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And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,
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`Speak unto Aaron, and thou hast said unto him, In thy causing the lights to go up, over-against the face of the candlestick do the seven lights give light.'
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And Aaron doth so; over-against the face of the candlestick he hath caused its lights to go up, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.
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And this [is] the work of the candlestick: beaten work of gold; unto its thigh, unto its flower it [is] beaten work; as the appearance which Jehovah shewed Moses, so he hath made the candlestick.
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And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,
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`Take the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel, and thou hast cleansed them.
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`And thus thou dost to them to cleanse them: sprinkle upon them waters of atonement, and they have caused a razor to pass over all their flesh, and have washed their garments, and cleansed themselves,
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and have taken a bullock, a son of the herd, and its present, flour mixed with oil, -- and a second bullock a son of the herd thou dost take for a sin-offering,
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and thou hast brought near the Levites before the tent of meeting, and thou hast assembled the whole company of the sons of Israel,
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and thou hast brought near the Levites before Jehovah, and the sons of Israel have laid their hands on the Levites,