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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Numbers 8 NLT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/numbers/8.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/numbers/8-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NLT</a> > Numbers 8</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../numbers/7.htm" title="Numbers 7">◄</a> Numbers 8 <a href="../numbers/9.htm" title="Numbers 9">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/numbers/8.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">Preparing the Lamps</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/8-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>The LORD said to Moses, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/8-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>“Give Aaron the following instructions: When you set up the seven lamps in the lampstand, place them so their light shines forward in front of the lampstand.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/8-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>So Aaron did this. He set up the seven lamps so they reflected their light forward, just as the LORD had commanded Moses. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/8-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>The entire lampstand, from its base to its decorative blossoms, was made of beaten gold. It was built according to the exact design the LORD had shown Moses.</p><p class="hdg">The Levites Dedicated</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/8-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Then the LORD said to Moses, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/8-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>“Now set the Levites apart from the rest of the people of Israel and make them ceremonially clean. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/8-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Do this by sprinkling them with the water of purification, and have them shave their entire body and wash their clothing. Then they will be ceremonially clean. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/8-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Have them bring a young bull and a grain offering of choice flour moistened with olive oil, along with a second young bull for a sin offering. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/8-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Then assemble the whole community of Israel, and present the Levites at the entrance of the Tabernacle.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/8-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>When you present the Levites before the LORD, the people of Israel must lay their hands on them. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/8-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Raising his hands, Aaron must then present the Levites to the LORD as a special offering from the people of Israel, thus dedicating them to the LORD’s service.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/8-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>“Next the Levites will lay their hands on the heads of the young bulls. Present one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering to the LORD, to purify the Levites and make them right with the LORD.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/8-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Then have the Levites stand in front of Aaron and his sons, and raise your hands and present them as a special offering to the LORD. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/8-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>In this way, you will set the Levites apart from the rest of the people of Israel, and the Levites will belong to me. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/8-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>After this, they may go into the Tabernacle to do their work, because you have purified them and presented them as a special offering.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/8-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>“Of all the people of Israel, the Levites are reserved for me. I have claimed them for myself in place of all the firstborn sons of the Israelites; I have taken the Levites as their substitutes. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/8-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>For all the firstborn males among the people of Israel are mine, both of people and of animals. I set them apart for myself on the day I struck down all the firstborn sons of the Egyptians. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/8-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Yes, I have claimed the Levites in place of all the firstborn sons of Israel. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/8-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And of all the Israelites, I have assigned the Levites to Aaron and his sons. They will serve in the Tabernacle on behalf of the Israelites and make sacrifices to purify<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">c</span></a> the people so no plague will strike them when they approach the sanctuary.”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/8-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>So Moses, Aaron, and the whole community of Israel dedicated the Levites, carefully following all the LORD’s instructions to Moses. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/8-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>The Levites purified themselves from sin and washed their clothes, and Aaron lifted them up and presented them to the LORD as a special offering. He then offered a sacrifice to purify them and make them right with the LORD.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">d</span></a> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/8-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>After that the Levites went into the Tabernacle to perform their duties, assisting Aaron and his sons. So they carried out all the commands that the LORD gave Moses concerning the Levites.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/8-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>The LORD also instructed Moses, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/8-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>“This is the rule the Levites must follow: They must begin serving in the Tabernacle at the age of twenty-five, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/8-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>and they must retire at the age of fifty. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/8-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>After retirement they may assist their fellow Levites by serving as guards at the Tabernacle, but they may not officiate in the service. This is how you must assign duties to the Levites.”</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">8:9 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">the Tent of Meeting;</span><span class="ft"> also in 8:15, 19, 22, 24, 26.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">8:12 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">to make atonement for the Levites.</span><br><span class="fn">c</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">8:19 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">make atonement for.</span><br><span class="fn">d</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">8:21 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">then made atonement for them to purify them.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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