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He gave two carts and four oxen to the Gershonites, which they needed for their work.

Then Moses gave four carts and eight oxen to the Merarites, which they needed for their work. Ithamar son of Aaron, the priest, directed the work of all of them.

"Speak to Aaron and tell him, ‘Put the seven lamps where they can light the area in front of the lampstand.'"

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.

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.

"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 .

"Make the Levites pure, and present them as an offering so that they may come to work at the Meeting Tent.

From all the Israelites I have given the Levites to Aaron and his sons so that they may serve the Israelites at the Meeting Tent. They will help remove the Israelites' sins so they will belong to the Lord and so that no disaster will strike the Israelites when they approach the Holy Place."

The Levites made themselves clean and washed their clothes. Then Aaron presented them as an offering to the Lord . He also removed their sins so they would be pure.

After that, the Levites came to the Meeting Tent to work, and Aaron and his sons told them what to do. They did with the Levites what the Lord commanded Moses.

At the age of fifty, they must retire from their jobs and not work again.

and they did; it was in the Desert of Sinai at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month. The Israelites did everything just as the Lord commanded Moses.

But some of the people could not celebrate the Passover on that day because they were unclean from touching a dead body. So they went to Moses and Aaron that day and

So the Israelites moved at the Lord 's command, and they camped at his command. While the cloud stayed over the Tent, they remained camped.

Sometimes the cloud was over it only a few days. At the Lord 's command the people camped, and at his command they moved.

At the Lord 's command the people camped, and at his command they moved. They obeyed the Lord 's order that he commanded through Moses.

Also blow your trumpets at happy times and during your feasts and at New Moon festivals. Blow them over your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, because they will help you remember your God. I am the Lord your God."

This was their first time to move, and they did it as the Lord had commanded Moses.

So they left the mountain of the Lord and traveled for three days. The Ark of the Lord 's Agreement went in front of the people for those three days, as they looked for a place to camp.

Some troublemakers among them wanted better food, and soon all the Israelites began complaining. They said, "We want meat!