After reading chapter 8:
*Now we find out what Yahweh told Moses when he spoke to him at the end of the last chapter. He told him how to position the the lamps on the lamp stand. Important stuff.
*Next, there is the consecration of the Levites with more sacrifices and wave offerings, yada, yada, yada. Again, we hear about the how the Levites replace the firstborn of the other Israelites as dedicated to God. It is their special job to make atonement for the Israelites so the Israelites won't be struck by plagues (shades of Egypt) when they go near the sanctuary.
*So, the Levites did all the sacrificing, and waving, and washing, and purifying, just as God commanded. The Levites themselves were a wave offering, which some how made them belong to God.
*Then God told Moses a Levite must be twenty five before he could serve at the tabernacle and he must retire at fifty. I wonder if they got a pension.
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