Numbers 8:5-7

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

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,