3. Aaron did this, putting the lamps so they lighted the area in front of the lampstand; he obeyed the command the Lord gave Moses.
4. The lampstand was made from hammered gold, from its base to the flowers. It was made exactly the way the Lord had showed Moses.
5. The Lord said to Moses,
6. “Take the Levites away from the other Israelites and make them clean.
7. This is what you should do to make them clean: Sprinkle the cleansing water on them, and have them shave their bodies and wash their clothes so they will be clean.
8. They must take a young bull and the grain offering of flour mixed with oil that goes with it. Then take a second young bull for a sin offering.
9. Bring the Levites to the front of the Meeting Tent, and gather all the Israelites around.
10. When you bring the Levites before the Lord, the Israelites should put their hands on them.
11. Aaron will present the Levites before the Lord as an offering presented from the Israelites. Then the Levites will be ready to do the work of the Lord.
12. “The Levites will put their hands on the bulls’ heads—one bull will be a sin offering to the Lord, and the other will be a burnt offering, to remove the sins of the Levites so they will belong to the Lord.
13. Make the Levites stand in front of Aaron and his sons and present the Levites as an offering to the Lord.
14. In this way you must set apart the Levites from the other Israelites; the Levites will be mine.
15. “Make the Levites pure, and present them as an offering so that they may come to work at the Meeting Tent.
16. They will be given completely to me from the Israelites; I have taken them for myself instead of the firstborn of every Israelite woman.