Numbers 8
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And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying:
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"Speak to Aaron, and say to him, 'When you a arrange the lamps, the seven b lamps shall give light in front of the lampstand.' "
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And Aaron did so; he arranged the lamps to face toward the front of the lampstand, as the LORD commanded Moses.
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c Now this workmanship of the lampstand was hammered gold; from its shaft to its flowers it was d hammered work. e According to the pattern which the LORD had shown Moses, so he made the lampstand.
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Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying:
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"Take the Levites from among the children of Israel and cleanse them ceremonially.
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"Thus you shall do to them to cleanse them: Sprinkle f water of purification on them, and g let them shave all their body, and let them wash their clothes, and so make themselves clean.
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"Then let them take a young bull with h its grain offering of fine flour mixed with oil, and you shall take another young bull as a sin offering.
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i "And you shall bring the Levites before the tabernacle of meeting, j and you shall gather together the whole congregation of the children of Israel.
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"So you shall bring the Levites before the LORD, and the children of Israel k shall lay their hands on the Levites;
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"and Aaron shall offer the Levites before the LORD, like a l wave offering from the children of Israel, that they may perform the work of the LORD.
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m "Then the Levites shall lay their hands on the heads of the young bulls, and you shall offer one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering to the LORD, to make atonement for the Levites.
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"And you shall stand the Levites before Aaron and his sons, and then offer them like a wave offering to the LORD.
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"Thus you shall n separate the Levites from among the children of Israel, and the Levites shall be o Mine.
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"After that the Levites shall go in to service the tabernacle of meeting. So you shall cleanse them and p offer them, like a wave offering.
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"For they are q wholly given to Me from among the children of Israel; I have taken them for Myself r instead of all who open the womb, the firstborn of all the children of Israel.
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s "For all the firstborn among the children of Israel are Mine, both man and beast; on the day that I struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanctified them to Myself.
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"I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn of the children of Israel.
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"And t I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the work for the children of Israel in the tabernacle of meeting, and to make atonement for the children of Israel, u that there be no plague among the children of Israel when the children of Israel come near the sanctuary."
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Thus Moses and Aaron and all the congregation of the children of Israel did to the Levites; according to all that the LORD commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so the children of Israel did to them.
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v And the Levites purified themselves and washed their clothes; then Aaron presented them, like a wave offering before the LORD, and Aaron made atonement for them to cleanse them.
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w After that the Levites went in to do their work in the tabernacle of meeting before Aaron and his sons; x as the LORD commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so they did to them.
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Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
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"This is what pertains to the Levites: y From twenty-five years old and above one may enter to perform service in the work of the tabernacle of meeting;
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"and at the age of fifty years they must cease performing this work, and shall work no more.
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"They may minister with their brethren in the tabernacle of meeting, z to attend to needs, but they themselves shall do no work. Thus you shall do to the Levites regarding their duties."
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Cross References
Leviticus 24:2 - 4
Command the children of Israel that they bring to you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to make the lamps burn continually.
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Cross References
Exodus 25:37
You shall make seven lamps for it, and they shall arrange its lamps so that they give light in front of it.
Exodus 40:25
And he lit the lamps before the LORD, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
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Exodus 25:31
You shall also make a lampstand of pure gold; the lampstand shall be of hammered work. Its shaft, its branches, its bowls, its ornamental knobs, and flowers shall be of one piece.
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Exodus 25:18
And you shall make two cherubim of gold; of hammered work you shall make them at the two ends of the mercy seat.
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Exodus 25:40
And see to it that you make them according to the pattern which was shown you on the mountain.
Acts 7:44
Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as He appointed, instructing Moses to make it according to the pattern that he had seen.
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Cross References
Numbers 19:9
Then a man who is clean shall gather up the ash...
Numbers 19:13
Whoever touches the body of anyone who has died...
Numbers 19:17
And for an unclean person they shall take some ...
Numbers 19:20
But the man who is unclean and does not purify ...
Psalms 51:2
Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, And cleans...
Psalms 51:7
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; Was...
Hebrews 9:13
For if the blood of bulls and goats and the ash...
Hebrews 9:14
How much more shall the blood of Christ, who th...
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Cross References
Leviticus 14:8
He who is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, shave off all his hair, and wash himself in water, that he may be clean. After that he shall come into the camp, and shall stay outside his tent seven days.
Leviticus 14:9
But on the seventh day he shall shave all the hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows - all his hair he shall shave off. He shall wash his clothes and wash his body in water, and he shall be clean.
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Cross References
Leviticus 2:1
When anyone offers a grain offering to the LORD, his offering shall be of fine flour. And he shall pour oil on it, and put frankincense on it.
