القراءة بلغتين

وخاطَبَ الرَّبُّ موسى قائلًا

«كَلِّمْ هارونَ وقُلْ له: إِذا أَقَمتَ السُّرُج، فإِلى وَجهِ المَنارةِ تُضيءُ السُّرُجُ السَّبعة»

فَصَنَعَ هارونُ كذٰلك: أَقامَ السُّرُجَ إِلى وَجهِ المَنارة، كَما أَمَرَ الرَّبُّ موسى

وهٰذا صُنعُ المَنارة: كانَت مِن ذَهَبٍ مُطَرَّق، مِن ساقِها إِلى أَزْهارِها كانَت مِن ذَهَبٍ مُطَرَّق، على الهَيئةِ الَّتي أَظهَرَها الرَّبُّ لِموسى كذٰلك صَنَعَ المَنارة

وَكَلَّمَ الرَّبُّ مُوسَى قَائِلاً:

«خُذِ اللاَّوِيِّينَ مِنْ بَيْنِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَطَهِّرْهُمْ.

وكذا تَصنَعُ لَهم لِتَطْهيرِهم: تَرُشُّ علَيهم مِن ماءِ التَّكْفير، ويُمِرُّونَ الموسى على كُلِّ أَبْدانِهم ويَغسِلونَ ثِيابَهم، فيَطْهُرونَ

ثُمَّ يأخُذونَ عِجلًا وتَقدِمَتَه الَّتي مِن سَميذٍ مَلْتوتٍ بِزَيت، وتأخُذُ ثَورًا آخَرَ مِنَ البَقَرِ لِذَبيحَةِ الخَطيئَة

وتُقَدِّمُ اللَّاوِيِّينَ أَمامَ خَيمَةِ المَوعِد، وتَجمَعُ جَماعَةَ بَني إِسْرائيلَ كُلَّها

وتُقَدِّمُ اللَّاوِيِّينَ أَمامَ الرَّبّ، فيَضَعُ بَنو إِسْرائيلَ أَيدِيَهم علَيهم

ويُحَرِّكُ هارونُ اللَّاوِيِّينَ تَحْريكًا أَمامَ الرَّبّ مِن قِبَلِ بَني إِسْرائيل، فيَكونونَ لِخِدمةِ الرَّبّ

ثُمَّ يَضَعُ اللَّاوِيُّونَ أَيدِيَهم على رأسِ الثَّورَين، فتَصنَعُ أَحَدَهما ذَبيحةَ خَطيئَة والآخَرَ مُحرَقةً لِلرَّبِّ تَكْفيرًا عنِ اللَّاوِيِّين

وتُقيمُ اللَّاوِيِّينَ أَمامَ هارونَ وبَنيه، وتُحَرِّكُهم تَحْريكًا لِلرَّبّ

وتُفرِدُ اللَّاوِيِّينَ مِن بَينِ بَني إِسْرائيل، فيَكونونَ لي

وبَعدَ ذٰلك يأتي اللَّاوِيُّونَ لِيَخدِموا خَيمةَ المَوعِد. وتُطَهِّرُهم وتُحَرِّكُهم تَحْريكًا

لأَنَّهم مَوهوبونَ لي، مَوهوبونَ مِن بَينِ بَني إِسْرائيل، فقَد أَخَذتُهم لي بَدَلَ كُلِّ فاتِحِ رَحِم، كُلِّ بِكْرٍ مِن بَني إِسْرائيل

لأَنَّ كُلَّ بِكْرٍ في بَني إِسْرائيل، مِنَ البَشَرِ والبَهائِم، هو لي، فإِنِّي، يَومَ ضَرَبتُ كُلَّ بِكْرٍ في أَرضِ مِصْر، قَدَّستُهم لي

وقَد أَخَذتُ اللَّاوِيِّينَ بَدَلَ كُلِّ بِكْرٍ مِن بَني إِسْرائيل

وَوَهَبْتُ اللَّاوِيِّينَ هِبَةً لِهارونَ وبَنيه مِن بَينِ بَني إِسْرائيل، لِيَخدِموا خِدمَةَ بَني إِسْرائيلَ في خَيمَةِ المَوعِد ويُكَفِّروا عن بَني إِسْرائيل، فلا تَنزِلَ بِبَني إِسْرائيلَ ضَربَةٌ، إِذا تَقَدَّموا إِلى القُدْس»

