Numbers:8
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And the LORD spoke to Moses ,
saying :
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Speak to Aaron ,
and say to him , "
When you arrange the lamps ,
the seven lamps shall give light in front of the lampstand ."'
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And Aaron did so ;
he arranged the lamps to face toward the front of the lampstand ,
as the LORD commanded Moses .
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Now this workmanship of the lampstand was hammered gold ;
from its shaft to its flowers it was hammered work .
According to the pattern which the LORD had shown Moses ,
so he made the lampstand .
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Then the LORD spoke to Moses ,
saying :
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Take the Levites from among the children of Israel and cleanse them ceremonially .
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Thus you shall do to them to cleanse them :
Sprinkle water of purification on them ,
and let them shave all their body ,
and let them wash their clothes ,
and so make themselves clean .
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Then let them take a young bull with its grain offering of fine flour mixed with oil ,
and you shall take another young bull as a sin offering .
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And you shall bring the Levites before the tabernacle of meeting ,
and you shall gather together the whole congregation of the children of Israel .
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So you shall bring the Levites before the LORD ,
and the children of Israel shall lay their hands on the Levites ;
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and Aaron shall offer the Levites before the LORD like a wave offering from the children of Israel ,
that they may perform the work of the LORD .
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Then the Levites shall lay their hands on the heads of the young bulls ,
and you shall offer one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering to the LORD ,
to make atonement for the Levites .
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And you shall stand the Levites before Aaron and his sons ,
and then offer them like a wave offering to the LORD .
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Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the children of Israel ,
and the Levites shall be Mine .
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After that the Levites shall go in to service the tabernacle of meeting .
So you shall cleanse them and offer them like a wave offering .
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For they are wholly given to Me from among the children of Israel ;
I have taken them for Myself instead of all who open the womb ,
the firstborn of all the children of Israel .
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For all the firstborn among the children of Israel are Mine ,
both man and beast ;
on the day that I struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanctified them to Myself .
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I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn of the children of Israel .
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And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and his sons from among the children of Israel ,
to do the work for the children of Israel in the tabernacle 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 come near the sanctuary ."
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Thus Moses and 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 .
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And the Levites purified themselves and washed their clothes ;
then Aaron presented them like a wave offering before the LORD ,
and Aaron made atonement for them to cleanse them .
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After that the Levites went in to do their work in the tabernacle of meeting before Aaron and his sons ;
as the LORD commanded Moses concerning the Levites ,
so they did to them .
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Then the LORD spoke to Moses ,
saying ,
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This is what pertains to the Levites :
From twenty-five years old and above one may enter to perform service in the work of the tabernacle of meeting ;
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and at the age of fifty years they must cease performing this work ,
and shall work no more .
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They may minister with their brethren in the tabernacle of meeting ,
to attend to needs ,
but they themselves shall do no work .
Thus you shall do to the Levites regarding their duties ."
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