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Cleansing the Levites

Numbers 8:10

In 11 translations

BSB
You are to present the Levites before the LORD and have the Israelites lay their hands upon them.
KJV
And thou shalt bring the Levites before the LORD: and the children of Israel shall put their hands upon the Levites:
WEB
You shall present the Levites before Yahweh. The children of Israel shall lay their hands on the Levites,
ASV
and thou shalt present the Levites before Jehovah. And the children of Israel shall lay their hands upon the Levites:
LSV
and you have brought the Levites near before YHWH, and the sons of Israel have laid their hands on the Levites,
YLT
and thou hast brought near the Levites before Jehovah, and the sons of Israel have laid their hands on the Levites,
DBY
And thou shalt bring the Levites before Jehovah; and the children of Israel shall put their hands upon the Levites.
DRC
And when the Levites are before the Lord, the children of Israel shall put their hands upon them:
GNV
Thou shalt bring the Leuites also before the Lord, and the children of Israel shall put their handes vpon the Leuites.
JPS
And thou shalt present the Levites before the LORD; and the children of Israel shall lay their hands upon the Levites.
LXXE
And thou shalt bring the Levites before the Lord; and the sons of Israel shall lay their hands upon the Levites.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וְהִקְרַבְתָּ֥ אֶת־הַלְוִיִּ֖ם לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וְסָמְכ֧וּ בְנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל אֶת־יְדֵיהֶ֖ם עַל־הַלְוִיִּֽם׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ προσάξεις τοὺς Λευίτας ἔναντι Κυρίου, καὶ ἐπιθήσουσιν οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ τὰς χεῖρας αὐτῶν ἐπὶ τοὺς Λευίτας·

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  • Acts 6:6They presented these seven to the apostles, who prayed and laid their hands on them.
  • Leviticus 1:4He is to lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, so it can be accepted on his behalf to make atonement for him.
  • 1 Timothy 4:14Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given you through the prophecy spoken over you at the laying on of the hands of the elders.
  • Acts 13:2–3While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.” And after they had fasted and prayed, they laid their hands on them…
  • Numbers 3:45“Take the Levites in place of all the firstborn of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites in place of their livestock. The Levites belong to Me; I am the LORD.
  • 1 Timothy 5:22Do not be too quick in the laying on of hands and thereby share in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure.

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