1. The Lord spoke to Moses:
2. “Speak to Aaron and tell him: When you set up the lamps, the seven lamps are to give light in front of the lampstand.”
3. So Aaron did this; he set up its lamps to give light in front of the lampstand just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
4. This is the way the lampstand was made: it was a hammered work of gold, hammered from its base to its flower petals. The lampstand was made according to the pattern the Lord had shown Moses.
5. The Lord spoke to Moses:
6. “Take the Levites from among the Israelites and ceremonially cleanse them.
7. This is what you must do to them for their purification: Sprinkle them with the purification water. Have them shave their entire bodies and wash their clothes, and so purify themselves.