1. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
2. "Speak to Aaron, and you shall say to him: When you place the seven lamps, let the lampstand be set up on the south side. Therefore, give this instruction: that the lamps should look out from the region opposite the north, toward the table of the bread of the presence; they shall give light opposite that area, toward the area that the lampstand faces."
3. And Aaron did so, and he placed the lamps on the lampstand, just as the Lord had instructed Moses.
4. Now this was the workmanship of the lampstand: it was of ductile gold, both the main shaft and all that originated from both sides of the branches. According to the example that the Lord revealed to Moses, so did he make the lampstand.
5. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
6. "Take the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel, and you shall purify them
7. according to this ritual: Let them be sprinkled with the water of illumination, and let them shave off all the hairs of their body. And when they have washed their garments and have been cleansed,
8. they shall take an ox from the herd, with its libation of fine wheat flour sprinkled with oil; then you shall receive another ox from the herd for sin.
9. And you shall bring forward the Levites before the tabernacle of the covenant, calling together all the multitude of the sons of Israel.
10. And when the Levites are before the Lord, the sons of Israel shall place their hands upon them.
11. And Aaron shall offer the Levites as a gift in the sight of the Lord, from the sons of Israel, so that they may serve in his ministry.
12. Likewise, the Levites shall place their hands upon the heads of the oxen; you shall make use of one of these for sin, and the other as a holocaust to the Lord, so that you may intercede for them.