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Numbers 8

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1 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 Aaron did so; he set up its lamps to give light in front of the lampstand, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

4 Now this was how the lampstand was made, out of 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 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

6 Take the Levites from among the Israelites and cleanse them.

7 Thus you shall do to them, to cleanse them: sprinkle the water of purification on them, have them shave their whole body with a razor and wash their clothes, and so cleanse themselves.

8 Then let them take a young bull and its grain offering of choice flour mixed with oil, and you shall take another young bull for a sin offering.

9 You shall bring the Levites before the tent of meeting, and assemble the whole congregation of the Israelites.

10 When you bring the Levites before the Lord, the Israelites shall lay their hands on the Levites,

11 and Aaron shall present the Levites before the Lord as an elevation offering from the Israelites, that they may do the service of the Lord.

12 The Levites shall lay their hands on the heads of the bulls, and he 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 Then you shall have the Levites stand before Aaron and his sons, and you shall present them as an elevation offering to the Lord.

14 Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the other Israelites, and the Levites shall be mine.

15 Thereafter the Levites may go in to do service at the tent of meeting, once you have cleansed them and presented them as an elevation offering.

16 For they are unreservedly given to me from among the Israelites; I have taken them for myself, in place of all that open the womb, the firstborn of all the Israelites.

17 For all the firstborn among the Israelites are mine, both human and animal. On the day that I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I consecrated them for myself,

18 but I have taken the Levites in place of all the firstborn among the Israelites.

19 Moreover, I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and his sons from among the Israelites, to do the service for the Israelites at the tent of meeting, and to make atonement for the Israelites, in order that there may be no plague among the Israelites for coming too close to the sanctuary.

20 Moses and Aaron and the whole congregation of the Israelites did with the Levites accordingly; the Israelites did with the Levites just as the Lord had commanded Moses concerning them.

21 The Levites purified themselves from sin and washed their clothes; then Aaron presented them as an elevation offering before the Lord, and Aaron made atonement for them to cleanse them.

22 Thereafter the Levites went in to do their service in the tent of meeting in attendance on Aaron and his sons. As the Lord had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so they did with them.

23 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

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

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

26 They may assist their brothers in the tent of meeting in carrying out their duties, but they shall perform no service. Thus you shall do with 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."