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Cleansing the Levites

Numbers 8:13

In 11 translations

BSB
You are to have the Levites stand before Aaron and his sons and then present them before the LORD as a wave offering.
KJV
And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them for an offering unto the LORD.
WEB
You shall set the Levites before Aaron and before his sons, and offer them as a wave offering to Yahweh.
ASV
And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them for a wave-offering unto Jehovah.
LSV
And you have caused the Levites to stand before Aaron, and before his sons, and have waved them [as] a wave-offering to YHWH;
YLT
and thou hast caused the Levites to stand before Aaron, and before his sons, and hast waved them — a wave-offering to Jehovah;
DBY
And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them as a wave-offering to Jehovah.
DRC
And thou shalt set the Levites in the sight of Aaron and of his sons, and shalt consecrate them being offered to the Lord,
GNV
And thou shalt set the Leuites before Aaron and before his sonnes, and offer the as a shake offring to the Lord.
JPS
And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them for a wave-offering unto the LORD.
LXXE
And thou shalt set the Levites before the Lord, and before Aaron, and before his sons; and thou shalt give them as a gift before the Lord.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וְהַֽעֲמַדְתָּ֙ אֶת־הַלְוִיִּ֔ם לִפְנֵ֥י אַהֲרֹ֖ן וְלִפְנֵ֣י בָנָ֑יו וְהֵנַפְתָּ֥ אֹתָ֛ם תְּנוּפָ֖ה לַֽיהוָֽה׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ στήσεις τοὺς Λευίτας ἔναντι Κυρίου, καὶ ἔναντι Ἀαρὼν, καὶ ἔναντι τῶν υἱῶν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀποδώσεις αὐτοὺς ἀπόδομα ἔναντι Κυρίου·

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  • Numbers 8:21The Levites purified themselves and washed their clothes, and Aaron presented them as a wave offering before the LORD. Aaron also made atonement for them to cleanse them.
  • Numbers 8:11Aaron is to present the Levites before the LORD as a wave offering from the sons of Israel, so that they may perform the service of the LORD.
  • Romans 15:16to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the Gentiles might become an offering acceptable to God, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
  • Numbers 18:6Behold, I Myself have selected your fellow Levites from the Israelites as a gift to you, dedicated to the LORD to perform the service for the Tent of Meeting.
  • Romans 12:1Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.

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