Numbers 8

 

Numbers 8

 

8 I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) spoke to Drawn (Moses), saying:

 

2 Speak to Light Bringer (Aaron) and say to him: When you light the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick.

 

3 Light Bringer (Aaron) did so; he lit the lamps thereof over against the candlestick, as I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) commanded Drawn (Moses).

 

4 The work of the candlestick was of beaten gold, to the shaft thereof, to the flowers thereof, all beaten work: according to the pattern which I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) had shown Drawn (Moses), so he made the candlestick.

 

5 I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) spoke to Drawn (Moses), saying,

 

6 Take the Children of Joined To (Levites) from among the children of God Prevails (Israel), and cleanse them.

 

7 This you shall do to them, to cleanse them: Sprinkle the water of purifying on them, and let them shave all their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and so make themselves clean.

 

8 Then let them take a young bullock with his meat offering, even fine flour mingled with oil, and take another young bullock for a sin offering.

 

9 You shall bring the Children of Joined To (Levites) before the tabernacle of the congregation: and you shall gather the whole assembly of the children of God Prevails (Israel) together:

 

10 You shall bring the Children of Joined To (Levites) before I AM (the LORD, Yehovah). The children of God Prevails (Israel) shall put their hands on the Children of Joined To (Levites):

 

11 And Light Bringer (Aaron) shall offer the Children of Joined To (Levites) before I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) for an offering of the children of God Prevails (Israel), that they may execute the service of I AM (the LORD, Yehovah).

 

12 The Children of Joined To (Levites) shall lay their hands on the heads of the bullocks. You shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, to I AM (the LORD, Yehovah), to make an atonement for the Children of Joined To (Levites).

 

13 You shall set the Children of Joined To (Levites) before Light Bringer (Aaron), and before his sons, and offer them for an offering to I AM (the LORD, Yehovah).

 

14 In this way you shall separate the Children of Joined To (Levites) from among the children of God Prevails (Israel): and the Children of Joined To (Levites) shall be Mine.

 

15 After that, the Children of Joined To (Levites) shall go in to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation: you shall cleanse them, and offer them for an offering.

 

16 For they are wholly given to Me from among the children of God Prevails (Israel); instead of such as open every womb, instead of the firstborn of all the children of God Prevails (Israel), I have taken them to Me.

 

17 For all the firstborn of the children of God Prevails (Israel) are mine, both man and beast: on the day that I smote every firstborn in the land of Double Straights (Egypt) I sanctified them for myself.

 

18 I have taken the Children of Joined To (Levites) for all the firstborn of the children of God Prevails (Israel).

 

19 I have given the Children of Joined To (Levites) as a gift to Light Bringer (Aaron) and to his sons from among the children of God Prevails (Israel), to do the service of the children of God Prevails (Israel) in the tabernacle of the congregation, and to make an atonement for the children of God Prevails (Israel): that there will be no plague among the children of God Prevails (Israel), when the children of God Prevails (Israel) come near the sanctuary.

 

20 So Drawn (Moses), and Light Bringer (Aaron), and all the congregation of the children of God Prevails (Israel), did to the Children of Joined To (Levites) according to all that I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) commanded Drawn (Moses) concerning the Children of Joined To (Levites), so did the children of God Prevails (Israel) to them.

 

21 The Children of Joined To (Levites) were purified, and they washed their clothes; and Light Bringer (Aaron) offered them as an offering before I AM (the LORD, Yehovah); and Light Bringer (Aaron) made an atonement for them to cleanse them.

 

22 After that, the Children of Joined To (Levites) went in to do their service in the tabernacle of the congregation before Light Bringer (Aaron), and before his sons: as I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) had commanded Drawn (Moses) concerning the Children of Joined To (Levites), so did they to them.

 

23 I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) spoke to Drawn (Moses), saying:

 

24 This is it those belonging to the Children of Joined To (Levites): from twenty-five years old and upward they shall go in to wait on the service of the tabernacle of the congregation:

 

25 But at the age of fifty years, they shall cease waiting on the service thereof, and shall serve no more:

 

26 But shall minister with their brethren in the tabernacle of the congregation, to keep the charge, and shall do no service. Thus you shall do to the Children of Joined To (Levites) concerning their charge.