Numbers:8

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* And Jehovah spoke to Moses saying , * Speak unto Aaron , and say unto him , When thou lightest the lamps , the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick . * And Aaron did so ; he lighted the lamps thereof over against the candlestick , as Jehovah had commanded Moses . * And this was the work of the candlestick : [it was ] of beaten gold ; from its base to its flowers was it beaten work ; according to the form which Jehovah had shewn Moses , so had he made the candlestick . * And Jehovah spoke to Moses , saying , * Take the Levites from among the children of Israel , and cleanse them . * And thus shalt thou do unto them , to cleanse them : sprinkle upon them water of purification from sin ; and they shall pass the razor over all their flesh , and shall wash their garments , and make themselves clean . * And they shall take a young bullock and its oblation of fine flour mingled with oil ; and another young bullock shalt thou take for a sin-offering . * And thou shalt bring the Levites before the tent of meeting ; and thou shalt gather together the whole assembly of the children of Israel . * And thou shalt bring the Levites before Jehovah ; and the children of Israel shall put their hands upon the Levites . * And Aaron shall offer the Levites as a wave-offering before Jehovah from the children of Israel , and they shall perform the service of Jehovah . * 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 , to Jehovah , to make atonement for the Levites . * And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron , and before his sons , and offer them as a wave-offering to Jehovah . * And thou shalt separate the Levites from among the children of Israel , that the Levites may be mine . * And afterwards shall the Levites come in to do the service of the tent of meeting . And thou shalt cleanse them , and offer them as a wave-offering . * For they are wholly given unto me from among the children of Israel ; instead of every one that breaketh open the womb , instead of every firstborn among the children of Israel , have I taken them unto me . * For all the firstborn among the children of Israel are mine , both of man and beast ; on the day that I smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt , I hallowed them to myself . * And I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn among 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 perform the service of the children of Israel in the tent of meeting , and to make atonement for the children of Israel ; that there be no plague among the children of Israel , when the children of Israel draw near to the sanctuary . * And Moses and Aaron , and all the assembly of the children of Israel , did to the Levites according to all that Jehovah had commanded Moses concerning the Levites : so did the children of Israel to them . * And the Levites purified themselves from sin , and they washed their garments ; and Aaron offered them as a wave-offering before Jehovah ; and Aaron made atonement for them to cleanse them . * And afterwards the Levites came in to perform their service in the tent of meeting before Aaron , and before his sons ; as Jehovah had commanded Moses concerning the Levites , so did they to them . * And Jehovah spoke to Moses , saying , * This is that which concerneth the Levites : from twenty-five years old and upward shall he come to labour in the work of the service of the tent of meeting . * And from fifty years old he shall retire from the labour of the service , and shall serve no more ; * but he shall minister with his brethren in the tent of meeting , and keep the charge , but he shall not serve [in ] the service . Thus shalt thou do unto the Levites with regard to their charges .

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