Numbers:8
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And the LORD spake unto Moses ,
saying ,
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Speak unto Aaron ,
and say unto him ,
When thou lightest the lamps ,
the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick .
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And Aaron did so ;
he lighted the lamps thereof over against the candlestick ,
as the LORD commanded Moses .
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And this work of the candlestick was of beaten gold ,
unto the shaft thereof ,
unto the flowers thereof ,
was beaten work :
according unto the pattern which the LORD had shewed Moses ,
so he made the candlestick .
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And the LORD spake unto Moses ,
saying ,
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Take the Levites from among the children of Israel ,
and cleanse them .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 :
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And thou shalt bring the Levites before the LORD :
and the children of Israel shall put their hands upon the Levites :
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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 .
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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 .
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And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron ,
and before his sons ,
and offer them for an offering unto the LORD .
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Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel :
and the Levites shall be mine .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel .
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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 .
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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 .
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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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And after that went the Levites in to do their service in the tabernacle of the congregation before Aaron ,
and before his sons :
as the LORD had commanded Moses concerning the Levites ,
so did they unto them .
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And the LORD spake unto Moses ,
saying ,
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This is it that belongeth unto the Levites :
from twenty and five years old and upward they shall go in to wait upon the service of the tabernacle of the congregation :
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And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the service thereof ,
and shall serve no more :
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But shall minister with their brethren in the tabernacle of the congregation ,
to keep the charge ,
and shall do no service .
Thus shalt thou do unto the Levites touching their charge .