1The Lord said to Moses, 2“Speak to Aaron and say to him, ‘When you set up the lamps, see that all seven light up the area in front of the lampstand.’ ” 3Aaron did so; he set up the lamps so that they faced forward on the lampstand, just as the Lord commanded Moses. 4This is how the lampstand was made: It was made of hammered gold—from its base to its blossoms. The lampstand was made exactly like the pattern the Lord had shown Moses.
The Setting Apart of the Levites
5The Lord said to Moses: 6“Take the Levites from among all the Israelites and make them ceremonially clean. 7To purify them, do this: Sprinkle the water of cleansing on them; then have them shave their whole bodies and wash their clothes. And so they will purify themselves. 8Have them take a young bull with its grain offering of the finest flour mixed with olive oil; then you are to take a second young bull for a sin offering.⚓9Bring the Levites to the front of the tent of meeting and assemble the whole Israelite community. 10You are to bring the Levites before the Lord, and the Israelites are to lay their hands on them. 11Aaron is to present the Levites before the Lord as a wave offering from the Israelites, so that they may be ready to do the work of the Lord. 12“Then the Levites are to lay their hands on the heads of the bulls, using one for a sin offering to the Lord and the other for a burnt offering, to make atonement for the Levites. 13Have the Levites stand in front of Aaron and his sons and then present them as a wave offering to the Lord. 14In this way you are to set the Levites apart from the other Israelites, and the Levites will be mine. 15“After you have purified the Levites and presented them as a wave offering, they are to come to do their work at the tent of meeting. 16They are the Israelites who are to be given wholly to me. I have taken them as my own in place of the firstborn, the first male offspring from every Israelite woman. 17Every firstborn male in Israel, whether human or animal, is mine. When I struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, I set them apart for myself. 18And I have taken the Levites in place of all the firstborn sons in Israel. 19From among all the Israelites, I have given the Levites as gifts to Aaron and his sons to do the work at the tent of meeting on behalf of the Israelites and to make atonement for them so that no plague will strike the Israelites when they go near the sanctuary.” 20Moses, Aaron and the whole Israelite community did with the Levites just as the Lord commanded Moses. 21The Levites purified themselves and washed their clothes. Then Aaron presented them as a wave offering before the Lord and made atonement for them to purify them. 22After that, the Levites came to do their work at the tent of meeting under the supervision of Aaron and his sons. They did with the Levites just as the Lord commanded Moses. 23The Lord said to Moses, 24“This applies to the Levites: Men twenty-five years old or more shall come to take part in the work at the tent of meeting, 25but at the age of fifty, they must retire from their regular service and work no longer. 26They may assist their brothers in performing their duties at the tent of meeting, but they themselves must not do the work. This, then, is how you are to assign the responsibilities of the Levites.”
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Aloo txawb lub teeb
1Yawmsaub has rua Mauxe tas, 2“Ca le has rua Aloo tas, ‘Thaus yuav txawb xyaa lub teeb mas txawb kuas ci pum kev rua ntawm tug kaav teeb saab xubndag.’ ” 3Mas Aloo kuj ua lawv le hov, nwg txawb cov teeb kuas ci pum kev rua ntawm tug kaav teeb saab xubndag lawv le Yawmsaub has rua Mauxe. 4Tug kaav teeb ntawd ua zoo le nuav, yog muab kub ntaus ua lub taw thoob plhawv txug ncua cov paaj puavleej yog muab kub ntaus ua. Ua le nuav Mauxe txhad ntaus tug kaav teeb lawv le tug qauv kws Yawmsaub qha rua Mauxe.
