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he lighted the lamps thereof over against the candlestick, as the LORD commanded Moses.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/8-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And Aaron did so: he set up its lamps in front of the lampstand, as the LORD commanded Moses.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/8-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And this work of the candlestick <i>was of</i> beaten gold, unto the shaft thereof, unto the flowers thereof, <i>was</i> beaten work: according unto the pattern which the LORD had shewed Moses, so he made the candlestick.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/8-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And this was the workmanship of the lampstand, hammered work of gold. From its base to its flowers, it was hammered work; according to the pattern that the LORD had shown Moses, so he made the lampstand.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/8-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/8-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/8-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/8-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext2">“Take the Levites from among the people of Israel and cleanse them.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/8-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext1">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 <i>so</i> make themselves clean.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/8-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Thus you shall do to them to cleanse them: sprinkle the water of purification upon them, and let them go with a razor over all their body, and wash their clothes and cleanse themselves.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/8-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Then let them take a young bullock with his meat offering, <i>even</i> fine flour mingled with oil, and another young bullock shalt thou take for a sin offering.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/8-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Then let them take a bull from the herd and its grain offering of fine flour mixed with oil, and you shall take another bull from the herd for a sin offering.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/8-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext1">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:<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/8-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And you shall bring the Levites before the tent of meeting and assemble the whole congregation of the people of Israel.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/8-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And thou shalt bring the Levites before the LORD: and the children of Israel shall put their hands upon the Levites:<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/8-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext2">When you bring the Levites before the LORD, the people of Israel shall lay their hands on the Levites,</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/8-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And Aaron shall offer the Levites before the LORD <i>for</i> an offering of the children of Israel, that they may execute the service of the LORD.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/8-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext2">and Aaron shall offer the Levites before the LORD as a wave offering from the people of Israel, that they may do the service of the LORD.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/8-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bullocks: and thou shalt offer the one <i>for</i> a sin offering, and the other <i>for</i> a burnt offering, unto the LORD, to make an atonement for the Levites.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/8-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Then the Levites shall lay their hands on the heads of the bulls, and you shall offer the one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering to the LORD to make atonement for the Levites.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/8-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them <i>for</i> an offering unto the LORD.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/8-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And you shall set the Levites before Aaron and his sons, and shall offer them as a wave offering to the LORD.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/8-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/8-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext2">“Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the people of Israel, and the Levites shall be mine.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/8-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="btext1">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 <i>for</i> an offering.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/8-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And after that the Levites shall go in to serve at the tent of meeting, when you have cleansed them and offered them as a wave offering.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/8-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="btext1">For they <i>are</i> wholly given unto me from among the children of Israel; instead of such as open every womb, <i>even instead of</i> the firstborn of all the children of Israel, have I taken them unto me.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/8-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="btext2">For they are wholly given to me from among the people of Israel. Instead of all who open the womb, the firstborn of all the people of Israel, I have taken them for myself.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/8-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="btext1">For all the firstborn of the children of Israel <i>are</i> mine, <i>both</i> man and beast: on the day that I smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for myself.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/8-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="btext2">For all the firstborn among the people of Israel are mine, both of man and of beast. On the day that I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I consecrated them for myself,</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/8-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/8-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="btext2">and I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the people of Israel.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/8-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And I have given the Levites <i>as</i> 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.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/8-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and his sons from among the people of Israel, to do the service for the people of Israel at the tent of meeting and to make atonement for the people of Israel, that there may be no plague among the people of Israel when the people of Israel come near the sanctuary.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/8-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="btext1">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.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/8-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Thus did Moses and Aaron and all the congregation of the people of Israel to the Levites. According to all that the LORD commanded Moses concerning the Levites, the people of Israel did to them.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/8-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And the Levites were purified, and they washed their clothes; and Aaron offered them <i>as</i> an offering before the LORD; and Aaron made an atonement for them to cleanse them.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/8-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And the Levites purified themselves from sin and washed their clothes, and Aaron offered them as a wave offering before the LORD, and Aaron made atonement for them to cleanse them.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/8-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><span class="btext1">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.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/8-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And after that the Levites went in to do their service in the tent of meeting before Aaron and his sons; as the LORD had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so they did to them.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/8-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/8-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/8-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><span class="btext1">This <i>is it</i> that <i>belongeth</i> 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:<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/8-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><span class="btext2">“This applies to the Levites: from twenty-five years old and upward they shall come to do duty in the service of the tent of meeting.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/8-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the service <i>thereof</i>, and shall serve no more:<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/8-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And from the age of fifty years they shall withdraw from the duty of the service and serve no more.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/8-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span><span class="btext1">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.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/8-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span><span class="btext2">They minister to their brothers in the tent of meeting by keeping guard, but they shall do no service. Thus shall you do to the Levites in assigning their duties.”</span></td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="copy" width="50%">King James Bible, text courtesy of <a href="http://bibleprotector.com/">BibleProtector.com</a>.</td><td class="copy" width="50%">ESV Text Edition: 2016. The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="//www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. The ESV® text has been reproduced in cooperation with and by permission of Good News Publishers. Unauthorized reproduction of this publication is prohibited. 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