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Numbers 8 :: King James Version (KJV)

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The Seven Lamps

(Exo 25:31–40 )
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:1 - And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:2 - Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:3 - And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof over against the candlestick, as the LORD commanded Moses.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 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 the LORD had shewed Moses, so he made the candlestick.

Cleansing the Levites

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:5 - And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:6 - Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 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:
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:10 - And thou shalt bring the Levites before the LORD: and the children of Israel shall put their hands upon the Levites:
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:11 - And Aaron shall offer the Levites before the LORD for an offering of the children of Israel, that they may execute the service of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 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 the LORD, to make an atonement for the Levites.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:13 - And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them for an offering unto the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:14 - Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:18 - And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:20 - And Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel, did to the Levites according unto all that the LORD commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did the children of Israel unto them.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:21 - And the Levites were purified, and they washed their clothes; and Aaron offered them as an offering before the LORD; and Aaron made an atonement for them to cleanse them.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 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 LORD had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did they unto them.

Retirement

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:23 - And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 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:
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:25 - And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the service thereof, and shall serve no more:
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 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.
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