七盏灯
耶和华吩咐摩西说：
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
2“你要吩咐亚伦，对他说：点灯的时候，七盏灯都要照亮灯台前面。”Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick.
3亚伦就照样做了；他点灯，照亮了灯台前面，正如耶和华所吩咐摩西的。And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof over against the candlestick, as the LORD commanded Moses.
4灯台是这样造的：灯台是用金子锤出来的，连座带花都是锤出来的。摩西照着耶和华所指示的样式造了灯台。利未人的洁净礼和奉献礼
And this work of the candlestick was of beaten gold, unto the shaft thereof, unto the flowers thereof, was beaten work: according unto the pattern which the LORD had shewed Moses, so he made the candlestick.
5耶和华吩咐摩西说：And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
6“你要从以色列人中选出利未人来，洁净他们。Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them.
7你要这样做来洁净他们：要用洁净的水弹在他们身上，又叫他们用剃刀剃刮全身，洗净衣服，洁净自己。And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them: Sprinkle water of purifying upon them, and let them shave all their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and so make themselves clean.
8然后他们要取一头公牛犊，以及同献的素祭，就是调油的细面。你要另取一头公牛犊作赎罪祭。Then let them take a young bullock with his meat offering, even fine flour mingled with oil, and another young bullock shalt thou take for a sin offering.
9你要带利未人到会幕前，并且要召集以色列全会众。And thou shalt bring the Levites before the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt gather the whole assembly of the children of Israel together:
10你要把利未人带到耶和华面前，以色列人要为利未人按手。And thou shalt bring the Levites before the LORD: and the children of Israel shall put their hands upon the Levites:
11亚伦要从以色列人中将利未人奉献☛“奉献”：原文直译“摇一摇”；下同。在耶和华面前，作为摇祭，使他们事奉耶和华。And Aaron shall offer the Levites before the LORD for an offering of the children of Israel, that they may execute the service of the LORD.
12利未人要按手在那两头牛的头上；你要将一头作赎罪祭，一头作燔祭，献给耶和华，为利未人赎罪。And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bullocks: and thou shalt offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, unto the LORD, to make an atonement for the Levites.
13你也要使利未人站在亚伦和他儿子面前，将他们奉献给耶和华，作为摇祭。And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them for an offering unto the LORD.
14“你从以色列人中将利未人分别出来，利未人就归我了。Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine.
15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。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.
16因为他们是从以色列人中全然献给我的；我选他们归我，代替以色列人中所有头胎的长子。For they are wholly given unto me from among the children of Israel; instead of such as open every womb, even instead of the firstborn of all the children of Israel, have I taken them unto me.
17因为以色列人中凡头生的，无论是人或牲畜，都是我的。我在埃及地击杀所有头生的那日，已将他们分别为圣归我。For all the firstborn of the children of Israel are mine, both man and beast: on the day that I smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for myself.
18我选利未人代替以色列人中所有头生的。And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel.
19我从以色列人中将利未人给亚伦和他的儿子作为赏赐，在会幕中为以色列人事奉，又为以色列人赎罪，免得以色列人因挨近圣所而遭受灾祸。”And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of the congregation, and to make an atonement for the children of Israel: that there be no plague among the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come nigh unto the sanctuary.
20摩西、亚伦和以色列全会众就向利未人这样做。关于利未人，凡耶和华怎样吩咐摩西，以色列人就向他们照样做了。And Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel, did to the Levites according unto all that the LORD commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did the children of Israel unto them.
21于是利未人从罪中洁净自己，洗净衣服。亚伦将他们奉献在耶和华面前，作为摇祭，又为他们赎罪，洁净他们。And the Levites were purified, and they washed their clothes; and Aaron offered them as an offering before the LORD; and Aaron made an atonement for them to cleanse them.
22然后利未人进去，在亚伦和他儿子面前，在会幕中事奉。关于利未人，耶和华怎样吩咐摩西，他们就向利未人照样做了。And after that went the Levites in to do their service in the tabernacle of the congregation before Aaron, and before his sons: as the LORD had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did they unto them.
23耶和华吩咐摩西说：And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
24“这是有关利未人的：二十五岁以上的人都要前来任职，在会幕里事奉。This is it that belongeth unto the Levites: from twenty and five years old and upward they shall go in to wait upon the service of the tabernacle of the congregation:
25到了五十岁，他们就要从事奉的工作中退休，不再事奉，And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the service thereof, and shall serve no more:
26只可在会幕里辅助他们的弟兄尽责，他们自己不再事奉了。关于利未人的职责，你要向他们这样做。”But shall minister with their brethren in the tabernacle of the congregation, to keep the charge, and shall do no service. Thus shalt thou do unto the Levites touching their charge.