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.
8. “They are to take a young bull and its grain offering of fine flour mixed with oil, and you are to take a second young bull for a sin offering.
9. Bring the Levites before the tent of meeting and assemble the entire Israelite community.
10. Then present the Levites before the Lord, and have the Israelites lay their hands on them.
11. Aaron is to present the Levites before the Lord as a presentation offering from the Israelites, so that they may perform the Lord’s work.
12. Next the Levites are to lay their hands on the heads of the bulls. Sacrifice one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering to the Lord, to make atonement for the Levites.
13. “You are to have the Levites stand before Aaron and his sons, and you are to present them before the Lord as a presentation offering.
14. In this way you are to separate the Levites from the rest of the Israelites so that the Levites will belong to Me.
15. After that the Levites may come to serve at the tent of meeting, once you have ceremonially cleansed them and presented them as a presentation offering.