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And the Lord spake
unto Moses, saying,
02 Speak unto Aaron and say unto him, When
thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall
give light over against the candlestick.
03 And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps
thereof over against the candlestick, as the Lord
commanded Moses.
04 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.
05 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
06 Take the Levites from among the children
of Israel, and cleanse them.
07 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.
08 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.
09 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.
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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.
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