Numbers 8:11 “Aaron is to present the Levites before the LORD as a wave offering fro…”

Numbers 8:11

Aaron 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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And Aaron shall offer the Levites before the LORD for an offering of the children of Israel, that they may execute the service of the LORD.

World English Bible

and Aaron shall offer the Levites before the LORD for a wave offering on the behalf of the children of Israel, that it may be theirs to do the service of the LORD.

American Standard Version

and Aaron shall offer the Levites before Jehovah for a wave-offering, on the behalf of the children of Israel, that it may be theirs to do the service of Jehovah.

Geneva Bible 1599

And Aaron shall offer the Leuites before the Lord, as a shake offring of ye childre of Israel, that they may execute the seruice of the Lord.

Darby Translation

And Aaron shall offer the Levites as a wave-offering before Jehovah from the children of Israel, and they shall perform the service of Jehovah.

Young's Literal Translation

and Aaron hath waved the Levites — a wave-offering before Jehovah, from the sons of Israel, and they have been — for doing the service of Jehovah.

Bible in Basic English

And Aaron is to give the Levites to the Lord as a wave offering from the children of Israel, so that they may do the Lord's work.

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Cross references

“offer”

Leviticus 7:30 Numbers 6:20 Exodus 29:24 Leviticus 8:27 Leviticus 8:29

Leviticus 7:30 · BSB

With his own hands he is to bring the food offerings to the LORD; he shall bring the fat, together with the breast, and wave the breast as a wave offering before the LORD.

Numbers 6:20 · BSB

The priest shall then wave them as a wave offering before the LORD. This is a holy portion for the priest, in addition to the breast of the wave offering and the thigh that was presented. After that, the Nazirite may dri…

Exodus 29:24 · BSB

Put all these in the hands of Aaron and his sons and wave them before the LORD as a wave offering.

Leviticus 8:27 · BSB

He put all these in the hands of Aaron and his sons and waved them before the LORD as a wave offering.

Leviticus 8:29 · BSB

He also took the breast—Moses’ portion of the ram of ordination—and waved it before the LORD as a wave offering, as the LORD had commanded him.

“they may execute”

Numbers 1:49–53 Numbers 3:5–43

Numbers 1:49–53 · BSB

“Do not number the tribe of Levi in the census with the other Israelites.

Numbers 3:5–43 · BSB

Then the LORD said to Moses,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

10You are to present the Levites before the LORD and have the Israelites lay their hands upon them.

12And the Levites are to lay their hands on the heads of the bulls, and offer to the LORD one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, to make atonement for the Levites.

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