1And Yahuah (LORD) spake unto Moses, saying,
2Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When you lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick.
3And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof over against the candlestick, as Yahuah (LORD) commanded Moses.
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 Yahuah (LORD) had shewed Moses, so he made the candlestick.
5And Yahuah (LORD) spake unto Moses, saying,
6Take the Levites from among the children of Yashar'el (Israel), and cleanse them.
7And thus shall you 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.
8Then let them take a young bullock with his meat offering, even fine flour mingled with oil, and another young bullock shall you take for a sin offering.
9And you shall bring the Levites before the tabernacle of the congregation: and you shall gather the whole assembly of the children of Yashar'el (Israel) together:
10And you shall bring the Levites before Yahuah (LORD): and the children of Yashar'el (Israel) shall put their hands upon the Levites:
11And Aaron shall offer the Levites before Yahuah (LORD) for an offering of the children of Yashar'el (Israel), that they may execute the service of Yahuah (LORD).
12And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bullocks: and you shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, unto Yahuah (LORD), to make an atonement for the Levites.
13And you shall set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them for an offering unto Yahuah (LORD).
14Thus shall you separate the Levites from among the children of Yashar'el (Israel): and the Levites shall be mine.
15And after that shall the Levites go in to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation: and you shall cleanse them, and offer them for an offering.
16For they are wholly given unto me from among the children of Yashar'el (Israel); instead of such as open every womb, even instead of the firstborn of all the children of Yashar'el (Israel), have I taken them unto me.
17For all the firstborn of the children of Yashar'el (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.
18And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Yashar'el (Israel).
19And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Yashar'el (Israel), to do the service of the children of Yashar'el (Israel) in the tabernacle of the congregation, and to make an atonement for the children of Yashar'el (Israel): that there be no plague among the children of Yashar'el (Israel), when the children of Yashar'el (Israel) come nigh unto the sanctuary.
20And Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Yashar'el (Israel), did to the Levites according unto all that Yahuah (LORD) commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did the children of Yashar'el (Israel) unto them.
21And the Levites were purified, and they washed their clothes; and Aaron offered them as an offering before Yahuah (LORD); and Aaron made an atonement for them to cleanse them.
22And after that went the Levites in to do their service in the tabernacle of the congregation before Aaron, and before his sons: as Yahuah (LORD) had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did they unto them.
23And Yahuah (LORD) spake unto Moses, saying,
24This is it that belongs 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:
25And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the service thereof, and shall serve no more:
26But shall minister with their brethren in the tabernacle of the congregation, to keep the charge, and shall do no service. Thus shall you do unto the Levites touching their charge.