Numbers 8:13 “You are to have the Levites stand before Aaron and his sons and then p…”

Numbers 8:13

You are to have the Levites stand before Aaron and his sons and then present them before the LORD as a wave offering.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them for an offering unto the LORD.

World English Bible

You shall set the Levites before Aaron and before his sons, and offer them as a wave offering to the LORD.

American Standard Version

And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them for a wave-offering unto Jehovah.

Geneva Bible 1599

And thou shalt set the Leuites before Aaron and before his sonnes, and offer the as a shake offring to the Lord.

Darby Translation

And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them as a wave-offering to Jehovah.

Young's Literal Translation

and thou hast caused the Levites to stand before Aaron, and before his sons, and hast waved them — a wave-offering to Jehovah;

Bible in Basic English

Then the Levites are to be put before Aaron and his sons, to be offered as a wave offering to the Lord.

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Cross references

“offer them”

Numbers 8:11 Numbers 8:21 Numbers 18:6 Romans 12:1 Romans 15:16

Numbers 8:11 · BSB

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.

Numbers 8:21 · BSB

The 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 18:6 · BSB

Behold, 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 12:1 · BSB

Therefore 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.

Romans 15:16 · BSB

to 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.

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

In context

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.

14In this way you shall separate the Levites from the rest of the Israelites, and the Levites will belong to Me.

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