Dual Panel1The Lord <03068> spoke <01696> to <0413> Moses <04872>:
2“Speak <01696> to <0413> Aaron <0175> and tell <0559> him, ‘When you set up <05927> the lamps <05216>, the seven <07651> lamps <05216> are to <0413> give light <0215> in <04136> front <06440> of the lampstand <04501>.’”
3And Aaron <0175> did <06213> so <03651>; he set up <05927> the lamps <05216> to <0413> face toward <04136> the front <06440> of the lampstand <04501>, as <0834> the Lord <03068> commanded <06680> Moses <04872>.
4This <02088> is how the lampstand <04501> was made: It was beaten <04749> work <04639> in gold <02091>; from <05704> its shaft <03409> to <05704> its flowers <06525> it was beaten work <04749>. According to the pattern <04758> which <0834> the Lord <03068> had shown <07200> Moses <04872>, so <03651> he made <06213> the lampstand <04501>.
5Then the Lord <03068> spoke <01696> to <0413> Moses <04872>:
6“Take <03947> the Levites <03881> from among <08432> the Israelites <03478> <01121> and purify <02891> them.
7And do <06213> this <03541> to them to purify <02891> them: Sprinkle <05137> water <04325> of purification <02403> on <05921> them; then have them shave <08593> <05674> all <03605> their body <01320> and wash <03526> their clothes <0899>, and so purify <02891> themselves.
8Then they are to take <03947> a young <01241> <01121> bull <06499> with its grain offering <04503> of fine flour <05560> mixed <01101> with olive oil <08081>; and you are to take <03947> a second <08145> young <01241> <01121> bull <06499> for a purification <02403> offering.
9You are to bring <07126> the Levites <03881> before <06440> the tent <0168> of meeting <04150> and assemble <06950> the entire <03605> community <05712> of the Israelites <03478> <01121>.
10Then you are to bring <07126> the Levites <03881> before <06440> the Lord <03069>, and the Israelites <03478> <01121> are to lay <05564> their hands <03027> on <05921> the Levites <03881>;
11and Aaron <0175> is to offer <05130> the Levites <03881> before <06440> the Lord <03068> as a wave offering <08573> from the Israelites <03478> <01121>, that they may do <05647> the work <05656> of the Lord <03068>.
12When the Levites <03881> lay <05564> their hands <03027> on <05921> the heads <07218> of the bulls <06499>, offer <06213> the one <0259> for a purification offering <02403> and the other <0259> for a whole burnt offering <05930> to the Lord <03068>, to make atonement <03722> for <05921> the Levites <03881>.
13You are to have the Levites <03881> stand <05975> before <06440> Aaron <0175> and his sons <01121>, and then offer <05130> them as a wave offering <08573> to the Lord <03068>.
14And so you are to separate <0914> the Levites <03881> from among <08432> the Israelites <03478> <01121>, and the Levites <03881> will be <01961> mine.
15“After <0310> this, the Levites <03881> will go <0935> in to do the work <05647> of the tent <0168> of meeting <04150>. So you must cleanse <02891> them and offer <05130> them like a wave offering <08573>.
16For <03588> they are <01992> entirely <05414> given <05414> to me from among <08432> the Israelites <03478> <01121>. I have taken <03947> them for myself instead <08478> of all <03605> who open <06363> the womb <07358>, the firstborn sons <01060> of all <03605> the Israelites <03478> <01121>.
17For <03588> all <03605> the firstborn males <01060> among the Israelites <03478> <01121> are mine, both humans <0120> and animals <0929>; when <03117> I destroyed <05221> all <03605> the firstborn <01060> in the land <0776> of Egypt <04714> I set <06942> them apart <06942> for myself.
18So I have taken <03947> the Levites <03881> instead <08478> of all <03605> the firstborn sons <01060> among the Israelites <03478> <01121>.
19I have given <05414> the Levites <03881> as a gift <05414> to Aaron <0175> and his sons <01121> from among <08432> the Israelites <03478> <01121>, to do <05647> the work <05656> for the Israelites <03478> <01121> in the tent <0168> of meeting <04150>, and to make atonement <03722> for <05921> the Israelites <03478> <01121>, so there will be <01961> no <03808> plague <05063> among the Israelites <03478> <01121> when the Israelites <03478> <01121> come near <05066> the sanctuary <06944>.”
20So Moses <04872> and Aaron <0175> and the entire <03605> community <05712> of the Israelites <03478> <01121> did <06213> this with the Levites <03881>. According to all <03605> that <0834> the Lord <03068> commanded <06680> Moses <04872> concerning the Levites <03881>, this is what <03651> the Israelites <03478> <01121> did <06213> with them.
21The Levites <03881> purified <02398> themselves and washed <03526> their clothing <0899>; then Aaron <0175> presented <05130> them like a wave offering <08573> before <06440> the Lord <03068>, and Aaron <0175> made atonement <03722> for <05921> them to purify <02891> them.
22After <0310> this <03651>, the Levites <03881> went <0935> in to do <05647> their work <05656> in the tent <0168> of meeting <04150> before <06440> Aaron <0175> and before <06440> his sons <01121>. As <0834> the Lord <03068> had commanded <06680> Moses <04872> concerning <05921> the Levites <03881>, so <03651> they did <06213>.
23Then the Lord <03068> spoke <01696> to <0413> Moses <04872>:
24“This <02063> is what <0834> pertains to the Levites <01121> <03881>: At the age of twenty-five <06242> <02568> years <08141> and upward <04605> one may begin to join <0935> the company <06635> <06633> in the work <05656> of the tent <0168> of meeting <04150>,
25and at the age <01121> of fifty <02572> years <08141> they must retire <07725> from performing <06635> the work <05656> and may no <03808> longer <05750> work <05647>.
26They may assist <08334> their colleagues <0251> in the tent <0168> of meeting <04150>, to attend <08104> to needs <04931>, but they must do no <03808> work <05647> <05656>. This <03602> is the way you must establish <06213> the Levites <03881> regarding their duties <04931>.”