1. The Lord said to Moses,
2. “Tell Aaron to put the seven lamps on the lampstand so they shine towards the front.”
3. Aaron obeyed and placed the lamps as he was told.
4. The lampstand was made of hammered gold from its base to the decorative flowers on top, exactly like the pattern the Lord had described to Moses.
5. The Lord said to Moses:
6. The Levites must be acceptable to me before they begin working at the sacred tent. So separate them from the rest of the Israelites
24-25. “Levites who are between the ages of twenty-five and fifty can work at my sacred tent. But once they turn fifty, they must retire.