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And the LORD[H3068]spake[H1696] unto Moses[H4872], saying[H559],
2Speak[H1696] unto Aaron[H175], and say[H559] unto him, When thou lightest[H5927] the lamps[H5216], the seven[H7651]lamps[H5216] shall give light[H215] over against[H6440] the candlestick[H4501].
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And Aaron[H175]did[H6213] so; he lighted[H5927] the lamps[H5216] thereof over against[H4136] the candlestick[H4501], as the LORD[H3068]commanded[H6680]Moses[H4872].
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And this work[H4639] of the candlestick[H4501] was of beaten[H4749]gold[H2091], unto the shaft[H3409] thereof, unto the flowers[H6525] thereof, was beaten[H4749]work[H4749]: according unto the pattern[H4758] which the LORD[H3068] had shewed[H7200]Moses[H4872], so he made[H6213] the candlestick[H4501].
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And the LORD[H3068]spake[H1696] unto Moses[H4872], saying[H559],
6Take[H3947] the Levites[H3881] from among[H8432] the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478], and cleanse[H2891] them.
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And thus shalt thou do[H6213] unto them, to cleanse[H2891] them: Sprinkle[H5137]water[H4325] of purifying[H2403] upon them, and let them shave[H8593] all their flesh[H1320], and let them wash[H3526] their clothes[H899], and so make themselves clean[H2891].
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Then let them take[H3947] a young[H1121]bullock[H6499] with his meat offering[H4503], even fine flour[H5560]mingled[H1101] with oil[H8081], and another[H8145]young[H1241]bullock[H6499] shalt thou take[H3947] for a sin offering[H2403].
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And thou shalt bring[H7126] the Levites[H3881]before[H6440] the tabernacle[H168] of the congregation[H4150]: and thou shalt gather[H6950] the whole assembly[H5712] of the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478]together[H6950]:
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And thou shalt bring[H7126] the Levites[H3881]before[H6440] the LORD[H3068]: and the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] shall put[H5564] their hands[H3027] upon the Levites[H3881]:
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And Aaron[H175] shall offer[H5130] the Levites[H3881]before[H6440] the LORD[H3068] for an offering[H8573] of the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478], that they may execute[H5647] the service[H5656] of the LORD[H3068].
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And the Levites[H3881] shall lay[H5564] their hands[H3027] upon the heads[H7218] of the bullocks[H6499]: and thou shalt offer[H6213] the one[H259] for a sin offering[H2403], and the other[H259] for a burnt offering[H5930], unto the LORD[H3068], to make an atonement[H3722] for the Levites[H3881].
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And thou shalt set[H5975] the Levites[H3881]before[H6440]Aaron[H175], and before[H6440] his sons[H1121], and offer[H5130] them for an offering[H8573] unto the LORD[H3068].
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Thus shalt thou separate[H914] the Levites[H3881] from among[H8432] the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478]: and the Levites[H3881] shall be mine.
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And after[H310] that shall the Levites[H3881] go in[H935] to do the service[H5647] of the tabernacle[H168] of the congregation[H4150]: and thou shalt cleanse[H2891] them, and offer[H5130] them for an offering[H8573].
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For they are wholly given[H5414] unto me from among[H8432] the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478]; instead of such as open[H6363] every womb[H7358], even instead of the firstborn[H1060] of all the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478], have I taken[H3947] them unto me.
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For all the firstborn[H1060] of the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] are mine, both man[H120] and beast[H929]: on the day[H3117] that I smote[H5221] every firstborn[H1060] in the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714] I sanctified[H6942] them for myself.
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And I have taken[H3947] the Levites[H3881] for all the firstborn[H1060] of the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478].
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And I have given[H5414] the Levites[H3881] as a gift[H5414] to Aaron[H175] and to his sons[H1121] from among[H8432] the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478], to do[H5647] the service[H5656] of the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] in the tabernacle[H168] of the congregation[H4150], and to make an atonement[H3722] for the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478]: that there be no plague[H5063]among[H8432] the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478], when the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] come nigh[H5066] unto the sanctuary[H6944].
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And Moses[H4872], and Aaron[H175], and all the congregation[H5712] of the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478], did[H6213] to the Levites[H3881] according unto all that the LORD[H3068]commanded[H6680]Moses[H4872] concerning the Levites[H3881], so did[H6213] the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] unto them.
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And the Levites[H3881] were purified[H2398], and they washed[H3526] their clothes[H899]; and Aaron[H175]offered[H5130] them as an offering[H8573]before[H6440] the LORD[H3068]; and Aaron[H175] made an atonement[H3722] for them to cleanse[H2891] them.
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And after[H310] that went[H935] the Levites[H3881] in to do[H5647] their service[H5656] in the tabernacle[H168] of the congregation[H4150]before[H6440]Aaron[H175], and before[H6440] his sons[H1121]: as the LORD[H3068] had commanded[H6680]Moses[H4872] concerning the Levites[H3881], so did[H6213] they unto them.
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And the LORD[H3068]spake[H1696] unto Moses[H4872], saying[H559],
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This is it that belongeth unto the Levites[H3881]: from twenty[H6242] and five[H2568]years[H8141]old[H1121] and upward[H4605] they shall go in[H935] to wait[H6633] upon the service[H5656] of the tabernacle[H168] of the congregation[H4150]:
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And from the age[H1121] of fifty[H2572]years[H8141] they shall cease[H7725]waiting[H6635] upon the service[H5656] thereof, and shall serve[H5647] no more:
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But shall minister[H8334] with their brethren[H251] in the tabernacle[H168] of the congregation[H4150], to keep[H8104] the charge[H4931], and shall do[H5647] no service[H5656]. Thus shalt thou do[H6213] unto the Levites[H3881] touching their charge[H4931].