8AND THE Lord said to Moses,H3068H1696H4872H5592Say to Aaron, When you set up {and} light the lamps, the seven lamps shall be made to give light in front of the lampstand.H1696H175H559H5927H5216H7651H5216H215H6440H4136H45013And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps of the lampstand to give light in front of it, as the Lord commanded Moses.H175H6213H5927H5216H4136H6440H4501H3068H6680H48724And this was the workmanship of the candlestick: beaten {or} turned gold, beaten work [of gold] from its base to its flowers; according to the pattern which the Lord had shown Moses, so he made the lampstand.H4639H4501H4749H2091H3409H6525H4749H4758H3068H7200H4872H6213H4501
Cleansing the Levites
5And the Lord said to Moses,H3068H1696H4872H5596Take the Levites from among the Israelites and cleanse them.H3947H3881H8432H1121H3478H28917And thus you shall do to them to cleanse them: sprinkle the water of purification [water to be used in case of sin] upon them, and let them pass a razor over all their flesh and wash their clothes and cleanse themselves.H6213H2891H5137H4325H2403H8593H5674H1320H3526H899H28918Then let them take a young bull and its cereal offering of fine flour mixed with oil, and another young bull you shall take for a sin offering.H3947H1121H1241H6499H4503H5560H1101H8081H8145H1121H1241H6499H3947H24039You shall present the Levites before the Tent of Meeting, and you shall assemble the whole Israelite congregation.H7126H3881H6440H168H4150H6950H5712H1121H3478H695010And you shall present the Levites before the Lord, and the Israelites shall put their hands upon the Levites,H7126H3881H6440H3068H1121H3478H5564H3027H388111And Aaron shall offer the Levites before the Lord as a wave offering from the Israelites {and} on their behalf, that they may do the service of the Lord.H175H5130H3881H6440H3068H8573H1121H3478H5647H5656H306812Then the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bulls, and you shall offer the one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering to the Lord, to make atonement for the Levites.H3881H5564H3027H7218H6499H6213H259H2403H259H5930H3068H3722H388113And you shall present the Levites before Aaron and his sons and offer them as a wave offering to the Lord.H5975H3881H6440H175H6440H1121H5130H8573H306814Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the Israelites, and the Levites shall be Mine [in a very special sense].H914H3881H8432H1121H3478H388115And after that the Levites shall go in to do service at the Tent of Meeting, when you have cleansed them and offered them as a wave offering.H310H3881H935H5647H168H4150H2891H5130H857316For they are wholly given to Me from among the Israelites; instead of all who open the womb, the firstborn of all the Israelites, I have taken the Levites for Myself.H5414H8432H1121H3478H6363H7358H1060H1121H3478H394717For all the firstborn of the Israelites are Mine, both of man and beast; on the day that I smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt [not of Israel], I consecrated them {and} set them apart for Myself.H1060H1121H3478H120H929H3117H5221H1060H776H4714H694218And I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn of the Israelites.H3947H3881H1060H1121H347819And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the Israelites to do the service of the Israelites at the Tent of Meeting and to make atonement for them, that there may be no plague among the Israelites if they should come near the sanctuary.H5414H3881H5414H175H1121H8432H1121H3478H5647H5656H1121H3478H168H4150H3722H1121H3478H5063H1121H3478H1121H3478H5066H694420So Moses and Aaron and all the congregation of the Israelites did thus to the Levites; according to all that the Lord commanded Moses concerning [them], so did the Israelites to them.H4872H175H5712H1121H3478H6213H3881H3068H6680H4872H3881H6213H1121H347821The Levites cleansed {and} purified themselves and they washed their clothes; and Aaron offered them as a wave offering before the Lord and Aaron made atonement for them to cleanse them.H3881H2398H3526H899H175H5130H8573H6440H3068H175H3722H289122And after that the Levites went in to do their service in the Tent of Meeting with the attendance of Aaron and his sons; as the Lord had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did they to them.H310H935H3881H5647H5656H168H4150H6440H175H6440H1121H3068H6680H4872H3881H6213
Retirement
23And the Lord said to Moses,H3068H1696H4872H55924This is what applies to the Levites: from twenty-five years old and upward they shall go in to perform the work of the service of the Tent of Meeting,H3881H6242H2568H8141H1121H4605H935H6633H6635H5656H168H415025And at the age of fifty years, they shall retire from the warfare of the service and serve no more,H1121H2572H8141H7725H6635H5656H564726But shall help their brethren in the Tent of Meeting [attend to protecting the sacred things from being profaned], but shall do no regular {or} heavy service. Thus shall you direct the Levites in regard to their duties.H8334H251H168H4150H8104H4931H5647H5656H6213H3881H4931
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