| Holman Christian Standard Bible | English Standard Version |
| 1The LORD spoke to Moses: " | 1Now the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, |
| 2Speak to Aaron and tell him: When you set up the lamps, the seven lamps are to give light in front of the lampstand." | 2“Speak to Aaron and say to him, When you set up the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the lampstand.” |
| 3So Aaron did this; he set up its lamps to give light in front of the lampstand just as the LORD had commanded Moses. | 3And Aaron did so: he set up its lamps in front of the lampstand, as the LORD commanded Moses. |
| 4This 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. | 4And 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 that the LORD had shown Moses, so he made the lampstand. |
| 5The LORD spoke to Moses: " | 5And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, |
| 6Take the Levites from among the Israelites and ceremonially cleanse them. | 6“Take the Levites from among the people of Israel and cleanse them. |
| 7This 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." | 7Thus you shall do to them to cleanse them: sprinkle the water of purification upon them, and let them go with a razor over all their body, and wash their clothes and cleanse themselves. |
| 8They 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. | 8Then let them take a bull from the herd and its grain offering of fine flour mixed with oil, and you shall take another bull from the herd for a sin offering. |
| 9Bring the Levites before the tent of meeting and assemble the entire Israelite community. | 9And you shall bring the Levites before the tent of meeting and assemble the whole congregation of the people of Israel. |
| 10Then present the Levites before the LORD, and have the Israelites lay their hands on them. | 10When you bring the Levites before the LORD, the people of Israel shall lay their hands on the Levites, |
| 11Aaron is to present the Levites before the LORD as a presentation offering from the Israelites, so that they may perform the LORD's work. | 11and Aaron shall offer the Levites before the LORD as a wave offering from the people of Israel, that they may do the service of the LORD. |
| 12Next 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." | 12Then the Levites shall lay their hands on the heads of the bulls, and you shall offer the one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering to the LORD to make atonement for the Levites. |
| 13You are to have the Levites stand before Aaron and his sons, and you are to present them before the LORD as a presentation offering. | 13And you shall set the Levites before Aaron and his sons, and shall offer them as a wave offering to the LORD. |
| 14In this way you are to separate the Levites from the rest of the Israelites so that the Levites will belong to Me. | 14“Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the people of Israel, and the Levites shall be mine. |
| 15After 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. | 15And after that the Levites shall go in to serve at the tent of meeting, when you have cleansed them and offered them as a wave offering. |
| 16For they have been exclusively assigned to Me from the Israelites. I have taken them for Myself in place of all who come first from the womb, every Israelite firstborn. | 16For they are wholly given to me from among the people of Israel. Instead of all who open the womb, the firstborn of all the people of Israel, I have taken them for myself. |
| 17For every firstborn among the Israelites is Mine, both man and animal. I consecrated them to Myself on the day I struck down every firstborn in the land of Egypt. | 17For all the firstborn among the people of Israel are mine, both of man and of beast. On the day that I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I consecrated them for myself, |
| 18But I have taken the Levites in place of every firstborn among the Israelites. | 18and I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the people of Israel. |
| 19From the Israelites, I have given the Levites exclusively to Aaron and his sons to perform the work for the Israelites at the tent of meeting and to make atonement on their behalf, so that no plague will come against the Israelites when they approach the sanctuary." | 19And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and his sons from among the people of Israel, to do the service for the people of Israel at the tent of meeting and to make atonement for the people of Israel, that there may be no plague among the people of Israel when the people of Israel come near the sanctuary.” |
| 20Moses, Aaron, and the entire Israelite community did this to the Levites. The Israelites did everything to them the LORD commanded Moses regarding the Levites. | 20Thus did Moses and Aaron and all the congregation of the people of Israel to the Levites. According to all that the LORD commanded Moses concerning the Levites, the people of Israel did to them. |
| 21The Levites purified themselves and washed their clothes; then Aaron presented them before the LORD as a presentation offering. Aaron also made atonement for them to ceremonially cleanse them. | 21And the Levites purified themselves from sin and washed their clothes, and Aaron offered them as a wave offering before the LORD, and Aaron made atonement for them to cleanse them. |
| 22After that, the Levites came to do their work at the tent of meeting in the presence of Aaron and his sons. So they did to them as the LORD had commanded Moses concerning the Levites. | 22And after that the Levites went in to do their service in the tent of meeting before Aaron and his sons; as the LORD had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so they did to them. |
| 23The LORD spoke to Moses: " | 23And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, |
| 24In regard to the Levites: From 25 years old or more, a man enters the service in the work at the tent of meeting. | 24“This applies to the Levites: from twenty-five years old and upward they shall come to do duty in the service of the tent of meeting. |
| 25But at 50 years old he is to retire from his service in the work and no longer serve. | 25And from the age of fifty years they shall withdraw from the duty of the service and serve no more. |
| 26He may assist his brothers to fulfill responsibilities at the tent of meeting, but he must not do the work. This is how you are to deal with the Levites regarding their duties." | 26They minister to their brothers in the tent of meeting by keeping guard, but they shall do no service. Thus shall you do to the Levites in assigning their duties.” |
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