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Numbers
Chapter 8
1
And Jehovah/God spoke unto Moses, saying, 2
Speak
unto Aaron, and say unto him,
When
you light the lamps,
the
seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick.
3
And Aaron did so.
He
lighted the lamps thereof over against the candlestick,
as
Jehovah/God commanded Moses.
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 Jehovah/God had showed Moses,
so
he made the candlestick.
5
And Jehovah/God spoke unto Moses, saying, 6
Take
the Levites from among the children of Israel,
and
cleanse them.
7
And thus will 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
Then let them take a young bullock with his meat offering,
even
fine flour mingled with oil,
and
another young bullock will you take for a sin offering.
9
And you will bring the Levites
before
the tabernacle of the congregation.
And
you will gather the whole assembly
of
the children of Israel together.
10
And you will bring the Levites before Jehovah/God.
And
the children of Israel shall put their hands upon the Levites.
11
And Aaron shall offer the Levites before Jehovah/God
for
an offering of the children of Israel,
that
they may execute the service of Jehovah/God.
12
And the Levites shall lay their hands
upon
the heads of the bullocks.
And
you will offer the one for a sin offering,
and
the other for a burnt offering, unto Jehovah/God,
to
make an atonement for the Levites.
13
And you will set the Levites before Aaron,
and
before his sons,
and
offer them for an offering unto Jehovah/God.
14
Thus will you separate the Levites
from
among the children of Israel.
And
the Levites shall be mine.
15
And after that shall the Levites go in
to
do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.
And
you will 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 animal/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 near 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 Jehovah/God
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 Jehovah/God;
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
Jehovah/God had commanded Moses
concerning
the Levites, so did they unto them.
23
And Jehovah/God spoke unto Moses, saying, 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.
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
will you do unto the Levites touching their charge.
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