Numbers 8

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1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying:
2 Declare unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, seven lamps shall burn on the front side of the lamp.
3 Aaron did so: on the front side of the lamp he lit his lamps, as the Lord commanded Moses.
4 And here is the device of the lamp: chased it from gold, from its stalk and to the colors of the chased; In the image that the Lord showed Moses, he made a lamp.

5 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying:
6th Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them.
7th And to cleanse them, deal with them like this: sprinkle them with cleansing water, and let them shave their whole body with a razor and wash their clothes, and be clean;
8 And they shall take the bullock and the meat offering to it, the flour of wheat mixed with the oil, and take another bull as a sin offering;
9 And bring the Levites before the tabernacle of the congregation; And gather all the congregation of the children of Israel
10 And bring the Levites before the LORD, and let the children of Israel put their hands on the Levites;
eleven And Aaron shall perform for them before the LORD his dedication before the LORD from the children of Israel, that they may serve the LORD;
12 And the Levites shall put their hands on the heads of bulls, and offer one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering to the Lord, for the cleansing of the Levites;
13 And put the Levites before Aaron and before his sons, and make their dedication to them before the Lord;
14 And thus divide the Levites from the children of Israel, that the Levites may be Mine.
15 After this the Levites will enter into the service of the tabernacle of the congregation, when you purify them and make their dedication over them; For they are given to me out of the children of Israel:
16 Instead of all the firstborn of the sons of Israel, who open all the falsities, I take them to myself;
17th For all the first-born of the sons of Israel, from man to beast: on the day that I smote all the first-born in the land of Egypt, I sanctified them to myself
18 And he took the Levites instead of all the first-born among the children of Israel;
19 And he gave the Levites to Aaron and his sons from among the children of Israel, that they should send services for the children of Israel in the tabernacle of the congregation, and serve as a guard for the children of Israel, so that the sons of Israel should not be defeated, when the children of Israel come to the sanctuary.
20 And Moses and Aaron and all the congregation of the children of Israel did so to the Levites: as the LORD commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so the children of Israel did to them.
21 And the Levites cleansed themselves, and washed their clothes, and Aaron made their dedication before them before the LORD; and Aaron purged them to make them clean;
22 After this the Levites entered to send their services in the tabernacle of the congregation before Aaron and before his sons. As the Lord commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did they with them.
23 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying:
24 Behold, the law of the Levites: from twenty-five years old and upward they shall enter into the service of the works of the tabernacle of the congregation,
25 And in fifty years should stop sending work and no longer work:
26th Then let them help their brethren keep the guard in the tabernacle of the congregation, and work, let them not work; So do the Levites concerning their service.

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