1 The Lord said to Moses,
2 ‘Speak to Aaron and say to him, “When you set up the lamps, see that all seven light up the area in front of the lampstand.” ’
3 Aaron did so; he set up the lamps so that they faced forwards on the lampstand, just as the Lord commanded Moses.
4 This is how the lampstand was made: it was made of hammered gold – from its base to its blossoms. The lampstand was made exactly like the pattern the Lord had shown Moses.
5 The Lord said to Moses:
6 ‘Take the Levites from among all the Israelites and make them ceremonially clean.
7 To purify them, do this: sprinkle the water of cleansing on them; then make them shave their whole bodies and wash their clothes. And so they will purify themselves.