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And Jehovah spoke to▵ Moses, saying,
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Speak to▵ Aaron, and say to▵ him, When thou causest the flame of the lamps to go··up*, the seven lamps shall give··light next··to the faces of the lampstand.
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And Aaron did so; next··to the faces of the lampstand he caused the flame of its lamps to go··up*, as◦ Jehovah commanded Moses.
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And this making of the lampstand was of solid gold, even··to its shaft◦*, even··to its blossoms, it◦ was solid; according··to the appearance which Jehovah had showed Moses, so he made the lampstand.
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And Jehovah spoke to▵ Moses, saying,
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Take the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel, and cleanse them.
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And thus shalt thou do to them, to cleanse them: spatter purging water upon them, and make them pass the razor◦ over all their flesh, and make them wash their garments, and cleanse themselves.
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And they shall take a bullock, a son of the herd, and his gift··offering of flour mixed with oil; and a second bullock, a son of the herd, thou shalt take for a sin offering.
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And thou shalt cause the Levites to come··near before the Tabernacle of the congregation◦; and thou shalt assemble all the congregation of the sons of Israel:
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and thou shalt cause the Levites to come··near before Jehovah; and the sons of Israel shall lay◦ their hands on the Levites;
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and Aaron shall wave* the Levites before Jehovah for a wave offering of the sons of Israel, that they may be able to serve the service of Jehovah.
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And the Levites shall lay◦ their hands upon the heads of the bullocks; and thou shalt make the one for a sin offering, and one for a burnt··offering, to Jehovah, to make··atonement for▵ the Levites.
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And thou shalt stand the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and wave them for a wave offering to Jehovah.
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And thou shalt distinguish the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel; and the Levites shall be for Me.
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And after··that shall the Levites go··in to serve the Tabernacle of the congregation◦; and thou shalt cleanse them, and wave them for a wave offering.
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For they are given, they◦ are given to Me from the midst of the sons of Israel; instead of that which opens··up every womb; the firstborn of all the sons of Israel, I have taken them for Myself.
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For all the firstborn among◦ the sons of Israel are Mine, both among◦ man and among◦ beast. On◦ the day that I smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for Myself.
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And I have taken the Levites instead··of all the firstborn of the sons of Israel.
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And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from the midst of the sons of Israel, to serve the service of the sons of Israel in the Tabernacle of the congregation◦, and to make··atonement for▵ the sons of Israel; that there be not a plague striking among◦ the sons of Israel, when the sons of Israel approach toward▵ the sanctuary.
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And Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the sons of Israel, did this to the Levites; according··to all that Jehovah commanded Moses for the Levites, so did the sons of Israel to them.
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And the Levites purged themselves, and they washed their garments; and Aaron waved them for a wave offering before Jehovah; and Aaron made· an ·atonement on them to cleanse them.
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And afterwards the Levites came to serve their service in the Tabernacle of the congregation◦ before Aaron, and before his sons; as◦ Jehovah had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so they did to them.
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And Jehovah spoke to▵ Moses, saying,
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This is that which belongs to the Levites; from a son of five and twenty years and upward they shall go··in to be··an··army, an army in the service of the Tabernacle of the congregation◦:
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and from a son of fifty years they shall return from the army of the service, and shall not serve any··more;
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but shall minister with◦ their brothers in the Tabernacle of the congregation◦, to keep the charge, and shall serve no◦ service. So▵ shalt thou do to the Levites as to their charge.
