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Numbers 8

Numbers 8 describes the lighting of the seven lamps, the cleansing and presentation of the Levites, and their age of tabernacle service. The Levites are sprinkled, washed, shaved, and presented before the LORD while Israel lays hands upon them. They are offered as a living gift in place of Israel’s firstborn and given to Aaron and his sons for tabernacle work. The chapter emphasizes that those serving near holy things must themselves be set apart according to God’s command.

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Numbers 8 describes the lighting of the seven lamps, the cleansing and presentation of the Levites, and their age of tabernacle service. The Levites are sprinkled, washed, shaved, and presented before the LORD while Israel lays hands upon them. They are offered as a living gift in place of Israel’s firstborn and given to Aaron and his sons for tabernacle work. The chapter emphasizes that those serving near holy things must themselves be set apart according to God’s command.

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Verses 1–4Aaron lights the lamps before the candlestickVerses 5–22The Levites are cleansed and presented before the LORDVerses 23–26The ages for Levitical service are appointed
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1And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,2Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest…3And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof over…4And this work of the candlestick was of beaten gold,…5And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,6Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and…7And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them:…8Then let them take a young bullock with his meat…9And thou shalt bring the Levites before the tabernacle of…10And thou shalt bring the Levites before the LORD: and…11And Aaron shall offer the Levites before the LORD for…12And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads…13And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before…14Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children…15And after that shall the Levites go in to do…16For they are wholly given unto me from among the…17For all the firstborn of the children of Israel are…18And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn…19And I have given the Levites as a gift to…20And Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the…21And the Levites were purified, and they washed their clothes;…22And after that went the Levites in to do their…23And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,24This is it that belongeth unto the Levites: from twenty…25And from the age of fifty years they shall cease…26But shall minister with their brethren in the tabernacle of…