Numbers 8

Directions how the lamps are to be lighted, Numbers 8:1-3 . How the candlestick was formed, Numbers 8:4 . The Levites to be consecrated to their service by being cleansed, sprinkled, shaved, purified, and their clothes washed, Numbers 8:5-7 . To offer a meat-offering and a sin-offering, Numbers 8:8 . The people to put their hands upon them, Numbers 8:9 , Numbers 8:10 . Aaron is to offer them before the Lord, Numbers 8:11 . The Levites to lay their hands on the heads of the bullocks, etc., Numbers 8:12 . The Levites are taken to assist Aaron and his sons in the place of all the first-born of Israel, Numbers 8:13-19 . Moses and Aaron do as they were commanded, the Levites are presented, purified, and commence their service, Numbers 8:20-22 . They are to begin their service at twenty-five years of age, and leave off at fifty, Numbers 8:23-25 . After this they shall have the general inspection of the service, Numbers 8:26 .