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1. The Lord said to Moses,
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1. And the LORD H3068 spoke H1696 unto H413 Moses H4872 , saying H559 ,
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2. "Speak to Aaron and tell him, 'Put the seven lamps where they can light the area in front of the lampstand.'"
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2. Speak H1696 unto H413 Aaron H175 , and say H559 unto H413 him , When thou lightest H5927 H853 the lamps H5216 , the seven H7651 lamps H5216 shall give light H215 over against H413 H4136 H6440 the candlestick H4501 .
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3. Aaron did this, putting the lamps so they lighted the area in front of the lampstand; he obeyed the command the Lord gave Moses.
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3. And Aaron H175 did H6213 so H3651 ; he lighted H5927 the lamps H5216 thereof over against H413 H4136 H6440 the candlestick H4501 , as H834 the LORD H3068 commanded H6680 H853 Moses H4872 .
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4. The lampstand was made from hammered gold, from its base to the flowers. It was made exactly the way the Lord had showed Moses.
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4. And this H2088 work H4639 of the candlestick H4501 was of beaten H4749 gold H2091 , unto H5704 the shaft H3409 thereof, unto H5704 the flowers H6525 thereof, was beaten work H4749 : according unto the pattern H4758 which H834 the LORD H3068 had showed H7200 H853 Moses H4872 , so H3651 he made H6213 H853 the candlestick H4501 .
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5. The Lord said to Moses,
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5. And the LORD H3068 spoke H1696 unto H413 Moses H4872 , saying H559 ,
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6. "Take the Levites away from the other Israelites and make them clean.
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6. Take H3947 H853 the Levites H3881 from among H4480 H8432 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 , and cleanse H2891 them.
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7. This is what you should do to make them clean: Sprinkle the cleansing water on them, and have them shave their bodies and wash their clothes so they will be clean.
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7. And thus H3541 shalt thou do H6213 unto them , to cleanse H2891 them: Sprinkle H5137 water H4325 of purifying H2403 upon H5921 them , and let them shave H5674 H8593 H5921 all H3605 their flesh H1320 , and let them wash H3526 their clothes H899 , and so make themselves clean H2891 .
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8. They must take a young bull and the grain offering of flour mixed with oil that goes with it. Then take a second young bull for a sin offering.
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8. Then let them take H3947 a young H1121 H1241 bullock H6499 with his meat offering H4503 , even fine flour H5560 mingled H1101 with oil H8081 , and another H8145 young H1121 H1241 bullock H6499 shalt thou take H3947 for a sin offering H2403 .
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9. Bring the Levites to the front of the Meeting Tent, and gather all the Israelites around.
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9. And thou shalt bring H7126 H853 the Levites H3881 before H6440 the tabernacle H168 of the congregation H4150 : and thou shalt gather H6950 H853 the whole H3605 assembly H5712 of the children H1121 of Israel H3478 together:
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10. When you bring the Levites before the Lord, the Israelites should put their hands on them.
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10. And thou shalt bring H7126 H853 the Levites H3881 before H6440 the LORD H3068 : and the children H1121 of Israel H3478 shall put H5564 H853 their hands H3027 upon H5921 the Levites H3881 :
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11. Aaron will present the Levites before the Lord as an offering presented from the Israelites. Then the Levites will be ready to do the work of the Lord.
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11. And Aaron H175 shall offer H5130 H853 the Levites H3881 before H6440 the LORD H3068 for an offering H8573 of H4480 H854 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 , that they may execute H1961 H5647 H853 the service H5656 of the LORD H3068 .
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12. "The Levites will put their hands on the bulls' heads -- one bull will be a sin offering to the Lord, and the other will be a burnt offering, to remove the sins of the Levites so they will belong to the Lord.
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12. And the Levites H3881 shall lay H5564 H853 their hands H3027 upon H5921 the heads H7218 of the bullocks H6499 : and thou shalt offer H6213 H853 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 H5921 the Levites H3881 .
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13. Make the Levites stand in front of Aaron and his sons and present the Levites as an offering to the Lord.
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13. And thou shalt set H5975 H853 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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14. In this way you must set apart the Levites from the other Israelites; the Levites will be mine.
