8:1 And Yehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
8:2 Speak to Aaron, and thou shalt say to him, Whenever thou shalt set the
lamps in order, the seven lamps shall give light opposite the candlestick.
8:3 And Aaron did so: on one side opposite the candlestick he lighted its
lamps, as Yehovah appointed Moses.
8:4 And this [is] the construction of the candlestick: [it is] solid,
golden-- its stem, and its lilies-- all solid: according to the pattern
which Yehovah shewed Moses, so he made the candlestick.
8:5 And Yehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
8:6 Take the Levites out of the midst of the children of Israel, and thou
shalt purify them.
8:7 And thus shalt thou perform their purification: thou shalt sprinkle them
with water of purification, and a razor shall come upon the whole of their
body, and they shall wash their garments, and shall be clean.
8:8 And they shall take one calf of the herd, and its meat-offering, fine
flour mingled with oil: and thou shalt take a calf of a year old of the herd
for a sin-offering.
8:9 And thou shalt bring the Levites before the tabernacle of witness; and
thou shalt assemble all the congregation of the sons of Israel.
8:10 And thou shalt bring the Levites before Yehovah; and the sons of
Israel shall lay their hands upon the Levites.
8:11 And Aaron shall separate the Levites for a gift before Yehovah from
the children of Israel: and they shall be prepared to perform the works of
Yehovah.
8:12 And the Levites shall lay their hands on the heads of the calves; and
thou shalt offer one for a sin-offering, and the other for a
whole-burnt-offering to Yehovah, to make atonement for them.
8:13 And thou shalt set the Levites before Yehovah, and before Aaron, and
before his sons; and thou shalt give them as a gift before Yehovah.
8:14 And thou shalt separate the Levites from the midst of the sons of
Israel, ad they shall be mine.
8:15 And afterwards the Levites shall go in to perform the works of the
tabernacle of witness; and thou shalt purify them, and present them before
Yehovah.
8:16 For these are given to me for a present out of the midst of the
children of Israel: I have taken them to myself instead of all the
first-born of the sons of Israel that open every womb.
8:17 For every first-born among the children of Israel [is] mine, whether of
man or beast: in the day in which I smote every first-born in the land of
Egypt, I sanctified them to myself.
8:18 And I took the Levites in the place of every first-born among the
children of Israel.
8:19 And I gave the Levites presented as a gift to Aaron and his sons out of
the midst of the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of
Israel in the tabernacle of witness, and to make atonement for the children
of Israel: thus there shall be none among the sons of Israel to draw nigh to
the holy things.
8:20 And Moses and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of
Israel, did to the Levites as Yehovah commanded Moses concerning the
Levites, so the sons of Israel did to them.
8:21 So the Levites purified themselves and washed their garments; and Aaron
presented them as a gift before Yehovah, and Aaron made atonement for them
to purify them.
8:22 And afterwards the Levites went in to minister in their service in the
tabernacle of witness before Aaron, and before his sons; as Yehovah
appointed Moses concerning the Levites, so they did to them.
8:23 And Yehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
8:24 This is the [ordinance] for the Levites; From five and twenty years old
and upward, they shall go in to minister in the tabernacle of witness.
8:25 And from fifty years old [the Levites] shall cease from the ministry,
and shall not work any longer.
8:26 And his brother shall serve in the tabernacle of witness to keep
charges, but he shall not do works: so shalt thou do to the Levites in their
charges. |
8:1 And Yehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
8:2 Speak unto Aaron and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the
seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick.
8:3 And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof over against the
candlestick, as Yehovah commanded Moses.
8:4 And 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 Yehovah had showed Moses, so he made the candlestick.
8:5 And Yehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
8:6 Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them.
8:7 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 so make themselves clean.
8:8 Then let them take a young bullock with his meat offering, even fine
flour mingled with oil, and another young bullock shalt thou take for a sin
offering.
8:9 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:
8:10 And thou shalt bring the Levites before Yehovah: and the children of
Israel shall put their hands upon the Levites:
8:11 And Aaron shall offer the Levites before Yehovah for an offering of
the children of Israel, that they may execute the service of Yehovah.
8:12 And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bullocks:
and thou shalt offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt
offering, unto Yehovah, to make an atonement for the Levites.
8:13 And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and
offer them for an offering unto Yehovah.
8:14 Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel:
and the Levites shall be mine.
8:15 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
for an offering.
8:16 For they are wholly given unto me from among the children of Israel;
instead of such as open every womb, even instead of the firstborn of all the
children of Israel, have I taken them unto me.
8:17 For all the firstborn of the children of 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.
8:18 And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of
Israel.
8:19 And I have given the Levites as 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.
8:20 And Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of
Israel, did to the Levites according unto all that Yehovah commanded Moses
concerning the Levites, so did the children of Israel unto them.
8:21 And the Levites were purified, and they washed their clothes; and Aaron
offered them as an offering before Yehovah; and Aaron made an atonement for
them to cleanse them.
8:22 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
Yehovah had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did they unto them.
8:23 And Yehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
8:24 This is it that belongeth 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:
8:25 And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the
service thereof, and shall serve no more:
8:26 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. |