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NUMBERS ยท Chapter 8
8:1 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying,
8:2 Speak unto Aaron and say unto him, When you light the lamps, the
seven lamps shall give light opposite to the candlestick.
8:3 And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof opposite to the
candlestick, as the LORD commanded Moses.
8:4 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 showed Moses, so he made the candlestick.
8:5 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying,
8:6 Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse
them.
8:7 And thus shall you 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.
8:8 Then let them take a young bullock with his food offering, even
fine flour mingled with oil, and another young bullock shall you take for
a sin offering.
8:9 And you shall bring the Levites before the tabernacle of the congregation:
and you shall gather the whole assembly of the children of Israel together:
8:10 And you shall bring the Levites before the LORD: and the children
of Israel shall put their hands upon the Levites:
8:11 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.
8:12 And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bullocks:
and you shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt
offering, unto the LORD, to make an atonement for the Levites.
8:13 And you shall set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons,
and offer them for an offering unto the LORD.
8:14 Thus shall you separate the Levites from among the children of
Israel: and the Levites shall be mine.
8:15 And after that shall the Levites go in to do the service of the
tabernacle of the congregation: and you shall cleanse them, and offer them
for an offering.
8:16 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.
8:17 For all the firstborn of the children of Israel are mine, both
man and beast: on the day that I stroke every firstborn in the land of
Egypt I sanctified them for myself.
8:18 And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children
of Israel.
8:19 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.
8:20 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.
8:21 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.
8:22 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.
8:23 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying,
8:24 This is it that belongs 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:
8:25 And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon
the service thereof, and shall serve no more:
8:26 But shall minister with their brethren in the tabernacle of the
congregation, to keep the charge, and shall do no service. Thus shall you
do unto the Levites concerning their charge.
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