“1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto Aaron, and say
unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light
over against the candlestick. 3 And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps
thereof over against the candlestick, as the LORD commanded Moses. 4 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.”
“5 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 6 Take the Levites from
among the children of Israel, and cleanse them. 7 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. 8 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. 9 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: 10 And thou shalt
bring the Levites before the LORD: and the children of Israel shall put
their hands upon the Levites: 11 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. 12 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. 13 And thou shalt set the Levites
before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them [for] an offering unto
the LORD. 14 Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the
children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine. 15 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. 16 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. 17
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. 18 And I have taken the Levites for all
the firstborn of the children of Israel. 19 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. 20 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. 21 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.
22 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.
23 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 24 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: 25 And from the age of fifty years they shall cease
waiting upon the service [thereof], and shall serve no more: 26 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.” (Nu 8:1-26 AV)
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