8The LORD said to Moses,H3068H1696H4872H5592"Speak to Aaron and say to him, 'When you set up the seven lamps, they are to light the area in front of the lampstand.'"H1696H175H559H5927H5216H7651H5216H215H6440H4136H45013Aaron did so; he set up the lamps so that they faced forward on the lampstand, just as the LORD commanded Moses.H175H6213H5927H5216H4136H6440H4501H3068H6680H48724This is how the lampstand was made: It was made of hammered gold—from its base to its blossoms. The lampstand was made exactly like the pattern the LORD had shown Moses.H4639H4501H4749H2091H3409H6525H4749H4758H3068H7200H4872H6213H4501
The Setting Apart of the Levites
5The LORD said to Moses:H3068H1696H4872H5596"Take the Levites from among the other Israelites and make them ceremonially clean.H3947H3881H8432H1121H3478H28917To purify them, do this: Sprinkle the water of cleansing on them; then have them shave their whole bodies and wash their clothes, and so purify themselves.H6213H2891H5137H4325H2403H8593H5674H1320H3526H899H28918Have them take a young bull with its grain offering of fine flour mixed with oil; then you are to take a second young bull for a sin offering.H3947H1121H1241H6499H4503H5560H1101H8081H8145H1121H1241H6499H3947H24039Bring the Levites to the front of the Tent of Meeting and assemble the whole Israelite community.H7126H3881H6440H168H4150H6950H5712H1121H3478H695010You are to bring the Levites before the LORD, and the Israelites are to lay their hands on them.H7126H3881H6440H3068H1121H3478H5564H3027H388111Aaron is to present the Levites before the LORD as a wave offering from the Israelites, so that they may be ready to do the work of the LORD.H175H5130H3881H6440H3068H8573H1121H3478H5647H5656H306812"After the Levites lay their hands on the heads of the bulls, use the one for a sin offering to the LORD and the other for a burnt offering, to make atonement for the Levites.H3881H5564H3027H7218H6499H6213H259H2403H259H5930H3068H3722H388113Have the Levites stand in front of Aaron and his sons and then present them as a wave offering to the LORD.H5975H3881H6440H175H6440H1121H5130H8573H306814In this way you are to set the Levites apart from the other Israelites, and the Levites will be mine.H914H3881H8432H1121H3478H388115"After you have purified the Levites and presented them as a wave offering, they are to come to do their work at the Tent of Meeting.H310H3881H935H5647H168H4150H2891H5130H857316They are the Israelites who are to be given wholly to me. I have taken them as my own in place of the firstborn, the first male offspring from every Israelite woman.H5414H8432H1121H3478H6363H7358H1060H1121H3478H394717Every firstborn male in Israel, whether man or animal, is mine. When I struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, I set them apart for myself.H1060H1121H3478H120H929H3117H5221H1060H776H4714H694218And I have taken the Levites in place of all the firstborn sons in Israel.H3947H3881H1060H1121H347819Of all the Israelites, I have given the Levites as gifts to Aaron and his sons to do the work at the Tent of Meeting on behalf of the Israelites and to make atonement for them so that no plague will strike the Israelites when they go near the sanctuary."H5414H3881H5414H175H1121H8432H1121H3478H5647H5656H1121H3478H168H4150H3722H1121H3478H5063H1121H3478H1121H3478H5066H694420Moses, Aaron and the whole Israelite community did with the Levites just as the LORD commanded Moses.H4872H175H5712H1121H3478H6213H3881H3068H6680H4872H3881H6213H1121H347821The Levites purified themselves and washed their clothes. Then Aaron presented them as a wave offering before the LORD and made atonement for them to purify them.H3881H2398H3526H899H175H5130H8573H6440H3068H175H3722H289122After that, the Levites came to do their work at the Tent of Meeting under the supervision of Aaron and his sons. They did with the Levites just as the LORD commanded Moses.H310H935H3881H5647H5656H168H4150H6440H175H6440H1121H3068H6680H4872H3881H621323The LORD said to Moses,H3068H1696H4872H55924"This applies to the Levites: Men twenty-five years old or more shall come to take part in the work at the Tent of Meeting,H3881H6242H2568H8141H1121H4605H935H6633H6635H5656H168H415025but at the age of fifty, they must retire from their regular service and work no longer.H1121H2572H8141H7725H6635H5656H564726They may assist their brothers in performing their duties at the Tent of Meeting, but they themselves must not do the work. This, then, is how you are to assign the responsibilities of the Levites."H8334H251H168H4150H8104H4931H5647H5656H6213H3881H4931
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