 1 The Lord spoke to Moses saying, 2 Speak to Aaron, and say to him, When you bring the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the lampstand. 3 Aaron did so. He lighted its lamps in front of the lampstand, as the Lord commanded Moses. 4 This work of the lampstand was of beaten gold, to its base and to its blossoms. It was beaten work. According to the pattern which the Lord had showed Moses, so he made the lampstand. 5 The Lord spoke to Moses saying, 6 Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and purify them. 7 In this way shall you do to them to purify them. Sprinkle water of sin offering on them, and let them shave all their flesh and wash their clothes, and make themselves clean. 8 Then let them take a young bull with its food offering, fine flour mixed with oil, and another young bull shall you take for a sin offering. 9 You shall bring the Levites before the tabernacle of the congregation. And you shall gather the whole assembly of the children of Israel together. 10 You shall bring the Levites before the Lord. And the children of Israel shall put their hands upon the Levites. 11 Aaron shall offer the Levites before the Lord for an offering of the children of Israel, so that they may do the service of the Lord. 12 The Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bulls. And you shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, to the Lord, to make an atonement for the Levites. 13 You shall set the Levites before Aaron and before his sons and offer them for an offering to the Lord. 14 So you shall separate the Levites from among the children of Israel. And the Levites shall be mine. 15 After that the Levites shall go in to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation. And you shall purify them and offer them for a wave offering. 16 For they are wholly given to me from among the children of Israel, instead of those who open every womb. The firstborn of all the children of Israel, I have taken them to me. 17 For all the firstborn of the children of Israel are mine, both man and animal. On the day that I struck every firstborn in the land of Egypt I set them apart for myself. 18 I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel. 19 I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of the congregation, and to make an atonement for the children of Israel, so that there may be no plague among the children of Israel when the children of Israel come near the sanctuary. 20 Moses Aaron and all the congregation of the children of Israel did to the Levites according to all that the Lord commanded Moses concerning the Levites. So the children of Israel did to them. 21 The Levites purified themselves, and they washed their clothes. And Aaron offered them, an offering before the Lord. And Aaron made an atonement for them to purify them. 22 After that the Levites went in to do their service in the tabernacle of the congregation before Aaron and before his sons. Even as the Lord had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so they did to them. 23 The Lord spoke to Moses saying, 24 This is that which pertains to the Levites. From 25 years old and upward they shall go in to wait upon the service of the tabernacle of the congregation. 25 From the age of 50 years they shall stop waiting upon the service and shall serve no longer. 26 But they shall minister with their brothers in the tabernacle of the congregation, to keep the charge. Only he shall not serve at a service. So you shall do to the Levites as to their duties.
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