1 耶和华对摩西说：

2 "你要告诉亚伦： ‘你点灯的时候， 七盏灯都要照向灯台的前面。’"

3 亚伦就这样行了； 他把灯台上的灯都点着了， 使光照向灯台的前面， 正如耶和华吩咐摩西的。

4 这灯台的做法是这样： 是用金子锤出来的， 从座到花都是锤出来的。摩西制造灯台， 是照着耶和华指示的样式做的。

5 耶和华对摩西说：

6 "你要从以色列人中间选出利未人， 洁净他们。

7 你洁净他们当这样行： 要把除罪水洒在他们身上， 又叫他们用剃刀剃全身； 把衣服洗净， 洁净自己。

8 然后， 叫他们取一头公牛犊和同献的素祭， 就是用油调和的细面； 你要另取一头公牛犊， 作赎罪祭。

9 你要把利未人带到会幕前面， 又要召集以色列的全体会众；

10 你要把利未人带到耶和华面前， 以色列人要按手在他们身上。

11 亚伦要把利未人献在耶和华面前， 作以色列人中的摇祭， 使他们办理耶和华的事务。

12 利未人要按手在那两头牛的头上； 你要把一只作赎罪祭， 一只作燔祭， 献给耶和华， 为利未人赎罪。

13 你又要叫利未人站在亚伦和他的儿子们面前， 把他们作摇祭献给耶和华。

14 "这样， 你要把利未人从以色列人中分别出来， 利未人就要归我。

15 以后， 利未人可以进去办理会幕的事； 你要洁净他们， 把他们作摇祭献上。

16 因为他们是以色列人中完全献给我的； 我选出了他们归我， 是代替以色列人中所有头生的。

17 因为以色列人中所有头生的， 连人带畜都是我的； 我在埃及地击杀所有头生的那一天， 就把他们分别为圣归我了。

18 我选出了利未人， 代替以色列人中所有头生的。

19 我从以色列人中， 把利未人赐给亚伦和他的众子， 在会幕里办理以色列人的事务， 又为以色列人赎罪， 免得他们走近圣所的时候， 就有灾祸临到他们。"

20 摩西、亚伦和以色列的全体会众， 就向利未人这样行了； 耶和华指着利未人吩咐摩西的， 以色列人都照样向他们行了。

21 于是利未人洁净了自己， 把衣服洗净； 亚伦把他们作摇祭献在耶和华面前； 亚伦又为他们赎罪， 洁净他们。

22 然后， 利未人才进去， 在亚伦和他的众子面前， 在会幕里办理他们的事务； 耶和华指着利未人怎样吩咐摩西， 以色列人就怎样向他们行了。

23 耶和华对摩西说：

24 "关于利未人的职责是这样： 从二十五岁以上的， 要进来办理会幕里的事务；

25 到了五十岁， 就要停止办理事务， 不再办事；

26 只要在会幕里帮助自己的兄弟， 尽忠职守， 事务却不必办理了。关于利未人的职守， 你要这样向他们行。"

1 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the candlestick. 3 And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof so as to give light in front of the candlestick, as Jehovah commanded Moses. 4 And this was the work of the candlestick, beaten work of gold; unto the base thereof, and unto the flowers thereof, it was beaten work: according unto the pattern which Jehovah had showed Moses, so he made the candlestick.

5 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 6 Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them. 7 And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them: sprinkle the water of expiation upon them, and let them cause a razor to pass over all their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and cleanse themselves. 8 Then let them take a young bullock, and its meal-offering, fine flour mingled with oil; and another young bullock shalt thou take for a sin-offering. 9 And thou shalt present the Levites before the tent of meeting: and thou shalt assemble the whole congregation of the children of Israel: 10 and thou shalt present the Levites before Jehovah. And the children of Israel shall lay their hands upon the Levites: 11 and Aaron shall offer the Levites before Jehovah for a wave-offering, on the behalf of the children of Israel, that it may be theirs to do the service of Jehovah. 12 And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bullocks: and offer thou the one for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt-offering, unto Jehovah, to make atonement for the Levites. 13 And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them for a wave-offering unto Jehovah.

14 Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel; and the Levites shall be mine. 15 And after that shall the Levites go in to do the service of the tent of meeting: and thou shalt cleanse them, and offer them for a wave-offering. 16 For they are wholly given unto me from among the children of Israel; instead of all that openeth the womb, even the first-born of all the children of Israel, have I taken them unto me. 17 For all the first-born among the children of Israel are mine, both man and beast: on the day that I smote all the first-born in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for myself. 18 And I have taken the Levites instead of all the first-born among the children of Israel. 19 And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tent of meeting, and to make atonement for the children of Israel; that there be no plague among the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come nigh unto the sanctuary.

20 Thus did Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the Levites: according unto all that Jehovah commanded Moses touching the Levites, so did the children of Israel unto them. 21 And the Levites purified themselves from sin, and they washed their clothes: and Aaron offered them for a wave-offering before Jehovah; and Aaron made atonement for them to cleanse them. 22 And after that went the Levites in to do their service in the tent of meeting before Aaron, and before his sons: as Jehovah had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did they unto them.

23 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 24 This is that which belongeth unto the Levites: from twenty and five years old and upward they shall go in to wait upon the service in the work of the tent of meeting: 25 and from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the work, and shall serve no more, 26 but shall minister with their brethren in the tent of meeting, to keep the charge, and shall do no service. Thus shalt thou do unto the Levites touching their charges.