~Numbers 8:1 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
~Numbers 8:2 Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thoulightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of thecandlestick.
~Numbers 8:3 And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof [so asto give light] in front of the candlestick, as Jehovah commandedMoses.
~Numbers 8:4 And this was the work of the candlestick, beaten workof gold; unto the base thereof, [and] unto the flowers thereof, it wasbeaten work: according unto the pattern which Jehovah had showedMoses, so he made the candlestick.
~Numbers 8:5 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
~Numbers 8:6 Take the Levites from among the children of Israel,and cleanse them.
~Numbers 8:7 And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them:sprinkle the water of expiation upon them, and let them cause a razorto pass over all their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, andcleanse themselves.
~Numbers 8:8 Then let them take a young bullock, and its mealoffering,fine flour mingled with oil; and another young bullock shaltthou take for a sin-offering.
~Numbers 8:9 And thou shalt present the Levites before the tent ofmeeting: and thou shalt assemble the whole congregation of thechildren of Israel:
~Numbers 8:10 and thou shalt present the Levites before Jehovah.And the children of Israel shall lay their hands upon the Levites:
~Numbers 8:11 and Aaron shall offer the Levites before Jehovah for awave-offering, on the behalf of the children of Israel, that it may betheirs to do the service of Jehovah.
~Numbers 8:12 And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the headsof the bullocks: and offer thou the one for a sin-offering, and theother for a burnt-offering, unto Jehovah, to make atonement for theLevites.
~Numbers 8:13 And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, andbefore his sons, and offer them for a wave-offering unto Jehovah.
~Numbers 8:14 Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among thechildren of Israel; and the Levites shall be mine.
~Numbers 8:15 And after that shall the Levites go in to do the serviceof the tent of meeting: and thou shalt cleanse them, and offer them fora wave-offering.
~Numbers 8:16 For they are wholly given unto me from among thechildren of Israel; instead of all that openeth the womb, even the firstbornof all the children of Israel, have I taken them unto me.
~Numbers 8:17 For all the first-born among the children of Israel aremine, both man and beast: on the day that I smote all the first-born inthe land of Egypt I sanctified them for myself.
~Numbers 8:18 And I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstbornamong the children of Israel.
~Numbers 8:19 And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and tohis sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of thechildren of Israel in the tent of meeting, and to make atonement forthe children of Israel; that there be no plague among the children ofIsrael, when the children of Israel come nigh unto the sanctuary.
~Numbers 8:20 Thus did Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregationof the children of Israel, unto the Levites: according unto all thatJehovah commanded Moses touching the Levites, so did the childrenof Israel unto them.
~Numbers 8:21 And the Levites purified themselves from sin, andthey washed their clothes: and Aaron offered them for a waveofferingbefore Jehovah; and Aaron made atonement for them tocleanse them.
~Numbers 8:22 And after that went the Levites in to do their servicein the tent of meeting before Aaron, and before his sons: as Jehovahhad commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did they untothem.
~Numbers 8:23 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
~Numbers 8:24 This is that which belongeth unto the Levites: fromtwenty and five years old and upward they shall go in to wait uponthe service in the work of the tent of meeting:
~Numbers 8:25 and from the age of fifty years they shall ceasewaiting upon the work, and shall serve no more,
~Numbers 8:26 but shall minister with their brethren in the tent ofmeeting, to keep the charge, and shall do no service. Thus shalt thoudo unto the Levites touching their charges
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