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Chapter 8 |
| 1 | And the LORD
spake unto Moses, saying, |
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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 showed
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. |
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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:
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| 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. |
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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, |
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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. |
