Numbers 8:15 “After you have cleansed them and presented them as a wave offering, th…”

Numbers 8:15

After you have cleansed them and presented them as a wave offering, they may come to serve at the Tent of Meeting.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And after that shall the Levites go in to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt cleanse them, and offer them for an offering.

World English Bible

“After that, the Levites shall go in to do the service of the Tent of Meeting. You shall cleanse them, and offer them as a wave offering.

American Standard Version

And after that shall the Levites go in to do the service of the tent of meeting: and thou shalt cleanse them, and offer them for a wave-offering.

Geneva Bible 1599

And afterwarde shall the Leuites goe in, to serue in the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and thou shalt purifie them and offer them, as a shake offering.

Darby Translation

And afterwards shall the Levites come in to do the service of the tent of meeting. And thou shalt cleanse them, and offer them as a wave-offering.

Young's Literal Translation

and afterwards do the Levites come in to serve the tent of meeting, and thou hast cleansed them, and hast waved them — a wave-offering.

Bible in Basic English

After that, the Levites will go in to do whatever has to be done in the Tent of meeting; you are to make them clean and give them as a wave offering.

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Cross references

“go in”

Numbers 8:11 Numbers 3:23–37 Numbers 4:3–32 1 Chronicles 23:1–32 1 Chronicles 25:1–26

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 3:23–37 · BSB

The Gershonite clans were to camp on the west, behind the tabernacle,

Numbers 4:3–32 · BSB

men from thirty to fifty years old—everyone who is qualified to serve in the work at the Tent of Meeting.

1 Chronicles 23:1–32 · BSB

When David was old and full of years, he installed his son Solomon as king over Israel.

1 Chronicles 25:1–26 · BSB

Additionally, David and the commanders of the army set apart some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to prophesy with the accompaniment of lyres, harps, and cymbals. The following is the list of the men who perfor…

“and offer”

Numbers 8:13 Numbers 3:12

Numbers 8:13 · BSB

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

Numbers 3:12 · BSB

“Behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel in place of every firstborn Israelite from the womb. The Levites belong to Me,

Also

Exodus 29:24

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.

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

In context

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

16For the Levites have been wholly given to Me from among the sons of Israel. I have taken them for Myself in place of all who come first from the womb, the firstborn of all the sons of Israel.

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