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Numbers 8

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1 Now the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

2 "Speak to Aaron and say to him, When you set up the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the lampstand."

3 And Aaron did so: he set up its lamps in front of the lampstand, as the LORD commanded Moses.

4 And this was the workmanship of the lampstand, hammered work of gold. From its base to its flowers, it was hammered work; according to the pattern that the LORD had shown Moses, so he made the lampstand.

5 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

6 "Take the Levites from among the people of Israel and cleanse them.

7 Thus you shall do to them to cleanse them: sprinkle the water of purification upon them, and let them go with a razor over all their body, and wash their clothes and cleanse themselves.

8 Then let them take a bull from the herd and its grain offering of fine flour mixed with oil, and you shall take another bull from the herd for a sin offering.

9 And you shall bring the Levites before the tent of meeting and assemble the whole congregation of the people of Israel.

10 When you bring the Levites before the LORD, the people of Israel shall lay their hands on the Levites,

11 and Aaron shall offer the Levites before the LORD as a wave offering from the people of Israel, that they may do the service of the LORD.

12 Then 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 the LORD to make atonement for the Levites.

13 And you shall set the Levites before Aaron and his sons, and shall offer them as a wave offering to the LORD.

14 "Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the people of Israel, and the Levites shall be mine.

15 And after that the Levites shall go in to serve at the tent of meeting, when you have cleansed them and offered them as a wave offering.

16 For they are wholly given to me from among the people of Israel. Instead of all who open the womb, the firstborn of all the people of Israel, I have taken them for myself.

17 For all the firstborn among the people of Israel are mine, both of man and of beast. On the day that I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I consecrated them for myself,

18 and I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the people of Israel.

19 And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and his sons from among the people of Israel, to do the service for the people of Israel at the tent of meeting and to make atonement for the people of Israel, that there may be no plague among the people of Israel when the people of Israel come near the sanctuary."

20 Thus did Moses and Aaron and all the congregation of the people of Israel to the Levites. According to all that the LORD commanded Moses concerning the Levites, the people of Israel did to them.

21 And the Levites purified themselves from sin and washed their clothes, and Aaron offered them as a wave offering before the LORD, and Aaron made atonement for them to cleanse them.

22 And after that the Levites went in to do their service in the tent of meeting before Aaron and his sons; as the LORD had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so they did to them.

23 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

24 "This applies to the Levites: from twenty-five years old and upward they shall come to do duty in the service of the tent of meeting.

25 And from the age of fifty years they shall withdraw from the duty of the service and serve no more.

26 They minister to their brothers in the tent of meeting by keeping guard, but they shall do no service. Thus shall you do to the Levites in assigning their duties."

The Message Bible MSG

1 God spoke to Moses:

2 "Tell Aaron, Install the seven lamps so they will throw light in front of the Lampstand."

3 Aaron did just that. He installed the lamps so they threw light in front of the Lampstand, as God had instructed Moses.

4 The Lampstand was made of hammered gold from its stem to its petals. It was made precisely to the design God had shown Moses. Purifying the Levites

5 God spoke to Moses:

6 "Take the Levites from the midst of the People of Israel and purify them for doing God's work.

7 This is the way you will do it: Sprinkle water of absolution on them; have them shave their entire bodies; have them scrub their clothes. Then they will have purified themselves.

8 "Have them take a young bull with its accompanying Grain-Offering of fine flour mixed with oil, plus a second young bull for an Absolution-Offering.

9 Bring the Levites to the front of the Tent of Meeting and gather the entire community of Israel.

10 Present the Levites before God as the People of Israel lay their hands on them.

11 Aaron will present the Levites before God as a Wave-Offering from the People of Israel so that they will be ready to do God's work.

12 "Have the Levites place their hands on the heads of the bulls, selecting one for the Absolution-Offering and another for the Whole-Burnt-Offering to God to make atonement for the Levites.

13 Then have the Levites stand in front of Aaron and his sons and present them as a Wave-Offering to God.

14 This is the procedure for setting apart the Levites from the rest of the People of Israel; the Levites are exclusively for my use.

15 "After you have purified the Levites and presented them as a Wave-Offering to God, they can go to work in the Tent of Meeting.

16 The Levites have been selected out of the People of Israel for my exclusive use; they function in place of every firstborn male born to an Israelite woman.

17 Every firstborn male in Israel, animal or human, is set apart for my use. When I struck down all the firstborn of Egypt, I consecrated them for my holy uses.

18 But now I take the Levites as stand-ins in place of every firstborn son in Israel,

19 selected out of the People of Israel, and I have given the Levites to Aaron and his sons to do all the work involved in the Tent of Meeting on behalf of all the People of Israel and to make atonement for them so that nothing bad will happen to them when they approach the Sanctuary."

20 Moses, Aaron, and the entire community of the People of Israel carried out these procedures with the Levites, just as God had commanded Moses.

21 The Levites purified themselves and scrubbed their clothes. Then Aaron presented them as a Wave-Offering before God and made atonement for them to purify them.

22 Only then did the Levites go to work at the Tent of Meeting. Aaron and his sons supervised them following the directions God had given.

23 God spoke to Moses:

24 "These are your instructions regarding the Levites: At the age of twenty-five they will join the work force in the Tent of Meeting;

25 at the age of fifty they must retire from the work.

26 They can assist their brothers in the tasks in the Tent of Meeting, but they are not permitted to do the actual work themselves. These are the ground rules for the work of the Levites."