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And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying,
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Speak unto Aaron and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the face of the lampstand.
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And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof over against the face of the lampstand, as the LORD commanded Moses.
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And this work of the lampstand
was of beaten gold, from the shaft thereof unto the flowers thereof; it
was beaten work; according unto the pattern which the LORD had showed Moses, so he made the lampstand.
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And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying,
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Take the Levites from among the sons of Israel, and cleanse them.
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And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them: Sprinkle water of
atonement for sin upon them, and let them shave all their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and be clean.
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Then let them take a young bullock with his present,
even fine flour mingled with oil, and another young bullock shalt thou offer as sin.
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And thou shalt offer the Levites before the tabernacle of the testimony, and thou shalt gather the whole congregation of the sons of Israel together;
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and thou shalt bring the Levites before the LORD, and the sons of Israel shall put their hands upon the Levites;
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and Aaron shall offer the Levites before the LORD
for a wave offering of the sons of Israel, and they shall serve in the ministry of the LORD.