Numbers 8:5-7

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The Levites Are Given to God

⁵ The Lord said to Moses, ⁶ “Take the Levites away from the other ·Israelites [^Lsons/^Tchildren of Israel] and make them clean [^Cin a ritual sense]. ⁷ This is what you should do to make them clean: Sprinkle the cleansing water on them, and have them shave their bodies and wash their clothes so they will be clean.