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And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
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Speak to Aaron, and say to him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick.
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And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps of it over against the candlestick, as the LORD commanded Moses.
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And this work of the candlestick [was of] beaten gold, to its shaft, to the flowers of it, [was] beaten work: according to the pattern which the LORD had showed Moses, so he made the candlestick.
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And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
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Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them.
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And thus shalt thou do to them, to cleanse them: Sprinkle water of purifying upon them, and let them shave all their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and [so] make themselves clean.
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Then let them take a young bullock with his meat-offering, [even] fine flour mingled with oil, and another young bullock shalt thou take for a sin-offering.
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And thou shalt bring the Levites before the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt convene the whole assembly of the children of Israel:
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And thou shalt bring the Levites before the LORD: and the children of Israel shall put their hands upon the Levites:
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And Aaron shall offer the Levites before the LORD [for] an offering of the children of Israel, that they may execute the service of the LORD.