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Now this was the workmanship of the lampstand, hammeredwork of gold; from its base to its flowers it was hammeredwork; according to the patternwhich the LORD had showedMoses, so he made the lampstand.
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"Thus you shall do to them, for their cleansing: sprinkle purifyingwater on them, and let them use a razorover their wholebody and wash their clothes, and they will be clean.
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"Aaron then shall present the Levitesbefore the LORD as a waveoffering from the sons of Israel, that they may qualify to perform the service of the LORD.
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"Now the Levites shall lay their hands on the heads of the bulls; then offer the one for a sinoffering and the other for a burntoffering to the LORD, to makeatonement for the Levites.
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for they are whollygiven to Me from among the sons of Israel. I have taken them for Myself instead of everyfirstissue of the womb, the firstborn of all the sons of Israel.
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"For everyfirstborn among the sons of Israel is Mine, among the men and among the animals; on the day that I struckdownall the firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for Myself.
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"But I have taken the Levitesinstead of everyfirstborn among the sons of Israel.
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"I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the sons of Israel, to perform the service of the sons of Israel at the tent of meeting and to makeatonement on behalf of the sons of Israel, so that there will be noplague among the sons of Israel by their comingnear to the sanctuary."
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Thus didMoses and Aaron and all the congregation of the sons of Israel to the Levites; according to all that the LORD had commandedMoses concerning the Levites, so the sons of Israeldid to them.
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The Levites, too, purified themselves from sin and washed their clothes; and Aaronpresented them as a waveofferingbefore the LORD. Aaron also madeatonement for them to cleanse them.
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Then after that the Leviteswent in to perform their service in the tent of meetingbeforeAaron and before his sons; just as the LORD had commandedMosesconcerning the Levites, so they did to them.
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"They may, however, assist their brothers in the tent of meeting, to keep an obligation, but they themselves shall donowork. Thus you shall deal with the Levites concerning their obligations."