Numbers:8:6-21

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* Take the Levites from among the children of Israel , and cleanse them . * And thus shalt thou do unto them , to cleanse them : Sprinkle water of purifying upon them , and let them shave all their flesh , and let them wash their clothes , and so make themselves clean . * Then let them take a young bullock with his meat offering , even fine flour mingled with oil , and another young bullock shalt thou take for a sin offering . * And thou shalt bring the Levites before the tabernacle of the congregation : and thou shalt gather the whole assembly of the children of Israel together : * And thou shalt bring the Levites before the LORD : and the children of Israel shall put their hands upon the Levites : * And Aaron shall offer the Levites before the LORD for an offering of the children of Israel , that they may execute the service of the LORD . * And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bullocks : and thou shalt offer the one for a sin offering , and the other for a burnt offering , unto the LORD , to make an atonement for the Levites . * And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron , and before his sons , and offer them for an offering unto the LORD . * Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel : and the Levites shall be mine . * And after that shall the Levites go in to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation : and thou shalt cleanse them , and offer them for an offering . * For they are wholly given unto me from among the children of Israel ; instead of such as open every womb , even instead of the firstborn of all the children of Israel , have I taken them unto me . * For all the firstborn of the children of Israel are mine , both man and beast : on the day that I smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for myself . * And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel . * And 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 : that there be no plague among the children of Israel , when the children of Israel come nigh unto the sanctuary . * And Moses , and Aaron , and all the congregation of the children of Israel , did to the Levites according unto all that the LORD commanded Moses concerning the Levites , so did the children of Israel unto them . * And the Levites were purified , and they washed their clothes ; and Aaron offered them as an offering before the LORD ; and Aaron made an atonement for them to cleanse them .

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