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Hello, this is Father Paul and I'm glad we're taking this journey together to read the Bible

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in a year.

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Yesterday we heard about the law of the Nazarite and the three things that a Nazarite is not

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allowed to do and they are not to drink wine, not to shave his head and not to come near

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anything dead and how he must live according to these stipulations for the entire time

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of his vow.

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And today we're going to hear about how the leaders of the tribes are to come and make

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offerings before the Lord and also about the consecration of the Levites in the service

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of the Tabernacle.

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Alright, let's begin.

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Today's readings are from Numbers 7 and 8.

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Chapter 7 Now it came to pass when Moses had finished

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setting up the Tabernacle that he anointed it and consecrated it and all its furnishings,

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and the altar and all its utensils, so he anointed them and consecrated them.

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Then the leaders of Israel, the heads of their fathers' houses who were the leaders of the

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tribes and over those who were numbered, made an offering.

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And they brought their offering before the Lord, six covered carts and twelve oxen, a

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cart for every two of the leaders and for each one an ox.

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And they presented them before the Tabernacle.

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Then the Lord spoke to Moses saying, Accept these from them that they may be used in doing

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the work of the Tabernacle of meeting, and you shall give them to the Levites, to every

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man according to his service.

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

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Two carts and four oxen he gave to the sons of Gershon according to their service, and

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four carts and eight oxen he gave to the sons of Merari according to their service, under

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the authority of Ethamar the son of Aaron the priest.

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But to the sons of Kohath he gave none, because theirs was the service of the holy things

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which they carried on their shoulders.

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Now the leaders offered the dedication offering for the altar when it was anointed, so the

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leaders offered their offering before the altar.

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For the Lord said to Moses, They shall offer their offering one leader each day for the

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dedication of the altar.

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And the one who offered his offering on the first day was Nashon the son of Amin Adab

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from the tribe of Judah.

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His offering was one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred and thirty shekels,

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and one silver bowl of seventy shekels according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them

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full of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering.

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One gold pan of ten shekels full of incense, one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb

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in its first year as a burnt offering.

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One kid of the goats as a sin offering, and for the sacrifice of peace offerings two oxen,

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five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs in their first year.

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This was the offering of Nashon the son of Amin Adab.

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On the second day, Nithanel the son of Zuwar, leader of Issachar presented an offering.

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For his offering he offered one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred and thirty

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shekels, and one silver bowl of seventy shekels according to the shekel of the sanctuary,

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both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering.

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One gold pan of ten shekels full of incense, one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb

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in its first year as a burnt offering.

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One kid of the goats as a sin offering, and as the sacrifice of peace offerings two oxen,

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five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs in their first year.

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This was the offering of Nithanel the son of Zuwar.

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On the third day, Eliab the son of Halon, leader of the children of Zebulun presented

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an offering.

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His offering was one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred and thirty shekels,

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and one silver bowl of seventy shekels according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them

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full of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering.

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One gold pan of ten shekels full of incense, one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb

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in its first year as a burnt offering.

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One kid of the goats as a sin offering, and for the sacrifice of peace offerings two oxen,

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five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs in their first year.

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This was the offering of Eliab the son of Halon.

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On the fourth day, Eleazar the son of Shidur, leader of the children of Reuben presented

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an offering.

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His offering was one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred and thirty shekels,

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and one silver bowl of seventy shekels according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them

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full of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering.

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One gold pan of ten shekels full of incense, one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb

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in its first year as a burnt offering.

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One kid of the goats as a sin offering, and as the sacrifice of peace offerings two oxen,

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five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs in their first year.

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This was the offering of Eleazar the son of Shidur.

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On the fifth day, Shilumiel the son of Zuri Shadai, leader of the children of Simeon presented

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an offering.

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His offering was one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred and thirty shekels,

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and one silver bowl of seventy shekels according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them

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full of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering.

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One gold pan of ten shekels full of incense, one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb

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in its first year as a burnt offering.

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One kid of the goats as a sin offering, and as the sacrifice of peace offerings two oxen,

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five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs in their first year.

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This was the offering of Shilumiel the son of Zuri Shadai.

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On the sixth day, Eliasap the son of Deoel, leader of the children of Gad presented an

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offering.

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His offering was one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred and thirty shekels,

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and one silver bowl of seventy shekels according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them

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full of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering.

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One gold pan of ten shekels full of incense, one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb

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in its first year as a burnt offering.

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One kid of the goats as a sin offering, and as the sacrifice of peace offerings two oxen,

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five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs in their first year.

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This was the offering of Eliasap the son of Deoel.

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On the seventh day, Elishamah the son of Amihud, leader of the children of Ephraim presented

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an offering.

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His offering was one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred and thirty shekels,

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and one silver bowl of seventy shekels according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them

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full of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering.

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One gold pan of ten shekels full of incense, one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb

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in its first year as a burnt offering.

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One kid of the goats as a sin offering, and as the sacrifice of peace offerings two oxen,

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five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs in their first year.

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This was the offering of Elishamah the son of Amihud.

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On the eighth day, Gamaliel the son of Pedazur, leader of the children of Manasseh presented

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an offering.

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His offering was one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred and thirty shekels,

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and one silver bowl of seventy shekels according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them

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full of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering.

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One gold pan of ten shekels full of incense, one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb

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in its first year as a burnt offering.

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One kid of the goats as a sin offering, and as the sacrifice of peace offerings two oxen,

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five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs in their first year.

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This was the offering of Gamaliel the son of Pedazur.

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On the ninth day, Abidan the son of Gideoni, leader of the children of Benjamin presented

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an offering.

