Verse 4

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.

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.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  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.

• biblecontext

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• 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.

• 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 priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth; for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts.
• Num 18:8-9 : 8 And the LORD spoke to Aaron, Behold, I also have given you the charge of my heave offerings of all the hallowed things of the children of Israel; to you have I given them by reason of the anointing, and to your sons, by an ordinance forever. 9 This shall be yours of the most holy things, reserved from the fire: every offering of theirs, every grain offering of theirs, and every sin offering of theirs, and every trespass offering of theirs, which they shall render to me, shall be most holy for you and for your sons. 10 In the most holy place you shall eat it; every male shall eat it: it shall be holy to you. 11 And this is yours; the heave offering of their gift, with all the wave offerings of the children of Israel: I have given them to you, and to your sons and to your daughters with you, by a statute forever: everyone who is clean in your house shall eat of it. 12 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 to the LORD, them have I given you. 13 And whatever is first ripe in the land, which they shall bring to the LORD, shall be yours; everyone who is clean in your house shall eat of it. 14 Everything devoted in Israel shall be yours. 15 Everything that opens the womb in all flesh, which they bring to the LORD, whether it be of men or beasts, shall be yours: nevertheless the firstborn of man you shall surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts you shall redeem. 16 And those that are to be redeemed from a month old you shall redeem, according to your estimation, for the money of five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs. 17 But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, you shall not redeem; they are holy: you shall sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shall burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a sweet aroma to the LORD. 18 And the flesh of them shall be yours, as the wave breast and as the right shoulder are yours. 19 All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer to the LORD, have I given you, and your sons and your daughters with you, by a statute forever: it is a covenant of salt forever before the LORD to you and to your seed with you. 20 And the LORD spoke to Aaron, You shall have no inheritance in their land, neither shall you have any part among them: I am your part and your inheritance among the children of Israel. 21 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.
• Gal 6:6 : 6 Let him who is taught in the word share with him who teaches in all good things.
• Lev 27:30-33 : 30 And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the LORD'S: it is holy to the LORD. 31 And if a man will at all redeem anything of his tithes, he shall add to it the fifth part thereof. 32 And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, even of whatever passes under the rod, the tenth shall be holy to the LORD. 33 He shall not search whether it is good or bad, neither shall he change it: and if he changes it at all, then both it and the change thereof shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed.
• Mal 3:8-9 : 8 Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed me. But you say, 'In what way have we robbed you?' In tithes and offerings. 9 You are cursed with a curse, for you have robbed me, even this whole nation. 10 Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and try me now in this, says the LORD of hosts, if I will not open for you the windows of heaven, and pour out for you a blessing, that there will not be room enough to receive 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.' Does God care for oxen? 10 Or does He say it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he who plows should plow in hope, and he who threshes in hope should partake of his hope. 11 If we have sown spiritual things for you, is it a great thing if we reap your material things? 12 If others are partakers of this right over you, should not we even more? Nevertheless, we have not used this right, but endure all things lest we hinder the gospel of Christ. 13 Do you not know that those who minister the holy things eat of the things of the temple, and those who serve at the altar partake of the offerings of the altar? 14 Even so the Lord has commanded that those who preach the gospel should live from the gospel.
• Num 18:26-28 : 26 Thus speak to the Levites, and say to them, When you take of the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then you shall offer up a heave offering of it for the LORD, even a tenth part of the tithe. 27 And this your heave offering shall be reckoned to you, as though it were the corn of the threshing floor, and as the fullness of the winepress. 28 Thus you also shall offer a heave offering to the LORD of all your tithes, which you receive of the children of Israel; and you shall give thereof the LORD'S heave offering to Aaron the priest.
• 2 Chr 31:16 : 16 Besides their genealogy of males, from three years old and upward, even to everyone who entered into the house of the LORD, his daily portion for their service in their charges according to their divisions;
• Neh 13:10-13 : 10 I also realized that the portions for the Levites had not been given to them, so the Levites and the singers, who did the work, had each fled to his field. 11 So I contended with the rulers, and said, Why has the house of God been forsaken? And I gathered them together and placed them in their stations. 12 Then all Judah brought the tithe of the grain, the new wine, and the oil to the storehouses. 13 And I appointed as treasurers over the storehouses Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and Pedaiah of the Levites; and next to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah, for they were considered trustworthy, and their task was to distribute to their brethren.