2. Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When you light the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the lampstand.
3. And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof in front of the lampstand, as the LORD commanded Moses.
4. And this work of the lampstand was of hammered gold, its shaft and its flowers were hammered work: according unto the pattern which the LORD had shown Moses, so he made the lampstand.
5. And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying,
6. Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them.
7. And thus shall you do unto them, to cleanse them: Sprinkle 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 let them take a young bullock with its grain offering, even fine flour mixed with oil, and another young bullock shall you take for a sin offering.
9. And you shall bring the Levites before the tabernacle of meeting: and you shall gather the whole assembly of the children of Israel together:
10. And you shall bring the Levites before the LORD: and the children of Israel shall put their hands upon the Levites:
11. And Aaron shall offer the Levites before the LORD for an offering of the children of Israel, that they may execute the service of the LORD.
12. And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bullocks: and you shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, unto the LORD, to make an atonement for the Levites.
13. And you shall set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them for an offering unto the LORD.
14. Thus shall you separate the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine.
15. And after that shall the Levites go in to do the service of the tabernacle of meeting: and you shall cleanse them, and offer them for an offering.
16. For they are wholly given unto me from among the children of Israel; instead of all that open every womb, even instead of the firstborn of all the children of Israel, have I taken them unto me.
17. For all the firstborn of the children of Israel are mine, both man and animal: on the day that I struck every firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for myself.
18. And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel.