Thus didMosesand Aaronand allthe congregationof the sonsof Israelto the Levites;according to allthat the LORDhad commandedMosesconcerning the Levites,sothe sonsof Israeldidto them.
Then allthe sonsof Israeldid[so]; they didjustas the LORDhad commandedMosesand Aaron.
"But you shall appointthe Levitesoverthe tabernacleof the testimony,and overallits furnishingsand overallthat belongs to it. They shall carrythe tabernacleand allits furnishings,and they shall takecareof it; they shall also camparoundthe tabernacle.
Thus the sonsof Israeldid;according to allwhichthe LORDhad commandedMoses,sothey did.
"I have giventhe Levitesas a giftto Aaronand to his sonsfrom amongthe sonsof Israel,to performthe serviceof the sonsof Israelat the tentof meetingand to makeatonementon behalfof the sonsof Israel,so that there will be noplagueamong the sonsof Israelby their comingnearto the sanctuary."
The Levites,too, purifiedthemselves from sinand washedtheir clothes;and Aaronpresentedthem as a waveofferingbeforethe LORD.Aaronalso madeatonementfor them to cleansethem.
Whetherit was two daysora monthora yearthat the cloudlingeredoverthe tabernacle,stayingaboveit, the sonsof Israelremainedcampedand did not setout; but when it was lifted,they did setout.
They observedthe Passoverin the first[month], on the fourteenthdayof the month,at twilight,in the wildernessof Sinai;according to allthat the LORDhad commandedMoses,sothe sonsof Israeldid.
