去办会幕的事，你要洁净他们，将他们当作摇祭奉上；

你洁净了利未人，奉献他们作为摇祭之后，他们就可以进会幕事奉。

你洁净了利未人，奉献他们作为摇祭之后，他们就可以进会幕事奉。

利未人被洁净、当作摇祭献上以后，就可以进会幕司职，

以后，利未人可以进去办理会幕的事；你要洁净他们，把他们作摇祭献上。

此後利未人要進去辦會幕的事，你要潔淨他們，將他們當作搖祭奉上；

你潔淨了利未人，奉獻他們作為搖祭之後，他們就可以進會幕事奉。

你潔淨了利未人，奉獻他們作為搖祭之後，他們就可以進會幕事奉。

利未人被潔淨、當作搖祭獻上以後，就可以進會幕司職，

以後，利未人可以進去辦理會幕的事；你要潔淨他們，把他們作搖祭獻上。

此後利未人要進來伺候會棚；你要使他們潔淨，用搖獻禮將他們奉為搖獻祭。

厥後利未人必入會幕、供其役事、爾必潔之、奉為搖祭、

爾既成潔利未人、奉之於我、則使入會幕、供其役事。

爾既使利未人成潔而奉於主、然後利未人可至以供會幕之役事、

“ 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.

“ Make the Levites pure. Give them to me as a wave offering. Then they must come to do their work at the tent of meeting.

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 this, they may go into the Tabernacle to do their work, because you have purified them and presented them as a special offering.

After that the Levites may come to serve at the tent of meeting, once you have ceremonially cleansed them and presented them as a presentation offering.

Then after that the Levites may go in to serve the tent of meeting. But you shall cleanse them and present them as a wave offering;

And after that shall the Levites go in to do the service of the tent of meeting: and thou shalt cleanse them, and offer them for a wave- offering.

After that the Levites may come to serve at the tent of meeting, once you have ceremonially cleansed them and presented them as a presentation offering.

And after that shall the Levites go in to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt cleanse them, and offer them[ for] an offering.

“ After this, the Levites will go in to do the work of the tent of meeting. So you must cleanse them and offer them like a wave offering.

“ After that, the Levites shall go in to do the service of the Tent of Meeting. You shall cleanse them, and offer them as a wave offering.

and Aaron shall offer the Levites before the Lord like a wave offering from the children of Israel, that they may perform the work of the Lord.

“ And you shall stand the Levites before Aaron and his sons, and then offer them like a wave offering to the Lord.

from thirty years old and above, even to fifty years old, all who enter the service to do the work in the tabernacle of meeting.“ This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of meeting, relating to the most holy things:When the camp prepares to journey, Aaron and his sons shall come, and they shall take down the covering veil and cover the ark of the Testimony with it.Then they shall put on it a covering of badger skins, and spread over that a cloth entirely of blue; and they shall insert its poles.“ On the table of showbread they shall spread a blue cloth, and put on it the dishes, the pans, the bowls, and the pitchers for pouring; and the showbread shall be on it.They shall spread over them a scarlet cloth, and cover the same with a covering of badger skins; and they shall insert its poles.And they shall take a blue cloth and cover the lampstand of the light, with its lamps, its wick-trimmers, its trays, and all its oil vessels, with which they service it.Then they shall put it with all its utensils in a covering of badger skins, and put it on a carrying beam.“ Over the golden altar they shall spread a blue cloth, and cover it with a covering of badger skins; and they shall insert its poles.Then they shall take all the utensils of service with which they minister in the sanctuary, put them in a blue cloth, cover them with a covering of badger skins, and put them on a carrying beam.Also they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth over it.They shall put on it all its implements with which they minister there— the firepans, the forks, the shovels, the basins, and all the utensils of the altar— and they shall spread on it a covering of badger skins, and insert its poles.And when Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all the furnishings of the sanctuary, when the camp is set to go, then the sons of Kohath shall come to carry them; but they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die.“ These are the things in the tabernacle of meeting which the sons of Kohath are to carry.“ The appointed duty of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest is the oil for the light, the sweet incense, the daily grain offering, the anointing oil, the oversight of all the tabernacle, of all that is in it, with the sanctuary and its furnishings.”Then the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:“ Do not cut off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites;but do this in regard to them, that they may live and not die when they approach the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in and appoint each of them to his service and his task.But they shall not go in to watch while the holy things are being covered, lest they die.”Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:“ Also take a census of the sons of Gershon, by their fathers’ house, by their families.From thirty years old and above, even to fifty years old, you shall number them, all who enter to perform the service, to do the work in the tabernacle of meeting.This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, in serving and carrying:They shall carry the curtains of the tabernacle and the tabernacle of meeting with its covering, the covering of badger skins that is on it, the screen for the door of the tabernacle of meeting,the screen for the door of the gate of the court, the hangings of the court which are around the tabernacle and altar, and their cords, all the furnishings for their service and all that is made for these things: so shall they serve.“ Aaron and his sons shall assign all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, all their tasks and all their service. And you shall appoint to them all their tasks as their duty.This is the service of the families of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of meeting. And their duties shall be under the authority of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.“ As for the sons of Merari, you shall number them by their families and by their fathers’ house.From thirty years old and above, even to fifty years old, you shall number them, everyone who enters the service to do the work of the tabernacle of meeting.And this is what they must carry as all their service for the tabernacle of meeting: the boards of the tabernacle, its bars, its pillars, its sockets,and the pillars around the court with their sockets, pegs, and cords, with all their furnishings and all their service; and you shall assign to each man by name the items he must carry.