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14. Thus shalt thou separate H914 H853 the Levites H3881 from among H4480 H8432 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 : and the Levites H3881 shall be H1961 mine.
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15. "Make the Levites pure, and present them as an offering so that they may come to work at the Meeting Tent.
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15. And after H310 that H3651 shall the Levites H3881 go in H935 to do the service H5647 H853 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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16. They will be given completely to me from the Israelites; I have taken them for myself instead of the firstborn of every Israelite woman.
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16. For H3588 they H1992 are wholly given H5414 H5414 unto me from among H4480 H8432 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 ; instead of H8478 such as open H6363 every H3605 womb H7358 , even instead of the firstborn H1060 of all H3605 the children H4480 H1121 of Israel H3478 , have I taken H3947 them unto me.
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17. All the firstborn in Israel -- people or animals -- are mine. When I killed all the firstborn in Egypt, I set the firstborn in Israel aside for myself.
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17. For H3588 all H3605 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 H3605 firstborn H1060 in the land H776 of Egypt H4714 I sanctified H6942 them for myself.
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18. But I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn in Israel.
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18. And I have taken H3947 H853 the Levites H3881 for H8478 all H3605 the firstborn H1060 of the children H1121 of Israel H3478 .
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19. From all the Israelites I have given the Levites to Aaron and his sons so that they may serve the Israelites at the Meeting Tent. They will help remove the Israelites' sins so they will belong to the Lord and so that no disaster will strike the Israelites when they approach the Holy Place."
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19. And I have given H5414 H853 the Levites H3881 as a gift H5414 to Aaron H175 and to his sons H1121 from among H4480 H8432 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 , to do H5647 H853 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 H5921 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 : that there be H1961 no H3808 plague H5063 among the children H1121 of Israel H3478 , when the children H1121 of Israel H3478 come nigh H5066 unto H413 the sanctuary H6944 .
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20. So Moses, Aaron, and all the Israelites obeyed and did with the Levites what the Lord commanded Moses.
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20. And Moses H4872 , and Aaron H175 , and all H3605 the congregation H5712 of the children H1121 of Israel H3478 , did H6213 to the Levites H3881 according unto all H3605 that H834 the LORD H3068 commanded H6680 H853 Moses H4872 concerning the Levites H3881 , so H3651 did H6213 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 unto them.
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21. The Levites made themselves clean and washed their clothes. Then Aaron presented them as an offering to the Lord. He also removed their sins so they would be pure.
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21. 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 H5921 them to cleanse H2891 them.
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22. After that, the Levites came to the Meeting Tent to work, and Aaron and his sons told them what to do. They did with the Levites what the Lord commanded Moses.
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22. And after H310 that H3651 went the Levites in H935 H3881 to do H5647 H853 their service H5656 in the tabernacle H168 of the congregation H4150 before H6440 Aaron H175 , and before H6440 his sons H1121 : as H834 the LORD H3068 had commanded H6680 H853 Moses H4872 concerning H5921 the Levites H3881 , so H3651 did H6213 they unto them.
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23. The Lord said to Moses,
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23. And the LORD H3068 spoke H1696 unto H413 Moses H4872 , saying H559 ,
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24. "This command is for the Levites. Everyone twenty-five years old or older must come to the Meeting Tent, because they all have jobs to do there.
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24. This H2063 is it that H834 belongeth unto the Levites H3881 : from twenty H6242 and five H2568 years H8141 old H4480 H1121 and upward H4605 they shall go in H935 to wait upon H6633 H6635 the service H5656 of the tabernacle H168 of the congregation H4150 :
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25. At the age of fifty, they must retire from their jobs and not work again.
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25. And from the age H4480 H1121 of fifty H2572 years H8141 they shall cease waiting upon H7725 H4480 H6635 the service H5656 thereof , and shall serve H5647 no H3808 more H5750 :
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26. They may help their fellow Levites with their work at the Meeting Tent, but they must not do the work themselves. This is the way you are to give the Levites their jobs."
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26. But shall minister H8334 with H854 their brethren H251 in the tabernacle H168 of the congregation H4150 , to keep H8104 the charge H4931 , and shall do H5647 no H3808 service H5656 . Thus H3602 shalt thou do H6213 unto the Levites H3881 touching their charge H4931 .
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