1And LORD JEHOVAH spoke with Moshe and said to him: 2“Speak with Ahron and say to him: ‘Whenever you shall light the lamp opposite the face of the lamp stand, seven lamps shall be giving light.’” 3And Ahron so made seven lamps opposite the face of the lamp stand and he lit its lamps as LORD JEHOVAH commanded Moshe. 4And this was the work of the menorah: it is of the forging of gold from its base and unto its top; it is of the forging according to the appearance that LORD JEHOVAH had shown Moshe; thus was the work for the menorah.

5And LORD JEHOVAH spoke with Moshe and said to him: 6“Take the Levites from within the children of Israel and purify them. 7In this way do to them and purify them: sprinkle upon them the waters of sins and they shall pass a razor on all their flesh and they shall wash their garments and they shall be purified. 8And they shall take one bull, son of a herd, and its offering: one plate full of meal mixed with oil, and offer another bull, a son of a herd for sin. 9And bring the Levites before the Time Tabernacle and gather all the assembly of the children of Israel. 10And bring the Levites before LORD JEHOVAH and the children of Israel shall put their hands on the Levites. 11And Ahron shall dedicate the Levites as a dedication before LORD JEHOVAH from the presence of the children of Israel and they shall be ministering the ministry of LORD JEHOVAH. 12And the Levites shall put their hands on the head of the bull and make one for sin and one for a burnt offering to LORD JEHOVAH that he would be atoned for the Levites. 13And stand the Levites before Ahron and before his sons and dedicate them as a dedication to LORD JEHOVAH.

14And dedicate the Levites from within the children of Israel and the Levites shall be mine. 15And after this the Levites shall enter and they shall serve in the Time Tabernacle; and purify them and consecrate them as a consecration before LORD JEHOVAH. 16Because they are a gift given to me from within the children of Israel, in the place of every firstborn one opening the womb of all of the children of Israel; I have brought them to me. 17Because all the firstborn of the children of Israel, from the children of men and unto an animal are mine; in the day when I killed every firstborn of things that are in land of Egypt, I hallowed them to myself. 18And I have brought the Levites in the place of the firstborn of the children Israel. 19And I have given the Levites as a gift to Ahron and his children from within the children of Israel to do the service of the children of Israel in the Time Tabernacle and to make atonement for the children of Israel; and death shall not suddenly be among the children of Israel when the children of Israel come near to Holiness."

20And Moshe and Ahron and all of the assembly of the children of Israel did to the Levites as LORD JEHOVAH commanded Moshe about the Levites, so the children of Israel did to them. 21And the Levites were cleansed and they washed their garments and Ahron consecrated the Levites as a consecration before LORD JEHOVAH and Ahron atoned for them and purified them. 22And after the Levites entered to minister their ministry in the Time Tent before Ahron and before his sons, and as LORD JEHOVAH commanded Moshe about the Levites, so the children of Israel did to them.

23And LORD JEHOVAH spoke with Moshe and said to him: 24“This shall be the law of the Levites from a son of twenty and five years and above: he will come to be strengthened in power in the service of the Time Tabernacle. 25And from fifty years old he will return from power of service and he shall serve no more. 26And he shall serve his brothers in the Time Tabernacle and the work to keep guard; he shall not work; so do to the Levites in their charge."