1. The Lord said to Moses,
2. “Tell Aaron to put the seven lamps in the place I showed you. These lamps will light the area in front of the lampstand.”
3. Aaron did this. He put the lamps in the right place so that they lighted the area in front of the lampstand. He obeyed the command that the Lord gave Moses.
4. This is how the lampstand was made: It was made from hammered gold, all the way from the gold base at the bottom to the gold flowers at the top. It looked just like the pattern that the Lord had shown to Moses.
5. The Lord said to Moses,
6. “Separate the Levites from the other Israelites. Make these Levites clean.
7. This is what you should do to make them clean: Sprinkle the special water from the sin offering on them. This water will make them clean. Then they must shave their bodies and wash their clothes. This will make their bodies clean.