5 The Lord said to Moses:
6 Take the Levites from among the Israelites and cleanse them.
7 This is what you shall do to them to cleanse them. Sprinkle them with the water of purification, have them shave their whole bodies and wash their garments, and so cleanse themselves.
8 Then they shall take a bull from the herd, along with its grain offering of bran flour mixed with oil; and you shall take another bull from the herd for a purification offering.
9 Bringing the Levites before the tent of meeting, you shall assemble also the whole community of the Israelites.
10 When you have brought the Levites before the Lord, the Israelites shall lay their hands upon them.
11 Aaron shall then present the Levites before the Lord as an elevated offering from the Israelites, that they may perform the service of the Lord.