04_NUM_08_01 And the LORD spake unto Moses , saying ,
04_NUM_08_02 speak unto Aaron , And say unto him , when thou lightest the lamps , the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick .
04_NUM_08_03 And Aaron did So ; he lighted the lamps thereof over against the candlestick , as the LORD commanded Moses .
04_NUM_08_04 And 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 showed Moses , So he made the candlestick .
04_NUM_08_05 And the LORD spake unto Moses , saying ,
04_NUM_08_06 take the Levites from among the children of Israel , And cleanse them .
04_NUM_08_07 And 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 .
04_NUM_08_08 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 .
04_NUM_08_09 And thou shalt bring the Levites before the tabernacle of the congregation : And thou shalt gather the whole assembly of the children of Israel together :
04_NUM_08_10 And thou shalt bring the Levites before the LORD : And the children of Israel shall put their hands upon the Levites :
04_NUM_08_11 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 .
04_NUM_08_12 And 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 .
04_NUM_08_13 And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron , And before his sons , And offer them [ for ] an offering unto the LORD .
04_NUM_08_14 thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel : And the Levites shall be mine .
04_NUM_08_15 And 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 .
04_NUM_08_16 for 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 .
04_NUM_08_17 for 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 .
04_NUM_08_18 And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel .
04_NUM_08_19 And 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 .
04_NUM_08_20 And 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 .
04_NUM_08_21 And 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 .
04_NUM_08_22 And 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 .
04_NUM_08_23 And the LORD spake unto Moses , saying ,
04_NUM_08_24 this [ 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 :
04_NUM_08_25 And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the service [ thereof ] , And shall serve no more :
04_NUM_08_26 but 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 .