Numbers 15:8 - 10
And when you prepare a young bull as a burnt offering, or as a sacrifice to fulfill a vow, or as a peace offering to the LORD.
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Exodus 29:4
And Aaron and his sons you shall bring to the door of the tabernacle of meeting, and you shall wash them with water.
Exodus 40:12
Then you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the tabernacle of meeting and wash them with water.
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Leviticus 8:3
"and gather all the congregation together at the door of the tabernacle of meeting."
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Leviticus 1:4
Then he shall put his hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it will be accepted on his behalf to make atonement for him.
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Numbers 18:6
Behold, I Myself have taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel; they are a gift to you, given by the LORD, to do the work of the tabernacle of meeting.
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Exodus 29:10
You shall also have the bull brought before the tabernacle of meeting, and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands on the head of the bull.
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Cross References
Numbers 16:9
Is it a small thing to you that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to Himself, to do the work of the tabernacle of the LORD, and to stand before the congregation to serve them.
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Cross References
Numbers 3:12
Now behold, I Myself have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of every firstborn who opens the womb among the children of Israel. Therefore the Levites shall be Mine.
Numbers 3:45
Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites instead of their livestock. The Levites shall be Mine: I am the LORD.
Numbers 16:9
Is it a small thing to you that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to Himself, to do the work of the tabernacle of the LORD, and to stand before the congregation to serve them.
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Cross References
Numbers 8:11
And Aaron shall offer the Levites before the LORD, like a wave offering from the children of Israel, that they may perform the work of the LORD.
Numbers 8:13
And you shall stand the Levites before Aaron and his sons, and then offer them like a wave offering to the LORD.
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Cross References
Numbers 3:9
And you shall give the Levites to Aaron and his sons; they are given entirely to him from among the children of Israel.
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Cross References
Exodus 13:2
"Consecrate to Me all the firstborn, whatever opens the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and beast; it is Mine."
Numbers 3:12
Now behold, I Myself have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of every firstborn who opens the womb among the children of Israel. Therefore the Levites shall be Mine.
Numbers 3:45
Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites instead of their livestock. The Levites shall be Mine: I am the LORD.
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Cross References
Exodus 12:2
This month shall be your beginning of months; i...
Exodus 12:12
For I will pass through the land of Egypt on th...
Exodus 12:13
Now the blood shall be a sign for you on the ho...
Exodus 12:15
Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread. On t...
Numbers 3:13
"because all the firstborn are Mine. On the day...
Luke 2:23
(as it is written in the law of the Lord, "Ever...
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Cross References
Numbers 3:9
And you shall give the Levites to Aaron and his sons; they are given entirely to him from among the children of Israel.
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Numbers 1:53
"but the Levites shall camp around the tabernacle of the Testimony, that there may be no wrath on the congregation of the children of Israel; and the Levites shall keep charge of the tabernacle of the Testimony."
Numbers 16:46
So Moses said to Aaron, "Take a censer and put fire in it from the altar, put incense on it, and take it quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them; for wrath has gone out from the LORD. The plague has begun.
Numbers 18:5
And you shall attend to the duties of the sanctuary and the duties of the altar, that there may be no more wrath on the children of Israel.
2 Chronicles 26:16
But when he was strong his heart was lifted up, to his destruction, for he transgressed against the LORD his God by entering the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense.
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Numbers 8:7
Thus you shall do to them to cleanse them: Sprinkle water of purification on them, and let them shave all their body, and let them wash their clothes, and so make themselves clean.
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Numbers 8:15
After that the Levites shall go in to service the tabernacle of meeting. So you shall cleanse them and offer them, like a wave offering.
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Numbers 8:5
Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying:
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Numbers 4:3
From thirty years old and above, even to fifty years old, all who enter the service to do the work in the tabernacle of meeting.
1 Chronicles 23:3
Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and above; and the number of individual males was thirty-eight thousand.
1 Chronicles 23:24
These were the sons of Levi by their fathers' houses - the heads of the fathers' houses as they were counted individually by the number of their names, who did the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from the age of twenty years and above.
1 Chronicles 27:1
And the children of Israel, according to their number, the heads of fathers' houses, the captains of thousands and hundreds and their officers, served the king in every matter of the military divisions. These divisions came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year, each division having twenty-four thousand.
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Cross References
Numbers 1:53
"but the Levites shall camp around the tabernacle of the Testimony, that there may be no wrath on the congregation of the children of Israel; and the Levites shall keep charge of the tabernacle of the Testimony."
New King James Version (NKJV) Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.