Numbers 8

¹And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Copy Many Bible Versions

²Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick. Copy Many Bible Versions

³And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof over against the candlestick, as the Lord commanded Moses. Copy Many Bible Versions

⁴And this work of the candlestick was of beaten gold, unto the shaft thereof, unto the flowers thereof, was beaten work: according unto the pattern which the Lord had shewed Moses, so he made the candlestick. Copy Many Bible Versions

⁵And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Copy Many Bible Versions

⁶Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them. Copy Many Bible Versions

⁷And thus shalt thou do unto 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. Copy Many Bible Versions

⁸Then 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. Copy Many Bible Versions

⁹And thou shalt bring the Levites before the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt gather the whole assembly of the children of Israel together: Copy Many Bible Versions

¹⁰And thou shalt bring the Levites before the Lord: and the children of Israel shall put their hands upon the Levites: Copy Many Bible Versions

¹¹And 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. Copy Many Bible Versions

¹²And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bullocks: and thou shalt offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, unto the Lord, to make an atonement for the Levites. Copy Many Bible Versions

¹³And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them for an offering unto the Lord. Copy Many Bible Versions

¹⁴Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine. Copy Many Bible Versions

¹⁵And after that shall the Levites go in to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt cleanse them, and offer them for an offering. Copy Many Bible Versions

¹⁶For they are wholly given unto me from among the children of Israel; instead of such as open every womb, even instead of the firstborn of all the children of Israel, have I taken them unto me. Copy Many Bible Versions

¹⁷For all the firstborn of the children of Israel are mine, both man and beast: on the day that I smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for myself. Copy Many Bible Versions

¹⁸And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel. Copy Many Bible Versions

¹⁹And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of the congregation, and to make an atonement for the children of Israel: that there be no plague among the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come nigh unto the sanctuary. Copy Many Bible Versions

²⁰And Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel, did to the Levites according unto all that the Lord commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did the children of Israel unto them. Copy Many Bible Versions

²¹And the Levites were purified, and they washed their clothes; and Aaron offered them as an offering before the Lord; and Aaron made an atonement for them to cleanse them. Copy Many Bible Versions

²²And after that went the Levites in to do their service in the tabernacle of the congregation before Aaron, and before his sons: as the Lord had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did they unto them. Copy Many Bible Versions

²³And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Copy Many Bible Versions

²⁴This is it that belongeth unto the Levites: from twenty and five years old and upward they shall go in to wait upon the service of the tabernacle of the congregation: Copy Many Bible Versions

²⁵And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the service thereof, and shall serve no more: Copy Many Bible Versions

²⁶But shall minister with their brethren in the tabernacle of the congregation, to keep the charge, and shall do no service. Thus shalt thou do unto the Levites touching their charge. Copy Many Bible Versions