Seven Lamps; Levites Set Apart; Retirement At Fifty
Numbers 8 KJV
1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick.
3 And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof over against the candlestick, as the LORD commanded Moses.
4 And 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.
5 And the LORD 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 water of purifying upon them, and let them shave all their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and so make themselves clean.
8 Then 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.
9 And thou shalt bring the Levites before the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt gather the whole assembly of the children of Israel together:
10 And thou shalt bring the Levites before the LORD: and the children of Israel shall put their hands upon the Levites:
11 And 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.
12 And 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.
13 And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them for an offering unto the LORD.
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 tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt cleanse them, and offer them for an offering.
16 For 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.
17 For 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.
18 And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of 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 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.
20 And 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.
21 And 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.
22 And 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.
23 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
24 This 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:
25 And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the service thereof, and shall serve no more:
26 But 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.
Mission Of The Seventy Census Of The Priests And Levites Believer's Life In View Of His Sevenfold Position He Marries Also Rachel, And Serves For Her Seven Years More Seven Years Of Plenty They Encamp At Elim, Where Are Twelve Wells, And Seventy Palm Trees Sabbath Of The Seventh Year Levites Are Exempted For The Service Of The Lord Levites Are Given To The Priests Instead Of The Firstborn Firstborn Are Freed By The Levites Age At Which The Levites Were To Serve, And The Duration Of The Service Consecration Of The Levites God Promises To Divide His Burden Unto Seventy Elders, Charge Of The Priests And Levites Levites, Heave Offering To The Priests Out Of The Levites' Portion Families And Number Of The Levites Forty-Eight Cities For The Levites, With Their Suburbs, And Measure Thereof Seventh Year A Year Of Release For The Poor Hebrew Servant, Except By Choice, Must Be Freed In The Seventh Year Lord Is The Priests And Levites' Inheritance Levites' Portion He Delivers The Law Unto The Priests To Be Read In The Seventh Year Moses Delivers The Book Of The Law To The Levites To Keep Seven Kings More Are Conquered Remainder Of The Land Is Described, And Divided Into Seven Parts Forty-Eight Cities Given By Lot, Out Of The Other Tribes Unto The Levites After Seven Months The Philistines Take Counsel How To Send Back The Ark Three Year Gibeonite Famine Ceases, By Hanging Seven Of Saul's Sons Shunammite, Having Left Her Country Seven Years, To Avoid The Famine, Jehu, By His Letters, Causes Seventy Of Ahab's Sons To Be Beheaded Jehoiada, Giving Order To The Captains, In The Seventh Year Anoints Him King Cities Of The Priests And Levites The Levites, With Nethinims, Who Dwelt In Jerusalem Charge Of Certain Levites Priests And Levites Bring It From Obed-Edom Number And Distribution Of The Levites Office Of The Levites Levites That Had Charge Of The Treasures He Appoints The Priests And Levites To Their Places Priests And Levites, And Such As Feared God, Forsaken By Jeroboam, He Sends Levites With The Princes To Teach Judah To The Priests And Levites He Exhorts The Levites Wherein The Levites Are More Forward Than The Priests Priests And Levites Bless The People Hezekiah Orders The Courses Of The Priests And Levites, Of The Levites Levites Make A Confession Of God's Goodness, And Their Wickedness Priests And The Levites Which Came Up With Zerubbabel