Ua kevcai tsaa cov Levi
5Yawmsaub has rua Mauxe tas, 6“Ca le muab cov Levi rhu tawm huv cov Yixayee lug hab muab puab ua kevcai ntxuav kuas huv. 7Koj yuav tsum ua kevcai le nuav ntxuav puab kuas huv, muab cov dej kws ua kevcai ntxuav lug nchus rua puab. Kuas puab xuas chais chais plaub ib ce huvsw hab ntxhua tej tsoog tsho ua kevcai ntxuav kuas huv. 8Kuas puab muab ib tug thaav txwv nyuj hab cov moov mog zoo zoo ntse roj kws ua kevcai xyeem qoob loos, hab koj yuav muab ib tug thaav txwv nyuj kws ua kevcai xyeem daws txem. 9Hab koj yuav coj cov Levi tuaj rua ntawm lub tsev ntaub sws ntswb hab kuas ib tsoom pejxeem Yixayee tuaj txoos ua ke. 10Thaus kws coj cov Levi tuaj nyob rua ntawm Yawmsaub xubndag mas cov Yixayee yuav tsum muab teg npuab rua sau cov Levi, 11hab Aloo yuav muab cov Levi xyeem rua Yawmsaub, yog yaam kws rhu huv cov Yixayee cev xyeem sub puab txhad ua tau Yawmsaub teg num. 12Mas cov Levi yuav muab teg npuab sau ob tug txwv nyuj taubhau, tes koj muab ib tug lug ua kevcai xyeem daws txem, hab muab ib tug lug ua kevcai hlawv huvsw xyeem rua Yawmsaub txhad ntxuav tau cov Levi kev txhum. 13Koj yuav kuas cov Levi sawv ntsug ntawm Aloo hab Aloo cov tub xubndag hab koj yuav muab puab ua kevcai cev xyeem rua Yawmsaub. 14“Ua le nuav koj yuav muab cov Levi cais ntawm cov Yixayee mas cov Levi yuav yog kuv tug. 15Thaus koj tub ua kevcai ntxuav puab kuas huv hab ua kevcai muab puab cev xyeem rua Yawmsaub lawd, txwj hov moog cov Levi yuav nkaag moog ua num ntawm lub tsev ntaub sws ntswb, 16tsua qhov puab raug muab rhu tawm huv cov Yixayee lug pub hlo rua kuv. Kuv muab puab lug ua kuv tug theej txhua tug mivnyuas kws yug huv lub plaab lug, yog theej cov Yixayee txhua tug tub hlub, 17tsua qhov cov Yixayee txhua tug tub hlub tsw has mivnyuas tuabneeg mivnyuas tsaj txhu los puavleej yog kuv le. Nub kws kuv tau tua tej tub hlub huv Iyi tebchaws huvsw kuv cais kuas puab dawb huv rua kuv lawm. 18Kuv tub muab cov Levi lug theej cov Yixayee txhua tug tub hlub lawm. 19Kuv tub muab cov Levi rhu tawm huv cov Yixayee lug pub hlo rua Aloo hab Aloo cov tub kuas nyob cov Yixayee chaw ua num ntawm lub tsev ntaub sws ntswb hab ntxuav cov Yixayee kev txhum, sub txhad tsw muaj vej sub vej sw lug raug cov Yixayee rua thaus kws puab tuaj ze lub chaw pe Yawmsaub.” 20Mauxe hab Aloo hab ib tsoom pejxeem Yixayee suavdawg tau ua rua cov Levi le nuav. Lawv le Yawmsaub has kuas Mauxe ua rua cov Levi mas cov Yixayee kuj ua lawv nraim. 21Cov Levi kuj ua kevcai ntxuav kuas huv hab ntxhua puab tej tsoog tsho mas Aloo ua kevcai muab puab cev xyeem rua ntawm Yawmsaub xubndag, hab Aloo ua kevcai ntxuav puab kev txhum puab txhad le huv. 22Txwj thaus hov lug cov Levi txhad le moog ua num ntawm lub tsev ntaub sws ntswb, yog paab Aloo hab Aloo cov tub. Lawv le Yawmsaub has kuas Mauxe ua rua cov Levi tes puab txhad ua tau le hov.
Cov Levi le noob nyoog ua num
23Yawmsaub has rua Mauxe tas, 24“Nuav ntswg txug cov Levi, cov Levi kws noob nyoog neeg nkaum tswb xyoos rov sau yuav nkaag moog ua num ntawm lub tsev ntaub sws ntswb. 25Thaus puab noob nyoog muaj tswb caug xyoo puab yuav tsum su tsw xob ua num lawm. 26Tassws puab paab tau puab cov kwvtij ua num ntawm lub tsev ntaub sws ntswb, kuas tsw xob ua num le qub. Koj yuav ua le nuav rua thaus koj feeb num rua cov Levi ua.”