NU-8:1  And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,


NU-8:2  Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest

the lamps, the


seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick.


NU-8:3  And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof over

against the


candlestick, as the LORD commanded Moses.


NU-8:4  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 showed Moses, so he made the

candlestick.


NU-8:5  And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,


NU-8:6  Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and

cleanse them.


NU-8:7  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.


NU-8:8  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.


NU-8:9  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:


NU-8:10  And thou shalt bring the Levites before the LORD: and

the children of


Israel shall put their hands upon the Levites:


NU-8:11  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.


NU-8:12  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.


NU-8:13  And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before

his sons, and


offer them [for] an offering unto the LORD.


NU-8:14  Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the

children of


Israel: and the Levites shall be mine.


NU-8:15  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.


NU-8:16  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.


NU-8:17  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.


NU-8:18  And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of

the children of


Israel.


NU-8:19  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.


NU-8:20  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.


NU-8:21  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.


NU-8:22  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.


NU-8:23  And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,


NU-8:24  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:


NU-8:25  And from the age of fifty years they shall cease

waiting upon the


service [thereof], and shall serve no more:


NU-8:26  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.




 


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