Numbers 18

وَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِهَارُونَ: «أَنْتَ وَبَنُوكَ وَبَيْتُ أَبِيكَ مَعَكَ تَحْمِلُونَ ذَنْبَ الْمَقْدِسِ، وَأَنْتَ وَبَنُوكَ مَعَكَ تَحْمِلُونَ ذَنْبَ كَهَنُوتِكُمْ.

And the LORD said unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy father's house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary: and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.

وَأَيْضًا إِخْوَتُكَ سِبْطُ لاَوِي، سِبْطُ أَبِيكَ، قَرِّبْهُمْ مَعَكَ فَيَقْتَرِنُوا بِكَ وَيُوازِرُوكَ، وَأَنْتَ وَبَنُوكَ قُدَّامَ خَيْمَةِ الشَّهَادَةِ،

And thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring thou with thee, that they may be joined unto thee, and minister unto thee: but thou and thy sons with thee shall minister before the tabernacle of witness.

فَيَحْفَظُونَ حِرَاسَتَكَ وَحِرَاسَةَ الْخَيْمَةِ كُلِّهَا. وَلكِنْ إِلَى أَمْتِعَةِ الْقُدْسِ وَإِلَى الْمَذْبَحِ لاَ يَقْتَرِبُونَ، لِئَلاَّ يَمُوتُوا هُمْ وَأَنْتُمْ جَمِيعًا.

And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of all the tabernacle: only they shall not come nigh the vessels of the sanctuary and the altar, that neither they, nor ye also, die.

يَقْتَرِنُونَ بِكَ وَيَحْفَظُونَ حِرَاسَةَ خَيْمَةِ الاجْتِمَاعِ مَعَ كُلِّ خِدْمَةِ الْخَيْمَةِ. وَالأَجْنَبِيُّ لاَ يَقْتَرِبْ إِلَيْكُمْ.

And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, for all the service of the tabernacle: and a stranger shall not come nigh unto you.

بَلْ تَحْفَظُونَ أَنْتُمْ حِرَاسَةَ الْقُدْسِ وَحِرَاسَةَ الْمَذْبَحِ، لِكَيْ لاَ يَكُونَ أَيْضًا سَخَطٌ عَلَى بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ.

And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar: that there be no wrath any more upon the children of Israel.

هأَنَذَا قَدْ أَخَذْتُ إِخْوَتَكُمُ اللاَّوِيِّينَ مِنْ بَيْنِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ عَطِيَّةً لَكُمْ مُعْطَيْنَ لِلرَّبِّ، لِيَخْدِمُوا خِدْمَةَ خَيْمَةِ الاجْتِمَاعِ.

And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel: to you they are given as a gift for the LORD, to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.

وَأَمَّا أَنْتَ وَبَنُوكَ مَعَكَ فَتَحْفَظُونَ كَهَنُوتَكُمْ مَعَ مَا لِلْمَذْبَحِ وَمَا هُوَ دَاخِلَ الْحِجَابِ، وَتَخْدِمُونَ خِدْمَةً. عَطِيَّةً أَعْطَيْتُ كَهَنُوتَكُمْ. وَالأَجْنَبِيُّ الَّذِي يَقْتَرِبُ يُقْتَلُ».

Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest's office for every thing of the altar, and within the vail; and ye shall serve: I have given your priest's office unto you as a service of gift: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

وَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِهَارُونَ: «وَهأَنَذَا قَدْ أَعْطَيْتُكَ حِرَاسَةَ رَفَائِعِي، مَعَ جَمِيعِ أَقْدَاسِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ لَكَ أَعْطَيْتُهَا، حَقَّ الْمَسْحَةِ وَلِبَنِيكَ فَرِيضَةً دَهْرِيَّةً.

And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Behold, I also have given thee the charge of mine heave offerings of all the hallowed things of the children of Israel; unto thee have I given them by reason of the anointing, and to thy sons, by an ordinance for ever.

هذَا يَكُونُ لَكَ مِنْ قُدْسِ الأَقْدَاسِ مِنَ النَّارِ، كُلُّ قَرَابِينِهِمْ مَعَ كُلِّ تَقْدِمَاتِهِمْ وَكُلِّ ذَبَائِحِ خَطَايَاهُمْ وَكُلِّ ذَبَائِحِ آثَامِهِمُِ الَّتِي يَرُدُّونَهَا لِي. قُدْسُ أَقْدَاسٍ هِيَ لَكَ وَلِبَنِيكَ.

This shall be thine of the most holy things, reserved from the fire: every oblation of theirs, every meat offering of theirs, and every sin offering of theirs, and every trespass offering of theirs, which they shall render unto me, shall be most holy for thee and for thy sons.

فِي قُدْسِ الأَقْدَاسِ تَأْكُلُهَا. كُلُّ ذَكَرٍ يَأْكُلُهَا. قُدْسًا تَكُونُ لَكَ.

