Mitzvah #314 Positive Commandment (Mitzvah Asseh)
„The Levites must work in the Temple“
Scripture Reference: NUM 18:23 (Torah Portion (Parashah): Korach)
Scripture Texts
English Translation
"Only the Levites shall perform the service of the tent of meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity; it shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations, and among the sons of Israel they shall have no inheritance.
Hebrew Text (Torah)
כג וְעָבַד הַלֵּוִי הוּא, אֶת-עֲבֹדַת אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד, וְהֵם, יִשְׂאוּ עֲוֹנָם: חֻקַּת עוֹלָם, לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶם, וּבְתוֹךְ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל, לֹא יִנְחֲלוּ נַחֲלָה.
Greek Text (Septuagint)
23 καὶ λειτουργήσει ὁ Λευίτης αὐτὸς τὴν λειτουργίαν τῆς σκηνῆς τοῦ μαρτυρίου, καὶ αὐτοὶ λήμψονται τὰ ἁμαρτήματα αὐτῶν, νόμιμον αἰώνιον εἰς τὰς γενεὰς αὐτῶν· καὶ ἐν μέσῳ υἱῶν Ισραηλ οὐ κληρονομήσουσιν κληρονομίαν·
Theological Classification
Torah Portion (Parashah) Korach
Sefer HaChinuch Number #394
Mishneh Torah (Maimonides)
Service (Buch 8)
Section: The Vessels of the Temple and Those Who Serve in It
Systematic Category (P119f) Levites & Priests