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Read›Numbers›Chapter 8

Cleansing the Levites

Numbers 8:9

In 11 translations

BSB
Bring the Levites before the Tent of Meeting and assemble the whole congregation of Israel.
KJV
And thou shalt bring the Levites before the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt gather the whole assembly of the children of Israel together:
WEB
You shall present the Levites before the Tent of Meeting. You shall assemble the whole congregation of the children of Israel.
ASV
And thou shalt present the Levites before the tent of meeting: and thou shalt assemble the whole congregation of the children of Israel:
LSV
and you have brought the Levites near before the Tent of Meeting, and you have assembled all the congregation of the sons of Israel,
YLT
and thou hast brought near the Levites before the tent of meeting, and thou hast assembled the whole company of the sons of Israel,
DBY
And thou shalt bring the Levites before the tent of meeting; and thou shalt gather together the whole assembly of the children of Israel.
DRC
And thou shalt bring the Levites before the tabernacle of the covenant, calling together all the multitude of the children of Israel:
GNV
Then thou shalt bring the Leuites before the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and asseble all the Congregation of the children of Israel.
JPS
And thou shalt present the Levites before the tent of meeting; and thou shalt assemble the whole congregation of the children of Israel.
LXXE
And thou shalt bring the Levites before the tabernacle of witness; and thou shalt assemble all the congregation of the sons of Israel.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וְהִקְרַבְתָּ֙ אֶת־הַלְוִיִּ֔ם לִפְנֵ֖י אֹ֣הֶל מוֹעֵ֑ד וְהִ֨קְהַלְתָּ֔ אֶֽת־כָּל־עֲדַ֖ת בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ προσάξεις τοὺς Λευίτας ἔναντι τῆς σκηνῆς τοῦ μαρτυρίου· καὶ συνάξεις πᾶσαν συναγωγὴν υἱῶν Ἰσραήλ·

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  • Leviticus 8:3and assemble the whole congregation at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.”
  • Exodus 40:12Then bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and wash them with water.
  • Exodus 29:4–37Then present Aaron and his sons at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and wash them with water. Take the garments and clothe Aaron with the tunic, the robe of the ephod, the ephod itself, and the breastplate. Fasten…

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