5. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
6. Take the Levites out of the midst of the children of Israel, and thou shalt purify them,
7. According to this rite: Let them be sprinkled with the water of purification, and let them shave all the hairs of their flesh. And when they shall have washed their garments, and are cleansed,
8. They shall take an ox of the herd, and for the offering thereof fine flour tempered with oil: and thou shalt take another ox of the herd for a sin offering:
9. And thou shalt bring the Levites before the tabernacle of the covenant, calling together all the multitude of the children of Israel:
10. And when the Levites are before the Lord, the children of Israel shall put their hands upon them:
11. And Aaron shall offer the Levites, as a gift in the sight of the Lord from the children of Israel, that they may serve in his ministry.
12. The Levites also shall put their hands upon the heads of the oxen, of which thou shalt sacrifice one for sin, and the other for a holocaust to the Lord, to pray for them.
13. And thou shalt set the Levites in the sight of Aaron and of his sons, and shalt consecrate them being offered to the Lord,
14. And shalt separate them from the midst of the children of Israel, to be mine.
15. And afterwards they shall enter into the tabernacle of the covenant, to serve me. And thus shalt thou purify and consecrate them for an oblation of the Lord: for as a gift they were given me by the children of Israel.
16. I have taken them instead of the firstborn that open every womb in Israel,