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Numbers 8
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1And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
1Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
2Speak to Aaron, and you shall say to him, Whenever you shall set the lamps in order, the seven lamps shall give light opposite the candlestick.
2“Speak to Aaron, and tell him, ‘When you light the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the lamp stand.’”
3And Aaron did so: on one side opposite the candlestick he lighted its lamps , as the Lord appointed Moses.
3Aaron did so. He lit its lamps to light the area in front of the lamp stand, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
4And this [is] the construction of the candlestick: [it is] solid, golden—its stem, and its lilies—all solid: according to the pattern which the Lord showed Moses, so he made the candlestick.
4This was the workmanship of the lamp stand, beaten work of gold. From its base to its flowers, it was beaten work. He made the lamp stand according to the pattern which Yahweh had shown Moses.
5And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
5Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
6Take the Levites out of the midst of the children of Israel, and you shall purify them.
6“Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them.
7And thus shall you perform their purification: you shall sprinkle them with water of purification, and a razor shall come upon the whole of their body, and they shall wash their garments, and shall be clean.
7You shall do this to them to cleanse them: sprinkle the water of cleansing on them, let them shave their whole bodies with a razor, let them wash their clothes, and cleanse themselves.
8And they shall take one calf of the herd, and its meat-offering, fine flour mingled with oil: and you shall take a calf of a year old of the herd for a sin -offering.
8Then let them take a young bull and its meal offering, fine flour mixed with oil; and another young bull you shall take for a sin offering.
9And you shall bring the Levites before the tabernacle of witness; and you shall assemble all the congregation of the sons of Israel.
9You shall present the Levites before the Tent of Meeting. You shall assemble the whole congregation of the children of Israel.
10And you shall bring the Levites before the Lord; and the sons of Israel shall lay their hands upon the Levites.
10You shall present the Levites before Yahweh. The children of Israel shall lay their hands on the Levites,
11And Aaron shall separate the Levites for a gift before the Lord from the children of Israel: and they shall be prepared to perform the works of the Lord.
11and Aaron shall offer the Levites before Yahweh for a wave offering on the behalf of the children of Israel, that it may be theirs to do the service of Yahweh.
12And the Levites shall lay their hands on the heads of the calves; and you shall offer one for a sin -offering, and the other for a whole burnt offering to the Lord, to make atonement for them.
12“The Levites shall lay their hands on the heads of the bulls, and you shall offer the one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering to Yahweh, to make atonement for the Levites.
13And you shall set the Levites before the Lord, and before Aaron, and before his sons; and you shall give them as a gift before the Lord.
13You shall set the Levites before Aaron and before his sons, and offer them as a wave offering to Yahweh.
14And you shall separate the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel, and they shall be mine.
14Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the children of Israel, and the Levites shall be mine.
15And afterwards the Levites shall go in to perform the works of the tabernacle of witness; and you shall purify them, and present them before the Lord.
15“After that, the Levites shall go in to do the service of the Tent of Meeting. You shall cleanse them, and offer them as a wave offering.
16For these are given to me for a present out of the midst of the children of Israel: I have taken them to myself instead of all the firstborn of the sons of Israel that open every womb.
16For they are wholly given to me from among the children of Israel; instead of all who open the womb, even the firstborn of all the children of Israel, I have taken them to me.
17For every firstborn among the children of Israel [is] mine, whether of man or beast: in the day in which I struck every firstborn in the land of Egypt, I sanctified them to myself.
17For all the firstborn among the children of Israel are mine, both man and animal. On the day that I struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I sanctified them for myself.
18And I took the Levites in the place of every firstborn among the children of Israel.
18I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel.
19And I gave the Levites presented as a gift to Aaron and his sons out of the midst of the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of witness, and to make atonement for the children of Israel: thus there shall be none among the sons of Israel to draw near to the holy things.
19I 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 Tent of Meeting, and to make atonement for the children of Israel, so that there will be no plague among the children of Israel when the children of Israel come near to the sanctuary.”
20And Mosesand Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel, did to the Levites as the Lord commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so the sons of Israel did to them.
20Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel did so to the Levites. According to all that Yahweh commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so the children of Israel did to them.
21So the Levites purified themselves and washed their garments; and Aaron presented them as a gift before the Lord, and Aaron made atonement for them to purify them.
21The Levites purified themselves from sin, and they washed their clothes; and Aaron offered them for a wave offering before Yahweh and Aaron made atonement for them to cleanse them.
22And afterwards the Levites went in to minister in their service in the tabernacle of witness before Aaron, and before his sons; as the Lord appointed Moses concerning the Levites, so they did to them.
22After that, the Levites went in to do their service in the Tent of Meeting before Aaron and before his sons: as Yahweh had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so they did to them.
23And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
23Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
24This is the [ordinance] for the Levites; From five and twentyyears old and upward, they shall go in to minister in the tabernacle of witness.
24“This is what is assigned to the Levites: from twenty-five years old and upward they shall go in to wait on the service in the work of the Tent of Meeting;
25And from fifty years old [the Levites] shall cease from the ministry, and shall not work any longer.
25and from the age of fifty years they shall retire from doing the work, and shall serve no more,
26And his brother shall serve in the tabernacle of witness to keep charges, but he shall not do works: so shall you do to the Levites in their charges.
26but shall assist their brothers in the Tent of Meeting, to perform the duty, and shall perform no service. This is how you shall have the Levites do their duties.”