Num Numbers, chapter Book of Numbers, chapter 18

Duties of Levites

But you and your sons with you shall attend to your priesthood for everything that concerns the altar and inside the veil, and you are to perform service. I am giving you the priesthood as a service that is a gift, and the unauthorized person who comes near shall be put to death.”Num 3:10; Num 16:40

Numbers 18:7 in different translations

English

KJV (66 books) 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.

ASV And thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priesthood for everything of the altar, and for that within the veil; and ye shall serve: I give you the priesthood as a service of gift: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

BSB But only you and your sons shall attend to your priesthood for everything concerning the altar and what is inside the veil, and you are to perform that service. I am giving you the work of the priesthood as a gift, but any outsider who comes near the sanctuary must be put to death.”

DRA But thou and thy sons look ye to the priesthood: and all things that pertain to the service of the altar, and that are within the veil, shall be executed by the priests. If any stranger shall approach, he shall be slain.

FBV But only you and your sons are responsible for your priesthood, doing all that concerns the altar and is behind the veil. Only you are to perform that service. I am giving you the gift of your priesthood, but anyone else who approaches the sanctuary must be executed.”

GNV But thou, and thy sonnes with thee shall keepe your Priestes office for all things of the altar, and within the vaile: therefore shall ye serue: for I haue made your Priestes office an office of seruice: therefore the stranger that cometh neere, shalbe slayne.

JPS And thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priesthood in everything that pertaineth to the altar, and to that within the veil; and ye shall serve; I give you the priesthood as a service of gift; and the common man that draweth nigh shall be put to death.'

LSV and you and your sons with you keep yöur priesthood for everything of the altar and within the veil, and yöu have served; I make yöur priesthood a gift [for] service; and the stranger who is coming near is put to death.”

NIV (US) But only you and your sons may serve as priests in connection with everything at the altar and inside the curtain. I am giving you the service of the priesthood as a gift. Anyone else who comes near the sanctuary is to be put to death.”

NMV Therefore youi and youi sons with youi shall keep your priest’s office for everything of the altar, and within the veil; and you2f shall serve: I have given your priest’s office [unto you] as a service of gift: and the stranger that comes near shall be put to death.

OJB Therefore thou and thy Banim with thee shall be shomer over your Kehunah with everything of the Mizbe'ach, and within the Parochet; and ye shall do the Avodas service: I have given your Kehunah unto you as an Avodas Mattanah; and the zar (unauthorized one) that shall encroach shall be put to death.

RV And thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priesthood for every thing of the altar, and for that within the veil; and ye shall serve: I give you the priesthood as a service of gift: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

Onkelos (Etheridge) But thou, and thy sons with thee, take charge of your priesthood, for everything about the altar and within the veil you shall fulfil the service; the ministry of the priesthood I have given you as a gift, and the stranger who cometh near shall die.

T4T But it is you and your sons, who are the priests, who must perform all the rituals concerning the altar and with what happens inside the Very Holy Place. I am giving to you this work of serving as priests. So anyone else who tries to do that work must be executed.”

WEB (US) You and your sons with you shall keep your priesthood for everything of the altar, and for that within the veil. You shall serve. I give you the service of the priesthood as a gift. The stranger who comes near shall be put to death.”

Russian

РСП (66 кн.) и ты и сыны твои с тобою наблюдайте священство ваше во всем, что принадлежит жертвеннику и что внутри за завесою, и служите; вам даю Я в дар службу священства, а посторонний, приступивший, предан будет смерти.

РСП (юбил.) И ты, и сыновья твои с тобой наблюдайте священство ваше во всем, что принадлежит жертвеннику и что внутри, за завесой, и служите; вам даю Я в дар службу священства, а посторонний, приступивший, предан будет смерти».

НРП Но только тебе и твоим сыновьям можно исполнять священнические обязанности во всем, что связано с жертвенником, и с тем, что за завесой. Я даю вам священство как дар. Всякий посторонний, кто приблизится к святилищу, должен быть предан смерти».

Заокская (Кулаков) Но только ты и твои сыновья можете быть священниками, выполняя служение у жертвенника перед входом в Шатер и внутри него, за завесою. Это ваша обязанность. Священническое служение Я даю вам как дар, который не может быть передан другому, — всякий посторонний, вторгающийся в это служение, должен быть предан смерти».

СП (БЛ) Но только ты, Аарон, и твои сыновья можете служить священниками, ты — единственный, кто может приближаться к алтарю и заходить за завесу. Я даю тебе дар — твою священническую службу. Любой другой, кто приблизится к святилищу, будет убит».