Numbers 8 KJV

¹And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, God Moses

²Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick. Aaron

³And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof over against the candlestick, as the LORD commanded Moses. God Moses Aaron

⁴And this work of the candlestick [was of] beaten gold, unto the shaft thereof, unto the flowers thereof, [was] beaten work: according unto the pattern which the LORD had shewed Moses, so he made the candlestick. God Moses

⁵¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, God Moses

⁶Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them. Jacob Levi

⁷And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them: Sprinkle water of purifying upon them, and let them shave all their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and [so] make themselves clean.

⁸Then let them take a young bullock with his meat offering, [even] fine flour mingled with oil, and another young bullock shalt thou take for a sin offering.

⁹And thou shalt bring the Levites before the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt gather the whole assembly of the children of Israel together: Jacob Levi

¹⁰And thou shalt bring the Levites before the LORD: and the children of Israel shall put their hands upon the Levites: God Jacob Levi

¹¹And Aaron shall offer the Levites before the LORD [for] an offering of the children of Israel, that they may execute the service of the LORD. God Aaron Jacob Levi

¹²And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bullocks: and thou shalt offer the one [for] a sin offering, and the other [for] a burnt offering, unto the LORD, to make an atonement for the Levites. God Levi

¹³And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them [for] an offering unto the LORD. God Aaron Levi

¹⁴Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine. Jacob Levi

¹⁵And after that shall the Levites go in to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt cleanse them, and offer them [for] an offering. Levi

¹⁶For they [are] wholly given unto me from among the children of Israel; instead of such as open every womb, [even instead of] the firstborn of all the children of Israel, have I taken them unto me. Jacob

¹⁷For all the firstborn of the children of Israel [are] mine, [both] man and beast: on the day that I smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for myself. Jacob Egypt

¹⁸And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel. Jacob Levi

¹⁹And 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 tabernacle of the congregation, and to make an 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. Aaron Jacob Levi

²⁰And Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel, did to the Levites according unto all that the LORD commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did the children of Israel unto them. God Moses Aaron Jacob Levi

²¹And the Levites were purified, and they washed their clothes; and Aaron offered them [as] an offering before the LORD; and Aaron made an atonement for them to cleanse them. God Aaron Levi

²²And after that went the Levites in to do their service in the tabernacle of the congregation before Aaron, and before his sons: as the LORD had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did they unto them. God Moses Aaron Levi

²³¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, God Moses

²⁴This [is it] that [belongeth] unto the Levites: from twenty and five years old and upward they shall go in to wait upon the service of the tabernacle of the congregation: Levi

²⁵And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the service [thereof], and shall serve no more:

²⁶But shall minister with their brethren in the tabernacle of the congregation, to keep the charge, and shall do no service. Thus shalt thou do unto the Levites touching their charge. Levi