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8 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
2 “Speak to Aaron, and say to him, ‘When you light the Lamps, the seven Lamps shall give light toward the front of the Candlestick.’”
3 And Aaron did so, lighting its lamps toward the front of the Candlestick, as the LORD had Commanded Moses.
4 And this was the work of the Candlestick, of gold beaten out with the hammer. Both the shaft and its flower were beaten out with the hammer. According to the pattern which the LORD had shown Moses, so he made the Candlestick.
5 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
6 “Take the Levites from among the children of Israel and purify them.
7 “And you shall do this to them when you purify them: sprinkle Water of Purification upon them, and let them shave all their flesh and wash their clothes. So they shall be clean.
8 “Then they shall take a young bullock, with his Meat Offering of fine flour mingled with oil. And you shall take another young bullock for a Sin Offering.
9 “Then you shall bring the Levites before the Tabernacle of the Congregation and assemble all the Congregation of the children of Israel.
10 “You shall also bring the Levites before the LORD. And the children of Israel shall put their hands upon the Levites.
11 “And Aaron shall offer the Levites before the LORD as a Shake Offering of the children of Israel, so that they may execute the service of the LORD.
12 “And the Levites shall put their hands upon the heads of the bullocks, and you shall make one a Sin Offering and the other a Burnt Offering to the LORD, so that you may make an atonement for the Levites.
13 “And you shall set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them as a Shake Offering to the LORD.
14 “Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the children of Israel. And the Levites shall be Mine.
15 “And afterward, the Levites shall go in to serve in the Tabernacle of the Congregation. And you shall purify them and offer them as a Shake Offering.
16 “For they are freely given to Me from among the children of Israel. I have taken to Me all who open any womb, all the firstborn of the children of Israel.
17 “For all the firstborn of the children of Israel are Mine, both of man and beast. Since the day that I struck every firstborn in the land of Egypt, I sanctified them for Myself.
18 “And I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn of the children of Israel,
19 “and have given the Levites to Aaron as a gift, and to his sons, from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and to make an atonement for the children of Israel, so that there is no plague among the children of Israel when the children of Israel come near to the Sanctuary.”
20 Then Moses and Aaron and all the Congregation of the children of Israel did with the Levites according to all that the LORD had Commanded Moses concerning the Levites. So did the children of Israel to them.
21 So the Levites were purified and washed their clothes. And Aaron offered them as a Shake Offering before the LORD. And Aaron made an atonement for them, to purify them.
22 And after that, the Levites went in to do their service in the Tabernacle of the Congregation, before Aaron and before his sons. As the LORD had Commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so they did to them.
23 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
24 “This also pertains to the Levites: from twenty-five years old and upward they shall go in to execute their office in the service of the Tabernacle of the Congregation.
25 “And after the age of fifty years, they shall cease from executing the office, and shall serve no more.
26 “But they shall minister with their brothers in the Tabernacle of the Congregation, to keep things committed to their charge. But they shall do no service. Thus shall you do to the Levites concerning their charge.”
9 And the LORD spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year, after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
2 “The children of Israel shall also celebrate the Passover at the time appointed.
3 “On the fourteenth day of this month, at twilight, you shall keep it, in its due season. According to all the Ordinances of it and according to all its ceremonies shall you keep it.”
4 Then Moses spoke to the children of Israel, to celebrate the Passover.
5 And they kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month at twilight, in the wilderness of Sinai. According to all that the LORD had Commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel.
6 And certain men were defiled by a dead man, so that they might not keep the Passover on the same day. And they came before Moses and before Aaron on the same day.
7 And those men said to him, “We are defiled by a dead man. Why are we kept back so that we may not offer an offering to the LORD in the time appointed among the children of Israel?”
8 Then Moses said to them, “Stand still, and I will hear what the LORD will Command concerning you.”
9 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
10 “Speak to the children of Israel, and say, ‘If any among you, or of your posterity, shall be unclean by the reason of a corpse, or be on a long journey, he shall keep the Passover to the LORD.
11 ‘On the fourteenth day of the second month, at twilight, they shall keep it. They shall eat it with unleavened bread and sour herbs.
12 ‘They shall leave none of it until the morning, nor break any bone of it. According to all the Ordinance of the Passover shall they keep it.
13 ‘But the man who is clean, and is not on a journey, and is negligent to keep the Passover, the same person shall be cut off from his people. Because he did not bring the offering of the LORD in its due season, that man shall bear his sin.
14 ‘And if a stranger dwells among you, and would keep the Passover to the LORD, as the Ordinance of the Passover, and as is its manner, so shall he do. You shall have one Law for both the stranger and for him who was born in the same land.’”
15 And when the Tabernacle was raised up, a cloud covered the Tabernacle—the Tabernacle of the Testimony. And from evening until morning there was the appearance of fire upon the Tabernacle.
