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Thou shall take the Levitesa from among my children, Israel, and cleanse them; I am YHVHb, thy Elohimc.
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And thus shalt thou do unto the males among them to cleanse them: Bathe them in watera to the purifying of them, and let them shaveb all their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and so make themselves clean.
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And then let them take a young bullock with his meat offering, even with fine flour, mingled with oil; and another young bullock shalt thou take for a sin offeringa.
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And thou shalt bring the sons of the Levites before the Tabernacle of the Congregationa; and thou shalt gather the whole assembly of Israel together.
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And thou shalt bring the sons of the Levites before me, YHVH; and the men of the Eldersa of Israel shall put their hands upon the heads of the Levites;
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And Aaron shall offer the Levites before me for an offering of my Israel, that they may execute their service unto me; I am YHVH, thy Elohim.
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¶ And the sons of 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 an offering unto me to make an atonement for the Levites.
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And thou shalt set the sons of the Levites before Aaron and before his sonsa and offer them for an offering unto me; I am YHVH, thy Elohim.
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¶ And thus shalt thou do unto the females among them to cleanse them: Bathea them in water to the purifying of them, and let them shave all their flesh, and let them wash their clothes and so make themselves clean.
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Then let the sons of the Levites take a young bullock with her meat offering, even fine flour, mingled with oil; and another young bullock shalt thou take for a sin offering.
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And thou shalt bring the daughters of the Levites before the Tabernacle of the Congregationa; and thou shalt gather the whole assembly of Israel together.
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And thou shalt bring the daughters of the Levites before me, YHVH; and the women of the Eldersa of Israel shall put their hands upon the daughters of the Levites;
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And Miriam shall offer the daughters of the Levites before me for an offering of my Israel, that they may execute in my service; I am YHVH, thy Elohim.
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And the daughters of the Levites shall learn to read the night skiesa, and they shall learn the lettersb that they should know;
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¶ And thou shalt set the daughters of the Levites before Miriam and offer them for an offering unto me; I am YHVH, thy Elohim.
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Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among Israel; and the Levites shall be mine; I am YHVH, thy Elohim.
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¶ And after that shall the sons of 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,
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For they are wholly given unto me from among Israel; instead of such as open every womb, even instead of the firstborn of all Israel, have I taken them unto me.
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For all the firstborna of Israel are mine, both human and beast; on the day that I smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt, I sanctified them for myself.
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And I have taken the Levites, the males and the females, for all the firstborn of Israel.
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And I have given the sons of the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among Israel,
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To do the service of Israel in the Tabernacle of the Congregation and to make an atonement for Israel; that there be no plague among Israel when Israel come nigh unto the sanctuary.