| 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. |
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And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof over against the
candlestick, as the LORD commanded Moses. |
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| 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 shewed Moses, so he made the candlestick. |
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| 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.
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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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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: |
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| 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. |
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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. |
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| 14: Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of
Israel: and the Levites shall be mine. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 18: And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of
Israel. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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: |
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| 25: And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the
service thereof, and shall serve no more: |
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| 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. |
