| Chapter
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 showed Moses, so he made
the candlestick. |
| 5 | And
the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, |
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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: |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
