◀- Numbers 8
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How the Lamps are to be Lighted
(1) The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
(2) "Speak to Aaron, and say to him, 'When you light the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the candlestick.' "
(3) And Aaron did so; he lit the lamps of it in front of the candlestick, as the LORD commanded Moses.
(4) This workmanship of the candlestick was of hammered gold, from its shaft, to its flowers, it was hammered work; according to the pattern which the LORD had shown Moses, so he made the candlestick.
Consecration of the Levites
(5) The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
(6) "Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them.
(7) Thus you shall do to them, to cleanse them: Sprinkle purifying water on 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 bull with its grain offering, of fine flour mixed with oil, and another young bull you shall take for a sin offering.
(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;
(10) You shall bring the Levites before the LORD, and the children of Israel shall lay their hands on the Levites;
(11) Aaron shall offer the Levites before the LORD for an offering of the children of Israel, that they may perform the service of the LORD.
(12) Then the Levites shall lay their hands on the heads of the bulls, and you shall offer one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, to the LORD, to make an atonement for the Levites.
(13) You shall set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them for an offering to the LORD.
(14) Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the children of Israel, and the Levites shall be mine.
(15) After that the Levites shall go in to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; and you shall cleanse them, and offer them for an offering.
(16) For they are wholly given to me from among the children of Israel; instead of all who open the womb, the firstborn of all the children of Israel, I have taken them for myself.
(17) For all the firstborn of the children of Israel are mine, both man and beast; on the day that I struck every firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for myself.
(18) I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn of the children of Israel.
(19) 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 near the sanctuary."
(20) So Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel, did to the Levites according to all that the LORD commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did the children of Israel to them.
(21) And the Levites were purified, and they washed their clothes; then Aaron offered them as an offering before the LORD, and Aaron made an atonement for them to cleanse them.
(22) After that the Levites went 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 they did to them.
Age and Time of the Levites Service
(23) The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
(24) "This is that which belongs to the Levites: from 25 years old and upward they shall go in to wait on the service of the tabernacle of the congregation;
(25) And from the age of 50 years they shall cease waiting on the service, and shall serve no more;
(26) But they shall minister with their brethren in the tabernacle of the congregation, to keep guard, and shall do no service. Thus you shall do to the Levites concerning their duties."