Numbers 8:6-14 Take the Levites from the midst of the children of Israel, and cleanse them.

Leeser⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁶ Take the Levites from the midst of the children of Israel, and cleanse them. ⁷ And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them: Sprinkle upon them water of purification, after they have let the razor pass over all their flesh, and then let them wash their clothes, and so shall they be clean. ⁸ And they shall take a young bullock with his meat-offering, fine flour mingled with oil; and another young bullock shalt thou take for a sin-offering. ⁹ And thou shalt bring near the Levites before the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt assemble together the whole congregation of the children of Israel. ¹⁰ And when thou hast brought near the Levites before the Lord, then shall the children of Israel lay their hands upon the Levites: ¹¹ And Aaron shall make with the Levites a waving before the Lord from the children of Israel, that they may be ready to execute the service of the Lord. ¹² And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bullocks: and thou shalt prepare the one as a sin-offering, and the other as a burnt-offering, unto the Lord, to make an atonement for the Levites. ¹³ And thou shalt place the Levites before Aaron and before his sons, and make with them a waving before the Lord. ¹⁴ Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from the midst of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine.