And thiswork of the candlestick was of beatengold, unto the shaftthereof, unto the flowersthereof, was beatenwork: accordingunto the patternwhich the LORD had shewedMoses, so he made the candlestick.
And thusshaltthou do untothem, to cleansethem: Sprinklewater of purifyinguponthem, and let themshave all theirflesh, and let themwashtheirclothes, and so makethemselvesclean.
And the Levitesshall lay theirhandsupon the heads of the bullocks: and thoushaltoffer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burntoffering, unto the LORD, to make an atonement for the Levites.
For they are whollygivenunto me fromamong the children of Israel; instead of such as openeverywomb, eveninstead of the firstborn of all the children of Israel, have I takenthemunto me.
For all the firstborn of the children of Israel are mine, both man and beast: on the day that I smoteeveryfirstborn in the land of Egypt I sanctifiedthem for myself.
And I havegiven the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sonsfromamong 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: thatthere be no plagueamong the children of Israel, when the children of Israelcomenighunto the sanctuary.
And Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel, did to the Levitesaccordingunto all that the LORDcommandedMosesconcerning the Levites, so did the children of Israeluntothem.
And the Leviteswerepurified, and theywashedtheirclothes; and Aaronofferedthem as an offeringbefore the LORD; and Aaronmade an atonement for them to cleansethem.
And afterthatwent the Levites in to do theirservice in the tabernacle of the congregationbeforeAaron, and before his sons: as the LORD had commandedMosesconcerning the Levites, so did theyuntothem.
This is it thatbelongethunto the Levites: fromtwenty and fiveyears old and upwardtheyshall go in to waitupon the service of the tabernacle of the congregation:
But shallministerwiththeirbrethren in the tabernacle of the congregation, to keep the charge, and shall do no service. Thusshaltthou do unto the Levitestouchingtheircharge.