Verse 4

He also commanded the people living in Jerusalem to give the portion due to the priests and Levites so that they could devote themselves fully to the Law of the Lord.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Kongen befalte folkene som bodde i Jerusalem å gi prestene og levittene deres andel, så de kunne vie seg fullt ut til Herrens lov.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Videre befalte han folket som bodde i Jerusalem å gi den delen som tilkom prestene og levittene, så de kunne styrkes i Herrens lov.

• Norsk King James

  Videre befalte han folket som bodde i Jerusalem å gi andelen til prestene og levittene, slik at de kunne bli oppmuntret i Herrens lov.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Han oppfordret folket, innbyggerne i Jerusalem, til å gi prestene og levittene deres del, slik at de kunne holde fast ved Herrens lov.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Han befalte folket som bodde i Jerusalem å gi prestene og levittene de delene som tilkom dem, så de kunne ivareta Herrens lov.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Dessuten befalte han folket som bodde i Jerusalem å gi prestene og levittene den delen som tilkom dem, slik at de kunne bli oppmuntret i Herrens lov.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Han befalte dessuten folket i Jerusalem å gi sin andel til prestene og levittene, så de kunne få næring til å holde ut i Herrens lov.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Dessuten befalte han folket som bodde i Jerusalem å gi prestene og levittene den delen som tilkom dem, slik at de kunne bli oppmuntret i Herrens lov.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Han ga folket i Jerusalem ordre om å gi prestene og levittene deres andel, så de kunne være tro mot Herrens lov.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Han befalte folket som bodde i Jerusalem å gi prestene og levittene deres del, så de kunne holde seg met. til Herrens lov.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og han sagde til Folket, til Indbyggerne i Jerusalem, at de skulde give Præsterne og Leviterne (deres) Deel, paa det de kunde holde fast ved Herrens Lov.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Moreover he commanded the people that dwelt in Jerusalem to give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might be encouraged in the law of the LORD.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  I tillegg befalte han folket som bodde i Jerusalem å gi det som var prestene og levittenes del, slik at de kunne være ivrige i Herrens lov.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  Moreover, he commanded the people who dwelt in Jerusalem to give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might be encouraged in the law of the LORD.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Moreover he commanded the people that dwelt in Jerusalem to give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might be encouraged in the law of the LORD.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Han påla også folket som bodde i Jerusalem å gi prestene og levittene deres del, slik at de kunne vie seg til Herrens lov.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Han sa til folket, dem som bodde i Jerusalem, at de skulle gi prestene og levittene deres del, slik at de kunne være nidkjære i Herrens lov.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Videre befalte han innbyggerne i Jerusalem å gi prestene og levittene deres tildelte del, slik at de kunne vie seg til Jehovahs lov.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  I tillegg ga han befaling til folket i Jerusalem om å gi prestene og levittene deres rettmessige del, slik at de kunne være sterke i å følge Herrens lov.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And he spake vnto ye people which dwelt at Ierusalem, that they shulde geue porcios vnto the prestes and Leuites, yt they mighte the more stedfastly endure in the lawe of the LORDE.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  He commanded also the people that dwelt in Ierusalem, to giue a part to the Priestes, and Leuites, that they might be encouraged in the Law of the Lord.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And he bade the people that dwelt in Hierusalem, to geue a parte to the priestes and Leuites, that they might substancially applie them selues to the lawe of the Lorde.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Moreover he commanded the people that dwelt in Jerusalem to give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might be encouraged in the law of the LORD.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Moreover he commanded the people who lived in Jerusalem to give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might give themselves to the law of Yahweh.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And he saith to the people, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to give the portion of the priests, and of the Levites, so that they are strengthened in the law of Jehovah;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Moreover he commanded the people that dwelt in Jerusalem to give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might give themselves to the law of Jehovah.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  In addition, he gave orders to the people of Jerusalem to give to the priests and Levites that part which was theirs by right, so that they might be strong in keeping the law of the Lord.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Moreover he commanded the people who lived in Jerusalem to give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might give themselves to the law of Yahweh.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  He ordered the people living in Jerusalem to contribute the portion prescribed for the priests and Levites so they might be obedient to the law of the LORD.