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His offering was one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred and thirty shekels,

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and one silver bowl of seventy shekels according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them

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full of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering.

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One gold pan of ten shekels full of incense, one young bull, one ram, one male lamb in

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its first year as a burnt offering.

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One kid of the goats as a sin offering, and as the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen,

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five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs in their first year.

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This was the offering of Abidan the son of Gideoni.

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On the tenth day, Ahazer the son of Amishadai, leader of the children of Dan presented an

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offering.

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His offering was one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred and thirty shekels,

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and one silver bowl of seventy shekels according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them

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full of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering.

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One gold pan of ten shekels full of incense, one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb

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in its first year as a burnt offering.

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One kid of the goats as a sin offering, and as the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen,

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five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs in their first year.

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This was the offering of Ahazer the son of Amishadai.

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On the eleventh day, Pagyal the son of Okran, leader of the children of Asher, presented

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an offering.

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His offering was one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred and thirty shekels,

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and one silver bowl of seventy shekels according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them

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full of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering.

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One gold pan of ten shekels full of incense, one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb

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in its first year as a burnt offering.

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One kid of the goats as a sin offering, and as the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen,

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five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs in their first year.

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This was the offering of Pagyal the son of Okran.

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On the twelfth day, Ahira the son of Enan, leader of the children of Naphtali, presented

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an offering.

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His offering was one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred and thirty shekels,

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and one silver bowl of seventy shekels according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them

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full of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering.

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One gold pan of ten shekels full of incense, one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb

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in its first year as a burnt offering.

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One kid of the goats as a sin offering, and as the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen,

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five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs in their first year.

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This was the offering of Ahira the son of Enan.

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This was the dedication offering for the altar from the leaders of Israel when it was anointed.

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Twelve silver platters, twelve silver bowls, and twelve gold pans.

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Each silver platter weighed one hundred and thirty shekels, and each bowl seventy shekels.

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All the silver of the vessels weighed two thousand four hundred shekels according to the shekel of the sanctuary.

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The twelve gold pans full of incense weighed ten shekels apiece according to the shekel

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of the sanctuary.

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All the gold of the pans weighed one hundred and twenty shekels.

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All the oxen for the burnt offering were twelve young bulls, the rams twelve, the male lambs

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in their first year twelve, with their grain offering, and the kids of the goats as a sin

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offering twelve.

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And all the oxen for the sacrifice of peace offerings were twenty four bulls, the rams

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sixty, the male goats sixty, and the lambs in their first year sixty.

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This was the dedication offering for the altar after it was anointed.

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Now when Moses went into the tabernacle of meeting to speak with him, he heard the voice

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of one speaking to him from above the mercy seat that was on the ark of the testimony

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from between the two sherabim.

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Thus he spoke to him.

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Chapter 8 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Speak

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to Aaron and say to him, When you arrange the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light

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in front of the lampstand.

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And Aaron did so, he arranged the lamps to face toward the front of the lampstand, as

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the Lord commanded Moses.

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Now this workmanship of the lampstand was hammered gold.

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From its shaft to its flowers it was hammered work, according to the pattern which the Lord

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had shown Moses, so he made the lampstand.

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Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Take the Levites from among the children of Israel

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and cleanse them ceremonially.

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Thus you shall do to them to cleanse them.

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Sprinkle water of purification on them, and let them shave all their body, and let them

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wash their clothes, and so make themselves clean.

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Then let them take a young bull with its grain offering of fine flour mixed with oil, and

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you shall take another young bull as a sin offering.

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And you shall bring the Levites before the tabernacle of meeting, and you shall gather

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together the whole congregation of the children of Israel.

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So you shall bring the Levites before the Lord, and the children of Israel shall lay

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their hands on the Levites.

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And Aaron shall offer the Levites before the Lord like a wave offering from the children

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of Israel, that they may perform the work of the Lord.

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Then the Levites shall lay their hands on the heads of the young bulls, and you shall

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offer one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering to the Lord to make atonement

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for the Levites.

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Then you shall stand the Levites before Aaron and his sons, and then offer them like a wave

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offering to the Lord.

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Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the children of Israel, and the Levites shall

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be mine.

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After that the Levites shall go in to service the tabernacle of meeting.

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So you shall cleanse them and offer them like a wave offering.

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For they are wholly given to me from among the children of Israel.

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I have taken them for myself instead of all who open the womb, the firstborn of all the

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children of Israel.

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For all the firstborn among the children of Israel are mine, both man and beast.

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On the day that I struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I sanctified them to

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myself.

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I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn of the children of Israel.

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And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and his sons from among the children

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of Israel to do the work of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of meeting, and to

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make atonement for the children of Israel, that there be no plague among the children

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of Israel when the children of Israel come near the sanctuary.

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Thus Moses and Aaron and all the congregation of the children of Israel did to the Levites,

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according to all that the Lord commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so the children of

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Israel did to them.

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And the Levites purified themselves and washed their clothes.

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Then Aaron presented them like a wave offering before the Lord.

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And Aaron made atonement for them to cleanse them.

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After that the Levites went in to do their work in the tabernacle of meeting before Aaron

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and his sons, as the Lord commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so they did to them.

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Then the Lord spoke to Moses saying, This is what pertains to the Levites.

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From twenty-five years old and above, one may enter to perform service in the work of

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the tabernacle of meeting.

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And at the age of fifty years, they must cease performing this work and shall work no more.

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They may minister with their brethren in the tabernacle of meeting to attend to needs,

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but they themselves shall do no work.

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Thus you shall do to the Levites regarding their duties.

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I hope you enjoyed today's reading as much as I did and I look forward to seeing you

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again tomorrow to continue on our journey.

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God bless you and have a great day.