1 A nd Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

The Lord said to Moses,

2 ` Speak unto Aaron, and thou hast said unto him, In thy causing the lights to go up, over-against the face of the candlestick do the seven lights give light.'

“Say to Aaron, ‘When you put the seven lamps on the lamp-stand, they should give light in front of the lamp-stand.’”

3 A nd Aaron doth so; over-against the face of the candlestick he hath caused its lights to go up, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.

And Aaron did so. He put the lamps so they would give light in front of the lamp-stand, as the Lord had told Moses.

4 A nd this the work of the candlestick: beaten work of gold; unto its thigh, unto its flower it beaten work; as the appearance which Jehovah shewed Moses, so he hath made the candlestick.

Now this is the way the lamp-stand was made. It was made of beaten gold from the base to its flowers. He made the lamp-stand the way the Lord had shown Moses. The Levites Are Set Apart

5 A nd Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

Then the Lord said to Moses,

6 ` Take the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel, and thou hast cleansed them.

“Take the Levites from among the people of Israel, and make them clean.

7 ` And thus thou dost to them to cleanse them: sprinkle upon them waters of atonement, and they have caused a razor to pass over all their flesh, and have washed their garments, and cleansed themselves,

To make them clean, put holy water on them that takes away sin. Let them cut all the hair from their body, and wash their clothes, and they shall be clean.

8 a nd have taken a bullock, a son of the herd, and its present, flour mixed with oil, -- and a second bullock a son of the herd thou dost take for a sin-offering,

Then let them take a young bull and its grain gift of fine flour mixed with oil. Take another young bull for a sin gift.

9 a nd thou hast brought near the Levites before the tent of meeting, and thou hast assembled the whole company of the sons of Israel,

Bring the Levites in front of the meeting tent and gather together all the people of Israel also.

10 a nd thou hast brought near the Levites before Jehovah, and the sons of Israel have laid their hands on the Levites,

Bring the Levites before the Lord and the people of Israel will lay their hands on the Levites.

11 a nd Aaron hath waved the Levites -- a wave-offering before Jehovah, from the sons of Israel, and they have been -- for doing the service of Jehovah.

Aaron will give the Levites to the Lord as a wave gift from the people of Israel so they will be able to do the work of the Lord.

12 ` And the Levites lay their hands on the head of the bullocks, and make thou the one a sin-offering, and the one a burnt-offering to Jehovah, to atone for the Levites,

The Levites will lay their hands on the heads of the bulls. They will give one for a sin gift and the other for a burnt gift to the Lord, to pay for the sins of the Levites.

13 a nd thou hast caused the Levites to stand before Aaron, and before his sons, and hast waved them -- a wave-offering to Jehovah;

Then have the Levites stand in front of Aaron and his sons, to give them as a wave gift to the Lord.

14 a nd thou hast separated the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel, and the Levites have become Mine;

“So you will divide the Levites from the people of Israel. And the Levites will be Mine.

15 a nd afterwards do the Levites come in to serve the tent of meeting, and thou hast cleansed them, and hast waved them -- a wave-offering.

After that the Levites may go in to work in the meeting tent. But you must make them clean and give them as a wave gift.

16 ` For they are certainly given to Me out of the midst of the sons of Israel, instead of him who openeth any womb -- the first-born of all -- from the sons of Israel I have taken them to Myself;

For they are all given to Me from among the people of Israel. I have taken them for Myself instead of every first child to be born, the first-born of all the people of Israel.

17 f or Mine every first-born among the sons of Israel, among man and among beast; in the day of my smiting every first-born in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for Myself;

For every first-born among the people of Israel is Mine, both of man and animal. I set them apart for Myself on the day that I killed all the first-born in the land of Egypt.

18 a nd I take the Levites instead of every first-born among the sons of Israel:

But I have taken the Levites instead of every first-born among the people of Israel.

19 ` And I give the Levites gifts to Aaron and to his sons, from the midst of the sons of Israel, to do the service of the sons of Israel in the tent of meeting, and to make atonement for the sons of Israel, and there is no plague among the sons of Israel in the sons of Israel's drawing nigh unto the sanctuary.'

And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and his sons from among the people of Israel. They will do the work of the people of Israel at the meeting tent. By this they take away the sins of the people of Israel. So no trouble will come upon the people of Israel if they come near the meeting tent.”

20 A nd Moses doth -- Aaron also, and all the company of the sons of Israel -- to the Levites according to all that Jehovah hath commanded Moses concerning the Levites; so have the sons of Israel done to them.

Moses and Aaron and all the people of Israel did this to the Levites. The people of Israel did to them all the things the Lord had told Moses about the Levites.

21 A nd the Levites cleanse themselves, and wash their garments, and Aaron waveth them a wave-offering before Jehovah, and Aaron maketh atonement for them to cleanse them,

The Levites made themselves pure, putting away their sin. And they washed their clothes. Aaron gave them as a wave gift before the Lord. He did what had to be done to pay for their sin so they would be clean.

22 a nd afterwards have the Levites gone in to do their service in the tent of meeting, before Aaron and before his sons; as Jehovah hath commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so they have done to them.

After that the Levites went in to do their work in the meeting tent in front of Aaron and his sons. So they did to the Levites just what the Lord had told Moses to do.

23 A nd Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

The Lord said to Moses,

24 ` This that which the Levites': from a son of five and twenty years and upward he doth go in to serve the host in the service of the tent of meeting,

“This is the rule for the Levites. Those who are twenty-five years old and older will go in to do the work of the meeting tent.

25 a nd from a son of fifty years he doth return from the host of the service, and doth not serve any more,

But when they are fifty years old they will stop these duties and not work any more.

26 a nd he hath ministered with his brethren in the tent of meeting, to keep the charge, and doth not do service; thus thou dost to the Levites concerning their charge.'

They may help their brothers in the meeting tent to do what needs to be done but they themselves must not do the work. These are the rules for the Levites when giving them their duties.”