1. Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
2. "Speak to Aaron and say to him, 'When you mount the lamps, the seven lamps will give light in the front of the lampstand.'"
3. Aaron therefore did so; he mounted its lamps at the front of the lampstand, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
4. Now this was the workmanship of the lampstand, hammered work of gold; from its base to its flowers it was hammered work; according to the pattern which the Lord had shown Moses, so he made the lampstand.
5. Again the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
6. "Take the Levites from among the sons of Israel and cleanse them.
7. Thus you shall do to them, for their cleansing: sprinkle purifying water on them, and let them use a razor over their whole body and wash their clothes, and they will be clean.
8. Then let them take a bull with its grain offering, fine flour mixed with oil; and a second bull you shall take for a sin offering.
9. So you shall present the Levites before the tent of meeting. You shall also assemble the whole congregation of the sons of Israel,
10. and present the Levites before the Lord; and the sons of Israel shall lay their hands on the Levites.
11. Aaron then shall present the Levites before the Lord as a wave offering from the sons of Israel, that they may qualify to perform the service of the Lord.
12. Now the Levites shall lay their hands on the heads of the bulls; then offer the one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering to the Lord, to make atonement for the Levites.
13. You shall have the Levites stand before Aaron and before his sons so as to present them as a wave offering to the Lord.
14. "Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the sons of Israel, and the Levites shall be Mine.