Moreover David and the captains of the army separated for the service some of the sons of Asaph, of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, stringed instruments, and cymbals. And the number of the skilled men performing their service was:Of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asharelah; the sons of Asaph were under the direction of Asaph, who prophesied according to the order of the king.Of Jeduthun, the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the direction of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp to give thanks and to praise the Lord.Of Heman, the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, Romamti-Ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth.All these were the sons of Heman the king’s seer in the words of God, to exalt his horn. For God gave Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.All these were under the direction of their father for the music in the house of the Lord, with cymbals, stringed instruments, and harps, for the service of the house of God. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the authority of the king.So the number of them, with their brethren who were instructed in the songs of the Lord, all who were skillful, was two hundred and eighty-eight.And they cast lots for their duty, the small as well as the great, the teacher with the student.Now the first lot for Asaph came out for Joseph; the second for Gedaliah, him with his brethren and sons, twelve;the third for Zaccur, his sons and his brethren, twelve;the fourth for Jizri, his sons and his brethren, twelve;the fifth for Nethaniah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;the sixth for Bukkiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;the seventh for Jesharelah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;the eighth for Jeshaiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;the ninth for Mattaniah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;the tenth for Shimei, his sons and his brethren, twelve;the eleventh for Azarel, his sons and his brethren, twelve;the twelfth for Hashabiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;the thirteenth for Shubael, his sons and his brethren, twelve;the fourteenth for Mattithiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;the fifteenth for Jeremoth, his sons and his brethren, twelve;the sixteenth for Hananiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;the seventeenth for Joshbekashah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;the eighteenth for Hanani, his sons and his brethren, twelve;the nineteenth for Mallothi, his sons and his brethren, twelve;

and you shall put all these in the hands of Aaron and in the hands of his sons, and you shall wave them as a wave offering before the Lord.

The families of the Gershonites were to camp behind the tabernacle westward.And the leader of the father’s house of the Gershonites was Eliasaph the son of Lael.The duties of the children of Gershon in the tabernacle of meeting included the tabernacle, the tent with its covering, the screen for the door of the tabernacle of meeting,the screen for the door of the court, the hangings of the court which are around the tabernacle and the altar, and their cords, according to all the work relating to them.From Kohath came the family of the Amramites, the family of the Izharites, the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites; these were the families of the Kohathites.According to the number of all the males, from a month old and above, there were eight thousand six hundred keeping charge of the sanctuary.The families of the children of Kohath were to camp on the south side of the tabernacle.And the leader of the fathers’ house of the families of the Kohathites was Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.Their duty included the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, the utensils of the sanctuary with which they ministered, the screen, and all the work relating to them.And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest was to be chief over the leaders of the Levites, with oversight of those who kept charge of the sanctuary.From Merari came the family of the Mahlites and the family of the Mushites; these were the families of Merari.And those who were numbered, according to the number of all the males from a month old and above, were six thousand two hundred.The leader of the fathers’ house of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail. These were to camp on the north side of the tabernacle.And the appointed duty of the children of Merari included the boards of the tabernacle, its bars, its pillars, its sockets, its utensils, all the work relating to them,and the pillars of the court all around, with their sockets, their pegs, and their cords.

So when David was old and full of days, he made his son Solomon king over Israel.And he gathered together all the leaders of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and above; and the number of individual males was thirty-eight thousand.Of these, twenty-four thousand were to look after the work of the house of the Lord, six thousand were officers and judges,four thousand were gatekeepers, and four thousand praised the Lord with musical instruments,“ which I made,” said David,“ for giving praise.”Also David separated them into divisions among the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.Of the Gershonites: Laadan and Shimei.The sons of Laadan: the first Jehiel, then Zetham and Joel— three in all.The sons of Shimei: Shelomith, Haziel, and Haran— three in all. These were the heads of the fathers’ houses of Laadan.And the sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zina, Jeush, and Beriah. These were the four sons of Shimei.Jahath was the first and Zizah the second. But Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons; therefore they were assigned as one father’s house.The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel— four in all.The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses; and Aaron was set apart, he and his sons forever, that he should sanctify the most holy things, to burn incense before the Lord, to minister to Him, and to give the blessing in His name forever.Now the sons of Moses the man of God were reckoned to the tribe of Levi.The sons of Moses were Gershon and Eliezer.Of the sons of Gershon, Shebuel was the first.Of the descendants of Eliezer, Rehabiah was the first. And Eliezer had no other sons, but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.Of the sons of Izhar, Shelomith was the first.Of the sons of Hebron, Jeriah was the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.Of the sons of Uzziel, Michah was the first and Jesshiah the second.The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli were Eleazar and Kish.And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but only daughters; and their brethren, the sons of Kish, took them as wives.The sons of Mushi were Mahli, Eder, and Jeremoth— three in all.These were the sons of Levi by their fathers’ houses— the heads of the fathers’ houses as they were counted individually by the number of their names, who did the work for the service of the house of the Lord, from the age of twenty years and above.For David said,“ The Lord God of Israel has given rest to His people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem forever”;and also to the Levites,“ They shall no longer carry the tabernacle, or any of the articles for its service.”For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered from twenty years old and above;because their duty was to help the sons of Aaron in the service of the house of the Lord, in the courts and in the chambers, in the purifying of all holy things and the work of the service of the house of God,both with the showbread and the fine flour for the grain offering, with the unleavened cakes and what is baked in the pan, with what is mixed and with all kinds of measures and sizes;to stand every morning to thank and praise the Lord, and likewise at evening;and at every presentation of a burnt offering to the Lord on the Sabbaths and on the New Moons and on the set feasts, by number according to the ordinance governing them, regularly before the Lord;and that they should attend to the needs of the tabernacle of meeting, the needs of the holy place, and the needs of the sons of Aaron their brethren in the work of the house of the Lord.

“ Now behold, I Myself have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of every firstborn who opens the womb among the children of Israel. Therefore the Levites shall be Mine,