Referenced Verses

• Mal 2:7 : 7 For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the Lord of Hosts.
• Num 18:8-9 : 8 The LORD said to Aaron, 'See, I have placed you in charge of the contributions given to me and all the sacred offerings of the Israelites. I give them to you and your sons as a portion, a permanent statute.' 9 'You are to receive the most holy offerings, including every grain offering, sin offering, and guilt offering that they return to me. These most holy offerings belong to you and your sons.' 10 'You must eat it in a most holy place. Every male may eat it; it is holy to you.' 11 'This also is yours: the contributions and wave offerings presented by the Israelites. I give these to you, your sons, and your daughters with you as a perpetual ordinance. Everyone in your household who is ceremonially clean may eat of it.' 12 'I give you the finest olive oil, new wine, and grain—the firstfruits they offer to the LORD.' 13 'The first ripe produce of all that is in their land, which they bring to the LORD, shall be yours. Everyone in your household who is ceremonially clean may eat of it.' 14 'Everything in Israel that is devoted to the LORD shall be yours.' 15 Every firstborn that opens the womb, of all flesh offered to the LORD, whether human or animal, shall belong to you. However, you must surely redeem the firstborn of humans and redeem the firstborn of unclean animals. 16 When they are a month old, you shall redeem them at your valuation, which is five shekels of silver, measured by the sanctuary shekel—twenty gerahs make a shekel. 17 But you must not redeem the firstborn of an ox, a sheep, or a goat. They are holy. You shall sprinkle their blood on the altar and burn their fat as a fire offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD. 18 Their meat shall be yours, just like the breast of the wave offering and the right thigh are yours. 19 All the holy contributions the Israelites present to the LORD, I give to you, your sons, and your daughters with you as a perpetual ordinance. It is an everlasting covenant of salt before the LORD for you and your descendants with you. 20 The LORD said to Aaron: You will have no inheritance in their land, nor will you have any share among them; I am your share and inheritance among the Israelites. 21 To the Levites, I have given every tithe in Israel as their inheritance in return for the work they do while serving at the tent of meeting.
• Gal 6:6 : 6 The one who is taught the word should share all good things with the one who teaches.
• Lev 27:30-33 : 30 A tithe of everything from the land, whether grain from the soil or fruit from the trees, belongs to the LORD; it is holy to the LORD. 31 If anyone wishes to redeem any part of their tithe, they must add a fifth of its value to it. 32 Every tithe of the herd or flock, every tenth animal that passes under the shepherd’s rod, will be holy to the LORD. 33 No one may pick out the good from the bad or make any substitution. If anyone does substitute one animal for another, both the original animal and its substitute shall become holy and cannot be redeemed.
• Mal 3:8-9 : 8 Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing me. But you ask, 'How have we robbed you?' In tithes and offerings. 9 You are under a curse—your whole nation—because you are robbing me. 10 Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this, says the Lord of Hosts, and see if I will not open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it.
• 1 Cor 9:9-9 : 9 For it is written in the law of Moses: "You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain." Is it oxen that God is concerned about? 10 Or does He say this entirely for our sake? Yes, it was written for our sake because the plowman ought to plow in hope and the thresher to thresh in hope of sharing the harvest. 11 If we have sown spiritual things among you, is it too much if we reap material benefits from you? 12 If others have this right to receive from you, shouldn’t we have it even more? But we have not used this right. Instead, we endure all things so that we will not be a hindrance to the gospel of Christ. 13 Do you not know that those who work in the temple eat the food from the temple, and those who serve at the altar share in the offerings of the altar? 14 In the same way, the Lord has commanded that those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel.
• Num 18:26-28 : 26 Speak to the Levites and say to them: When you receive from the Israelites the tithe I have given you as your inheritance, you must present a contribution from it to the LORD—a tithe of the tithe. 27 Your contribution will be credited to you as though it were the grain from the threshing floor or the fullness from the wine press. 28 In the same way, you shall also present an offering to the LORD from all the tithes you receive from the Israelites. From these, you are to give the LORD’s portion to Aaron the priest.
• 2 Chr 31:16 : 16 They distributed to all the males from three years old and above who were registered to come daily to the house of the Lord to perform their duties in accordance with their divisions.
• Neh 13:10-13 : 10 I also learned that the portions assigned to the Levites had not been given to them, and that the Levites and singers responsible for the service had gone back to their own fields. 11 So I rebuked the officials and asked, "Why is the house of God neglected?" Then I gathered them together and stationed them at their posts. 12 All Judah then brought the tithes of grain, new wine, and olive oil into the storerooms. 13 I appointed as treasurers over the storerooms Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and Pedaiah from the Levites, and as their assistant, Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah, because they were considered trustworthy. They were responsible for distributing to their kinsmen.