Numbers 8:9-26 And you shall lead forward the Levites before the tent of the testimony. And you shall bring together all the congregation of the sons of Israel.

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9 G2532 And G4317 you shall lead forward G3588 the G* Levites G1725 before G3588 the G4633 tent G3588 of the G3142 testimony. G2532 And G4863 you shall bring together G3956 all G4864 the congregation G5207 of the sons G* of Israel.

10 G2532 And G4317 you shall lead forward G3588 the G* Levites G1725 before G2962 the lord, G2532 and G2007 [⁴shall place G3588 ¹the G5207 ²sons G* ³of Israel] G3588 G5495 their hands G1473 G1909 upon G3588 the G* Levites.

11 G2532 And G873 Aaron shall separate G* G3588 the G* Levites G593.1 for a gift G1725 before G2962 the lord G3844 from G3588 the G5207 sons G* of Israel. G2532 And G1510.8.6 they shall be G5620 so as G2038 to work G3588 the G2041 works G2962 of the lord .

12 G3588 And the G1161 G* Levites G2007 shall place G3588 the G5495 hands G1909 upon G3588 the G2776 heads G3588 of the G3448 calves. G2532 And G4160 you shall offer G3588 the G1520 one G4012 for G266 a sin offering, G2532 and G3588 the G1520 one G1519 for G3646 a whole burnt-offering G2962 to the lord G1837.2 to atone G4012 for G1473 them.

13 G2532 And G2476 you shall stand G3588 the G* Levites G1725 before G* Aaron, G2532 and G1725 before G3588 G5207 his sons; G1473 G2532 and G591 you shall give them back G1473 G593.1 as a gift G2962 to the lord .

14 G2532 And G1291 you shall draw apart G3588 the G* Levites G1537 from G3319 the midst G3588 of the G5207 sons G* of Israel, G2532 and G1510.8.6 they shall be G1473 mine.

15 G2532 And G3326 after G3778 these things G1525 [³shall enter G3588 ¹the G* ²Levites] G2038 to work G3588 the G2041 works G3588 of the G4633 tent G3588 of the G3142 testimony. G2532 And G2511 you shall cleanse G1473 them, G2532 and G591 render G1473 them G1725 before G2962 the lord .

16 G3754 For G593.1 as a gift G591 these are being given back G3778 G1473 to me; G1510.2.6 they are G1537 from out of G3319 the midst G3588 of the G5207 sons G* of Israel, G473 in place of G3588 the ones G1272 opening wide G3956 every G3388 womb G4416 of all first-born G3956 G1537 of G3588 the G5207 sons G* of Israel; G2983 I have taken G1473 them G1473 to myself.

17 G3754 For G1473 [⁷ is mine G3956 ¹every G4416 ²first-born G1722 ³among G3588 ⁴the G5207 ⁵sons G* ⁶of Israel], G575 from G444 man G2193 unto G2934 beast; G3739 in which G2250 day G3960 I struck G3956 every G4416 first-born G1722 in G1093 the land G* of Egypt, G37 I sanctified G1473 them G1473 to myself.

18 G2532 And G2983 I took G3588 the G* Levites G473 instead of G3956 every G4416 first-born G1722 among G5207 the sons G* of Israel.

19 G2532 And G591 I gave back G3588 the G* Levites G593.1 as a gift, G591 recompensing G* Aaron G2532 and G3588 to G5207 his sons G1473 G1537 from out of G3319 the midst G3588 of the G5207 sons G* of Israel, G2038 to work G3588 the G2041 works G3588 of the G5207 sons G* of Israel G1722 in G3588 the G4633 tent G3588 of the G3142 testimony, G2532 and G1837.2 to atone G4012 for G3588 the G5207 sons G* of Israel; G2532 and that G3756 [²shall not be G1510.8.3 G1722 ³among G3588 ⁴the G5207 ⁵sons G* ⁶of Israel G4127 ¹a calamity] G3752 whenever G4331 drawing near G4314 to G3588 the G39 holy things .

20 G2532 And G4160 [⁴did G* ¹ so Moses G2532 ²and G* ³Aaron], G2532 and G3956 all G3588 the G4864 congregation G5207 of the sons G* of Israel, G3588 to the G* Levites G2505 as G1781 the lord gave charge G2962 G3588 G* to Moses G4012 concerning G3588 the G* Levites -- G3779 thus G4160 [⁴did G1473 ⁵to them G3588 ¹the G5207 ²sons G* ³of Israel].

21 G2532 And G48 [³purified themselves G3588 ¹the G* ²Levites], G2532 and G4150 washed G3588 G2440 their garments. G1473 G2532 And G591 [²gave G1473 ³them G* ¹Aaron] G593.1 as a gift G1725 before G2962 the lord . G2532 And G1837.2 [²made atonement G4012 ³for G1473 ⁴them G* ¹Aaron] G850.3 to purify G1473 them.

22 G2532 And G3326 after G3778 this G1525 [³entered G3588 ¹the G* ²Levites] G3008 to officiate G3588 G3009 their ministration G1473 G1722 in G3588 the G4633 tent G3588 of the G3142 testimony G1725 before G* Aaron, G2532 and G1725 before G3588 G5207 his sons. G1473 G2505 As G4929 the lord gave orders G2962 G3588 to G* Moses G4012 for G3588 the G* Levite, G3779 so G4160 they did G1473 to them.

23 G2532 And G2980 the lord spoke G2962 G4314 to G* Moses, G3004 saying,

24 G3778 This G1510.2.3 is G3588 the thing G4012 for G3588 the G* Levites G575 from G4002 five G2532 and G1500.1 twenty years G2532 and G1883 up. G1525 They shall enter G3008 to minister G3009 a ministration G1722 in G2041 works G1722 in G3588 the G4633 tent G3588 of the G3142 testimony.

25 G2532 And G575 from G4004.4 fifty years old G868 he shall leave G575 from G3588 the G3009 ministration, G2532 and G3756 shall not G2038 work G2089 any longer.

26 G2532 And G3008 he shall officiate G3326 with G80 his brethren G1473 G1722 in G3588 the G4633 tent G3588 of the G3142 testimony, G5442 to guard G5438 the watches; G2041 [⁴ the works G1161 ¹but G3756 ²he shall not G2038 ³work] -- G3779 so G4160 shall you do G3588 to the G* Levites G1722 in G3588 G5438 their watches. G1473