Num8:1   The Lord said to Moses,

耶和华晓谕摩西说，

Num8:2   'Speak to Aaron and say to him, 'When you set up the seven lamps, they are to light the area in front of the lampstand.' '

你告诉亚伦说，点灯的时候，七盏灯都要向灯台前面发光。

Num8:3   Aaron did so; he set up the lamps so that they faced forward on the lampstand, just as the Lord commanded Moses.

亚伦便这样行。他点灯台上的灯，使灯向前发光，是照耶和华所吩咐摩西的。

Num8:4   This is how the lampstand was made: It was made of hammered gold-from its base to its blossoms. The lampstand was made exactly like the pattern the Lord had shown Moses.

这灯台的作法是用金子锤出来的，连座带花都是锤出来的。摩西制造灯台，是照耶和华所指示的样式。

Num8:5   The Lord said to Moses:

耶和华晓谕摩西说，

Num8:6   'Take the Levites from among the other Israelites and make them ceremonially clean.

你从以色列人中选出利未人来，洁净他们。

Num8:7   To purify them, do this: Sprinkle the water of cleansing on them; then have them shave their whole bodies and wash their clothes, and so purify themselves.

洁净他们当这样行，用除罪水弹在他们身上，又叫他们用剃头刀刮全身，洗衣服，洁净自己。

Num8:8   Have them take a young bull with its grain offering of fine flour mixed with oil; then you are to take a second young bull for a sin offering.

然后叫他们取一只公牛犊，并同献的素祭，就是调油的细面。你要另取一只公牛犊作赎罪祭。

Num8:9   Bring the Levites to the front of the Tent of Meeting and assemble the whole Israelite community.

将利未人奉到会幕前，招聚以色列全会众。

Num8:10 You are to bring the Levites before the Lord , and the Israelites are to lay their hands on them.

将利未人奉到耶和华面前，以色列人要按手在他们头上。

Num8:11 Aaron is to present the Levites before the Lord as a wave offering from the Israelites, so that they may be ready to do the work of the Lord .

亚伦也将他们奉到耶和华面前，为以色列人当作摇祭，使他们好办耶和华的事。

Num8:12 'After the Levites lay their hands on the heads of the bulls, use the one for a sin offering to the Lord and the other for a burnt offering, to make atonement for the Levites.

利未人要按手在那两只牛的头上。你要将一只作赎罪祭，一只作燔祭，献给耶和华，为利未人赎罪。

Num8:13 Have the Levites stand in front of Aaron and his sons and then present them as a wave offering to the Lord .

你也要使利未人站在亚伦和他儿子面前，将他们当作摇祭奉给耶和华。