In the most holy place shalt thou eat it; every male shall eat it: it shall be holy unto thee.

وَهذِهِ لَكَ: الرَّفِيعَةُ مِنْ عَطَايَاهُمْ مَعَ كُلِّ تَرْدِيدَاتِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ. لَكَ أَعْطَيْتُهَا وَلِبَنِيكَ وَبَنَاتِكَ مَعَكَ فَرِيضَةً دَهْرِيَّةً. كُلُّ طَاهِرٍ فِي بَيْتِكَ يَأْكُلُ مِنْهَا.

And this is thine; the heave offering of their gift, with all the wave offerings of the children of Israel: I have given them unto thee, and to thy sons and to thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: every one that is clean in thy house shall eat of it.

كُلُّ دَسَمِ الزَّيْتِ وَكُلُّ دَسَمِ الْمِسْطَارِ وَالْحِنْطَةِ، أَبْكَارُهُنَّ الَّتِي يُعْطُونَهَا لِلرَّبِّ، لَكَ أَعْطَيْتُهَا.

All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of the wheat, the firstfruits of them which they shall offer unto the LORD, them have I given thee.

أَبْكَارُ كُلِّ مَا فِي أَرْضِهِمِ الَّتِي يُقَدِّمُونَهَا لِلرَّبِّ لَكَ تَكُونُ. كُلُّ طَاهِرٍ فِي بَيْتِكَ يَأْكُلُهَا.

And whatsoever is first ripe in the land, which they shall bring unto the LORD, shall be thine; every one that is clean in thine house shall eat of it.

كُلُّ مُحَرَّمٍ فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ يَكُونُ لَكَ.

Every thing devoted in Israel shall be thine.

كُلُّ فَاتِحِ رَحِمٍ مِنْ كُلِّ جَسَدٍ يُقَدِّمُونَهُ لِلرَّبِّ، مِنَ النَّاسِ وَمِنَ الْبَهَائِمِ، يَكُونُ لَكَ. غَيْرَ أَنَّكَ تَقْبَلُ فِدَاءَ بِكْرِ الإِنْسَانِ. وَبِكْرُ الْبَهِيمَةِ النَّجِسَةِ تَقْبَلُ فِدَاءَهُ.

Every thing that openeth the matrix in all flesh, which they bring unto the LORD, whether it be of men or beasts, shall be thine: nevertheless the firstborn of man shalt thou surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem.

وَفِدَاؤُهُ مِنِ ابْنِ شَهْرٍ تَقْبَلُهُ حَسَبَ تَقْوِيمِكَ فِضَّةً، خَمْسَةَ شَوَاقِلَ عَلَى شَاقِلِ الْقُدْسِ. هُوَ عِشْرُونَ جِيرَةً.

And those that are to be redeemed from a month old shalt thou redeem, according to thine estimation, for the money of five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs.

لكِنْ بِكْرُ الْبَقَرِ أَوْ بِكْرُ الضَّأْنِ أَوْ بِكْرُ الْمَعْزِ لاَ تَقْبَلْ فِدَاءَهُ. إِنَّهُ قُدْسٌ. بَلْ تَرُشُّ دَمَهُ عَلَى الْمَذْبَحِ، وَتُوقِدُ شَحْمَهُ وَقُودًا رَائِحَةَ سَرُورٍ لِلرَّبِّ.

But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, thou shalt not redeem; they are holy: thou shalt sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shalt burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a sweet savour unto the LORD.

وَلَحْمُهُ يَكُونُ لَكَ، كَصَدْرِ التَّرْدِيدِ وَالسَّاقِ الْيُمْنَى يَكُونُ لَكَ.

And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave breast and as the right shoulder are thine.

جَمِيعُ رَفَائِعِ الأَقْدَاسِ الَّتِي يَرْفَعُهَا بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ لِلرَّبِّ أَعْطَيْتُهَا لَكَ وَلِبَنِيكَ وَبَنَاتِكَ مَعَكَ حَقًّا دَهْرِيًّا. مِيثَاقَ مِلْحٍ دَهْرِيًّا أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ لَكَ وَلِزَرْعِكَ مَعَكَ».

All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer unto the LORD, have I given thee, and thy sons and thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: it is a covenant of salt for ever before the LORD unto thee and to thy seed with thee.

وَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِهَارُونَ: «لاَ تَنَالُ نَصِيبًا فِي أَرْضِهِمْ، وَلاَ يَكُونُ لَكَ قِسْمٌ فِي وَسَطِهِمْ. أَنَا قِسْمُكَ وَنَصِيبُكَ فِي وَسَطِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ.

And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any part among them: I am thy part and thine inheritance among the children of Israel.

