Números 8

¹ And the Lorde spake vnto Moses, saying,

² Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give lightTo that part which is in the forefront of the candlestick, (Exo_25:37).over against the candlestick.

³ And Aaron did so, lighting the lampes thereof towarde ye forefront of the Candlesticke, as the Lorde had commanded Moses.

⁴ And this work of the candlestick [was of] beaten gold, unto the shaft thereof, unto the flowers thereof, [was] beaten work:And not set together of various pieces.according unto the pattern which the LORD had shewed Moses, so he made the candlestick.

⁵ And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

⁶ Take the Leuites from among the children of Israel, and purifie them.

⁷ And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them: SprinkleIn Hebrew it is called the water of sin, because it is made to purge sin, as in (Num_19:9).water of purifying upon them, and let them shave all their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and [so] make themselves clean.

⁸ Then they shal take a yong bullocke with his meate offring of fine floure, mingled with oyle, and another yong bullocke shalt thou take for a sinne offring.

⁹ And thou shalt bring the Levites before the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt gather theThat you may do this in the presence of them all.whole assembly of the children of Israel together:

¹⁰ And thou shalt bring the Levites before the LORD: and theMeaning, certain of them in the name of the whole.children of Israel shall put their hands upon the Levites:

¹¹ And Aaron shall offer the Leuites before the Lord, as a shake offring of ye childre of Israel, that they may execute the seruice of the Lorde.

¹² And the Leuites shall put their handes vpon the heades of the bullockes, and make thou the one a sinne offring, and the other a burnt offring vnto the Lorde, that thou mayest make an atonement for the Leuites.

¹³ And thou shalt set the Leuites before Aaron and before his sonnes, & offer the as a shake offring to the Lorde.

¹⁴ Thus thou shalt separate the Leuites from among the children of Israel, and the Leuites shal be mine.

¹⁵ And afterwarde shall the Leuites goe in, to serue in the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and thou shalt purifie them and offer them, as a shake offering.

¹⁶ For they are freely giuen vnto me from among the children of Israel, for such as open any wombe: for all the first borne of the children of Israel haue I taken them vnto me.

¹⁷ For all the first borne of the children of Israel are mine, both of man and of beast: since the day that I smote euery first borne in the land of Egypt, I sanctified them for my selfe.

¹⁸ And I haue taken the Leuites for all the first borne of the children of Israel,

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 theWhich the Israelites should do.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 theBecause the levites go into the sanctuary in their name.sanctuary.

²⁰ Then Moses and Aaron and all the Cogregation of the children of Israel did with the Leuites, according vnto all that the Lorde had commanded Moses concerning the Leuites: so did the children of Israel vnto them.

²¹ So the Leuites were purified, and washed their clothes, and Aaron offred them as a shake offring before the Lord, and Aaron made an atonement for them, to purifie them.

²² And after that went the Levites in to do their service in the tabernacle of the congregationIn their presence to serve them.before Aaron, and before his sons: as the LORD had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did they unto them.

²³ And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

²⁴ This also belongeth to the Leuites: from fiue and twentie yeere olde and vpwarde, they shall goe in, to execute their office in the seruice of the Tabernacle of the Congregation.

²⁵ And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon theSuch office as was painful, as to bear burdens and such like.service [thereof], and shall serve no more:

²⁶ But shall ministerIn singing Psalms, instructing, counselling and keeping the things in order.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.