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According to the commandment of the LORD through Moses, they were counted, everyone by his serving or carrying; so these were his numbered men, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

"You shall send away both male and female; you shall send them outside the camp so that they do not defile their camp where I dwell in their midst."

And the sons of Israel did so and sent them outside the camp; just as the LORD had spoken to Moses, that is what the sons of Israel did.

'So every person's holy gifts shall be his; whatever anyone gives to the priest, it becomes his.'"

'Then he shall make the woman drink the water of bitterness that brings a curse, so that the water which brings a curse will go into her and cause bitterness.

"This is the law of the Nazirite who vows his offering to the LORD according to his consecration, in addition to what else he can afford; corresponding to his vow which he makes, so he shall do according to the law of his consecration."

"So they shall invoke My name on the sons of Israel, and then I will bless them."

So Moses took the carts and the oxen and gave them to the Levites.

And the leaders offered the dedication offering for the altar when it was anointed, so the leaders offered their offering before the altar.

Now when Moses entered the tent of meeting to speak with Him, he heard the voice speaking to him from above the atoning cover that was on the ark of the testimony, from between the two cherubim; so He spoke to him.

Therefore Aaron did so; he mounted its lamps at the front of the lampstand, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Now this was the workmanship of the lampstand, hammered work of gold; from its base to its flower ornamentation it was hammered work; according to the pattern which the LORD had shown Moses, so he made the lampstand.

"So you shall present the Levites in front of the tent of meeting. You shall also assemble the whole congregation of the sons of Israel,

"Aaron then shall present the Levites before the LORD as a wave offering from the sons of Israel, so that they may qualify to perform the service of the LORD.

"And you shall have the Levites stand before Aaron and his sons so as to present them as a wave offering to the LORD.

"So you shall single out the Levites from among the sons of Israel, and the Levites shall be Mine.

"And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the sons of Israel, to perform the service of the sons of Israel at the tent of meeting and to make atonement on behalf of the sons of Israel, so that there will be no affliction among the sons of Israel due to their approaching the sanctuary."

So this is what Moses, Aaron, and all the congregation of the sons of Israel did to the Levites; according to everything that the LORD had commanded Moses regarding the Levites, so the sons of Israel did to them.

Then after that the Levites went in to perform their service in the tent of meeting before Aaron and his sons; just as the LORD had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so they did to them.

So Moses told the sons of Israel to celebrate the Passover.