16 So it was always. The cloud covered it by day and the appearance of fire by night.
17 And when the cloud was taken up from the Tabernacle, then afterward the children of Israel journeyed. And in the place where the cloud stayed, there the children of Israel pitched their tents.
18 At the Commandment of the LORD the children of Israel journeyed. And at the Commandment of the LORD, they pitched. As long as the cloud stayed upon the Tabernacle, they lay still.
19 And when the cloud lingered upon the Tabernacle a long time, the children of Israel kept the watch of the LORD and did not journey.
20 So when the cloud stayed a few days upon the Tabernacle, they stayed in their tents, according to the Commandment of the LORD. For they journeyed at the Commandment of the LORD.
21 And though the cloud stayed upon the Tabernacle from evening until the morning, if the cloud was taken up in the morning, then they journeyed. Whether by day or by night the cloud was taken up, then they journeyed.
22 Or if the cloud lingered two days, or a month, or a year upon the Tabernacle, staying there, the children of Israel stayed still, and did not journey. But when it was taken up, they journeyed.
23 At the Commandment of the LORD they pitched, and at the Commandment of the LORD they journeyed, keeping the watch of the LORD at the Commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
10 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
2 “Make two trumpets of silver for yourself. You shall make them out of hammered work, so that you may use them for the assembling of the Congregation and for the departure of the camp.
3 “And when they shall blow with them, all the Congregation shall assemble to you, before the door of the Tabernacle of the Congregation.
4 “But if they blow with one, then the Princes or heads over the thousands of Israel shall come to you.
5 “But if you blow an alarm, then the camp that is pitched on the east part shall go forward.
6 “If you blow a second alarm, then the camp of those who lie on the south side shall march. They shall blow an alarm when they leave.
7 “But in the assembling the Congregation, you shall blow without an alarm.
8 “And the sons of Aaron the Priest shall blow the trumpets. And you shall have them as a Law forever in your generations.
9 “And when you go to war in your land, against the enemy that troubles you, you shall blow an alarm with the trumpets, and you shall be remembered before the LORD your God, and shall be saved from your enemies
10 “(also, on the day of your gladness and on your Feast days, and on the beginning of your months). You shall also blow the trumpets over your Burnt Sacrifices and over your Peace Offerings, so that they may be a remembrance for you before your God. I am the LORD your God.”
11 And in the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth of the month, the cloud was taken up from the Tabernacle of the Testimony.
12 And the children of Israel departed on their journeys, out of the desert of Sinai. And the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran.
13 So they first took their journey at the Commandment of the LORD, by the hand of Moses.
14 In the first place went the standard of the camp of the children of Judah, according to their armies. And Nahshon, the son of Amminadab, was over his band.
15 And over the band of the tribe of the children of Issachar was Nethanel, the son of Zuar.
16 And over the band of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab, the son of Helon.
17 When the Tabernacle was taken down, then the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari went forward, bearing the Tabernacle.
18 Afterward, the standard of the host of Reuben departed, according to their armies. And over his band was Elizur, the son of Shedeur.
19 And over the band of the tribe of the children of Simeon was Shelumiel, the son of Zurishaddai.
20 And over the band of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph, the son of Deuel.
21 The Kohathites also went forward and bore the Sanctuary (for which the Tabernacle had been set up).
22 Then the standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim went forward, according to their armies. And over his band was Elishama, the son of Ammihud.
23 And over the band of the tribe of the sons of Manasseh was Gamaliel, the son of Pedahzur.
24 And over the band of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin was Abidan, the son of Gideoni.
25 Last, the standard of the camp of the children of Dan marched, gathering all the camps according to their armies. And over his band was Ahiezer, the son of Ammishaddai.
26 And over the band of the tribe of the children of Asher was Pagiel, the son of Ocran.
27 And over the band of the tribe of the children of Naphtali was Ahira, the son of Enan.
28 This was the setting out of the children of Israel, according to their armies, when they marched.
29 Afterward, Moses said to Hobab the son of Reuel the Midianite, the father-in-law of Moses, “We go into the place of which the LORD said, ‘I will give it to you.’ Come with us, and we will do you good. For the LORD has promised good to Israel.”
30 And he answered him, “I will not go. But I will depart to my own country, and to my kindred.”
31 Then he said, “Please do not leave us. For you know our camping places in the wilderness. Therefore, you may be our guide.
32 “And if you go with us, what goodness the LORD shall show to us, the same will we show to you.”
33 So they departed from the Mount of the LORD, three days’ journey. And the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD went before them on the three days’ journey, to search out a resting place for them.
34 And the cloud of the LORD was upon them by day, when they went out of the camp.
35 And when the Ark went forward, Moses said, “Rise up, LORD, and let Your enemies be scattered. And let those who hate You, flee before You.”
36 And when it rested, he said, “Return, O LORD, to the many thousands of Israel.”
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