1. The Lord said to Moses,
2. “Tell Aaron to put the seven lamps on the lampstand so they shine towards the front.”
3. Aaron obeyed and placed the lamps as he was told.
4. The lampstand was made of hammered gold from its base to the decorative flowers on top, exactly like the pattern the Lord had described to Moses.
5. The Lord said to Moses:
6. The Levites must be acceptable to me before they begin working at the sacred tent. So separate them from the rest of the Israelites
7. and sprinkle them with the water that washes away their sins. Then tell them to shave their entire bodies and wash their clothes.
8. They are to bring a bull and its proper grain sacrifice of flour mixed with olive oil. And they must bring a second bull as a sacrifice for sin.