Numbers 8:1-7

Setting Up the Lamps

1 The LORD said to Moses,
2 “Speak to Aaron and say to him, ‘When you set up the lamps, see that all seven light up the area in front of the lampstand.’ ”
3 Aaron did so; he set up the lamps so that they faced forward on the lampstand, just as the LORD commanded Moses.
4 This is how the lampstand was made: It was made of hammered gold—from its base to its blossoms. The lampstand was made exactly like the pattern the LORD had shown Moses.

The Setting Apart of the Levites

5 The LORD said to Moses:
6 “Take the Levites from among all the Israelites and make them ceremonially clean.
7 To purify them, do this: Sprinkle the water of cleansing on them; then have them shave their whole bodies and wash their clothes. And so they will purify themselves.

Cross References 8

  • 1. Exodus 25:37; Leviticus 24:2,4
  • 2. S Exodus 25:18,36">Ex Exodus 25:18,36; Exodus 25:18
  • 3. S Exodus 25:9
  • 4. Leviticus 22:2; Isaiah 1:16; Isaiah 52:11
  • 5. Numbers 19:9,17; Numbers 31:23
  • 6. S Leviticus 14:9; Numbers 6:9; Deuteronomy 21:12
  • 7. S Genesis 35:2; Leviticus 14:8
  • 8. S Genesis 35:2
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