4 And this is how the lampstand was made, a hammered-work of gold; from its base up to its blossom, it was hammered-work according to the pattern that Yahweh showed Moses; so he made the lampstand.
5 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
6 “Take the Levites from the midst of the Israelites and purify them.
7 So you will do to them, to purify them: sprinkle on them waters of purification, and they will shave their whole body and wash their garments.
8 And they will take a young bull and its grain offering of finely milled flour mixed with oil, and you will take a second young bull as a sin offering.
9 You will bring the Levites before the tent of assembly, and you will summon the entire community of the Israelites.
10 And you will bring the Levites before Yahweh, and the Israelites will lay their hands on the Levites,