Numbers 8:1-7 ▼

1 And YHWH spoke to Moses, saying,

2 “Speak to Aaron and say to him, ‘When you lift up the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light to the front of the face of the lampstand.’”

3 And Aaron did so. He lifted up the lamps toward the front face of the lampstand, as YHWH had commanded Moses.

4 And this was the workmanship of the lampstand: Hammered gold—from its shaft to its flowers it was hammered work; according to the pattern that YHWH had shown Moses, so he made the lampstand.

5 And YHWH spoke to Moses, saying,

6 “Take the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel and cleanse them.

7 Thus you shall do to them to cleanse them: Sprinkle on them waters of purification, and let a razor pass over all their flesh, and let them wash their clothes and make themselves clean.