«وَأَمَّا بَنُو لاَوِي، فَإِنِّي قَدْ أَعْطَيْتُهُمْ كُلَّ عُشْرٍ فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مِيرَاثًا عِوَضَ خِدْمَتَهِمْ الَّتيِ يَخْدِمُونَهاَ، خِدْمَةِ خَيْمَةِ الاجْتِمَاعِ.

And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, even the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.

فَلاَ يَقْتَرِبُ أَيْضًا بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى خَيْمَةِ الاجْتِمَاعِ لِيَحْمِلُوا خَطِيَّةً لِلْمَوْتِ،

Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh the tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die.

بَلِ اللاَّوِيُّونَ يَخْدِمُونَ خِدْمَةَ خَيْمَةِ الاجْتِمَاعِ، وَهُمْ يَحْمِلُونَ ذَنْبَهُمْ فَرِيضَةً دَهْرِيَّةً فِي أَجْيَالِكُمْ. وَفِي وَسَطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ لاَ يَنَالُونَ نَصِيبًا.

But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations, that among the children of Israel they have no inheritance.

إِنَّ عُشُورَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ الَّتِي يَرْفَعُونَهَا لِلرَّبِّ رَفِيعَةً قَدْ أَعْطَيْتُهَا لِلاَّوِيِّينَ نَصِيبًا. لِذلِكَ قُلْتُ لَهُمْ: فِي وَسَطِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ لاَ يَنَالُونَ نَصِيبًا».

But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as an heave offering unto the LORD, I have given to the Levites to inherit: therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.

وَكَلَّمَ الرَّبُّ مُوسَى قَائِلاً:

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

«وَاللاَّوِيُّونَ تُكَلِّمُهُمْ وَتَقُولُ لَهُمْ: مَتَى أَخَذْتُمْ مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ الْعُشْرَ الَّذِي أَعْطَيْتُكُمْ إِيَّاهُ مِنْ عِنْدِهِمْ نَصِيبًا لَكُمْ، تَرْفَعُونَ مِنْهُ رَفِيعَةَ الرَّبِّ: عُشْرًا مِنَ الْعُشْرِ،

Thus speak unto the Levites, and say unto them, When ye take of the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then ye shall offer up an heave offering of it for the LORD, even a tenth part of the tithe.

فَيُحْسَبُ لَكُمْ. إِنَّهُ رَفِيعَتُكُمْ كَالْحِنْطَةِ مِنَ الْبَيْدَرِ، وَكَالْمِلْءِ مِنَ الْمِعْصَرَةِ.

And this your heave offering shall be reckoned unto you, as though it were the corn of the threshingfloor, and as the fulness of the winepress.

فَهكَذَا تَرْفَعُونَ أَنْتُمْ أَيْضًا رَفِيعَةَ الرَّبِّ مِنْ جَمِيعِ عُشُورِكُمُ الَّتِي تَأْخُذُونَ مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ. تُعْطُونَ مِنْهَا رَفِيعَةَ الرَّبِّ لِهَارُونَ الْكَاهِنِ.

Thus ye also shall offer an heave offering unto the LORD of all your tithes, which ye receive of the children of Israel; and ye shall give thereof the LORD'S heave offering to Aaron the priest.

مِنْ جَمِيعِ عَطَايَاكُمْ تَرْفَعُونَ كُلَّ رَفِيعَةِ الرَّبِّ مِنَ الْكُلِّ، دَسَمَهُ الْمُقَدَّسَ مِنْهُ.

Out of all your gifts ye shall offer every heave offering of the LORD, of all the best thereof, even the hallowed part thereof out of it.

وَتَقُولُ لَهُمْ: حِينَ تَرْفَعُونَ دَسَمَهُ مِنْهُ يُحْسَبُ لِلاَّوِيِّينَ كَمَحْصُولِ الْبَيْدَرِ وَكَمَحْصُولِ الْمِعْصَرَةِ.

Therefore thou shalt say unto them, When ye have heaved the best thereof from it, then it shall be counted unto the Levites as the increase of the threshingfloor, and as the increase of the winepress.

وَتَأْكُلُونَهُ فِي كُلِّ مَكَانٍ أَنْتُمْ وَبُيُوتُكُمْ، لأَنَّهُ أُجْرَةٌ لَكُمْ عِوَضَ خِدْمَتِكُمْ فِي خَيْمَةِ الاجْتِمَاعِ.

And ye shall eat it in every place, ye and your households: for it is your reward for your service in the tabernacle of the congregation.

وَلاَ تَتَحَمَّلُونَ بِسَبَبِهِ خَطِيَّةً إِذَا رَفَعْتُمْ دَسَمَهُ مِنْهُ. وَأَمَّا أَقْدَاسُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ فَلاَ تُدَنِّسُوهَا لِئَلاَّ تَمُوتُوا».

And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, when ye have heaved from it the best of it: neither shall ye pollute the holy things of the children of Israel, lest ye die.