Numbers 8
1. And the LORD spake * unto Moses,saying * ,
2. Speak * unto Aaron, and say * unto him, When thou lightest * 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 the LORD 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 the LORD had shewed * Moses, so he made * the candlestick.
5. And the LORD spake * unto Moses,saying * ,
6. Take * the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse * them.
7. And thus shalt thou 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 shalt thou take * for a sin offering.
9. And thou shalt bring * the Levites before the tabernacle of the congregation:and thou shalt gather * the whole assembly of the children of Israel together * :
10. And thou shalt bring * the Levites before the LORD: and the children of Israel shall put * their hands upon the Levites:
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.
12. And the Levites shall lay * their hands upon the heads of the bullocks: and thou shalt offer * the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering,unto the LORD, to make an atonement * for the Levites.
13. And thou shalt set * the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer * them for an offering unto the LORD.
14. Thus shalt thou 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 thou shalt 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 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 nigh * 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 the LORD 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 the LORD; 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 the LORD had commanded * Moses concerning the Levites, so did * they unto them.
23. And the LORD spake * unto Moses, saying * ,
24. This is it that belongeth 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 shalt thou do * unto the Levites touching their charge.