فَصَنَعَ موسى وهارونُ وجَماعةُ بَني إِسْرائيلَ كُلُّها لِلَّاوِيِّينَ على حَسَبِ كُلِّ ما أَمَرَ الرَّبُّ بِه موسى في أمرِ اللَّاوِيِّين، كذٰلك صَنَعَ لَهم بَنو إِسْرائيل

فٱطَّهَرَ اللَّاوِيُّون وغَسَلوا ثِيابَهم، وحَرَّكَهم هارونُ تَحْريكًا أَمامَ الرَّبّ، وكَفَّرَ عَنهم لِٱطِّهارِهم

وبَعدَ ذٰلك أَتى اللَّاوِيُّونَ لِيَخدِموا خِدمَتَهم في خَيمَةِ المَوعِد أَمامَ هارونَ وبَنيه، وكَما أَمَرَ الرَّبُّ موسى في أَمرِ اللَّاوِيِّينَ كذٰلِكَ صَنَعوا لَهم

وَكَلَّمَ الرَّبُّ مُوسَى قَائِلاً:

«هٰذا شأنُ اللَّاوِيِّين: مِن سِنِّ خَمْسٍ وعِشْرينَ سَنةً فصاعِدًا يَدخُلُ اللَّاوِيُّ الجَيشَ لِخِدمَةِ خَيمةِ المَوعِد

ومِن سِنِّ خَمْسينَ سنةً يَخرُجُ مِن جَيشِ الخِدمة، فلا يَخدُمُ بَعدَ ذٰلك

ويُساعِدُ إِخوَتَه في خَيمةِ المَوعِدِ على حِفظِ الأَحْكام، ولكِنَّه لا يَتَوَلَّى خِدمةً. هٰكذا تَرسُمُ في أَمرِ واجِباتِ اللَّاوِيِّينَ»

The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

“Speak to Aaron, and tell him, ‘When you light the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the lamp stand.’”

Aaron did so. He lit its lamps to light the area in front of the lamp stand, as the LORD commanded Moses.

This was the workmanship of the lamp stand, beaten work of gold. From its base to its flowers, it was beaten work. He made the lamp stand according to the pattern which the LORD had shown Moses.

The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

“Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them.

You shall do this to them to cleanse them: sprinkle the water of cleansing on them, let them shave their whole bodies with a razor, let them wash their clothes, and cleanse themselves.

Then let them take a young bull and its meal offering, fine flour mixed with oil; and another young bull you shall take for a sin offering.

You shall present the Levites before the Tent of Meeting. You shall assemble the whole congregation of the children of Israel.

You shall present the Levites before the LORD. The children of Israel shall lay their hands on the Levites,

and Aaron shall offer the Levites before the LORD for a wave offering on the behalf of the children of Israel, that it may be theirs to do the service of the LORD.

“The Levites shall lay their hands on the heads of the bulls, and you shall offer the one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering to the LORD, to make atonement for the Levites.

You shall set the Levites before Aaron and before his sons, and offer them as a wave offering to the LORD.

Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the children of Israel, and the Levites shall be mine.

“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.

For they are wholly given to me from among the children of Israel; instead of all who open the womb, even the firstborn of all the children of Israel, I have taken them to me.

For all the firstborn among the children of Israel are mine, both man and animal. On the day that I struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I sanctified them for myself.

I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel.

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 Tent of Meeting, and to make atonement for the children of Israel, so that there will be no plague among the children of Israel when the children of Israel come near to the sanctuary.”

Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel did so to the Levites. According to all that the LORD commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so the children of Israel did to them.

The Levites purified themselves from sin, and they washed their clothes; and Aaron offered them for a wave offering before the LORD and Aaron made atonement for them to cleanse them.

After that, the Levites went in to do their service in the Tent of Meeting before Aaron and before his sons: as the LORD had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so they did to them.

The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

“This is what is assigned to the Levites: from twenty-five years old and upward they shall go in to wait on the service in the work of the Tent of Meeting;

and from the age of fifty years they shall retire from doing the work, and shall serve no more,

but shall assist their brothers in the Tent of Meeting, to perform the duty, and shall perform no service. This is how you shall have the Levites do their duties.”