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Selected Verse: Numbers 8:12 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Nu 8:12 |
Strong Concordance |
And the Levites [03881] shall lay [05564] their hands [03027] upon the heads [07218] of the bullocks [06499]: and thou shalt offer [06213] the one [0259] for a sin offering [02403], and the other [0259] for a burnt offering [05930], unto the LORD [03068], to make an atonement [03722] for the Levites [03881]. |
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King James |
And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bullocks: and thou shalt offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, unto the LORD, to make an atonement for the Levites. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
atonement
(See Scofield) - (Exo 29:33) |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| The Levites were then to close this transfer of themselves to the Lord with a sin-offering and burnt-offering, in which they laid their hands upon the sacrificial animals. By this imposition of hands they made the sacrificial animals their representatives, in which they presented their own bodies to the Lord as a living sacrifice well-pleasing to Him. The signification of the dedication of the Levites, as here enjoined, is still further explained in Num 8:13-19. The meaning of Num 8:13. is this: According to the command already given (in Num 8:6-12), thou shalt place the Levites before Aaron and his sons, and wave them as a wave-offering before the Lord, and so separate them from the midst of the children of Israel, that they may be Mine. They shall then come to serve the tabernacle. So shalt thou cleanse them and wave them. The same reason is assigned for this in Num 8:16, Num 8:17, as in Num 3:11-13 (כּל בּכור for כּל־בּכור, cf. Num 3:13); and in Num 8:18 and Num 8:19, what was commanded in Num 3:6-9 is described as having been carried out. On Num 8:19 see Num 1:53. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Lay their hands - To signify that they were offered by them and for them. |
33 And they shall eat [0398] those things wherewith the atonement was made [03722], to consecrate [04390] [03027] and to sanctify [06942] them: but a stranger [02114] shall not eat [0398] thereof, because they are holy [06944].
53 But the Levites [03881] shall pitch [02583] round about [05439] the tabernacle [04908] of testimony [05715], that there be no wrath [07110] upon the congregation [05712] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478]: and the Levites [03881] shall keep [08104] the charge [04931] of the tabernacle [04908] of testimony [05715].
19 And I have given [05414] the Levites [03881] as a gift [05414] to Aaron [0175] and to his sons [01121] from among [08432] the children [01121] of Israel [03478], to do [05647] the service [05656] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478] in the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150], and to make an atonement [03722] for the children [01121] of Israel [03478]: that there be no plague [05063] among the children [01121] of Israel [03478], when the children [01121] of Israel [03478] come nigh [05066] unto the sanctuary [06944].
6 Bring [07126] the tribe [04294] of Levi [03878] near [07126], and present [05975] them before [06440] Aaron [0175] the priest [03548], that they may minister [08334] unto him.
7 And they shall keep [08104] his charge [04931], and the charge [04931] of the whole congregation [05712] before [06440] the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150], to do [05647] the service [05656] of the tabernacle [04908].
8 And they shall keep [08104] all the instruments [03627] of the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150], and the charge [04931] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478], to do [05647] the service [05656] of the tabernacle [04908].
9 And thou shalt give [05414] the Levites [03881] unto Aaron [0175] and to his sons [01121]: they are wholly given [05414] unto him out of the children [01121] of Israel [03478].
19 And I have given [05414] the Levites [03881] as a gift [05414] to Aaron [0175] and to his sons [01121] from among [08432] the children [01121] of Israel [03478], to do [05647] the service [05656] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478] in the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150], and to make an atonement [03722] for the children [01121] of Israel [03478]: that there be no plague [05063] among the children [01121] of Israel [03478], when the children [01121] of Israel [03478] come nigh [05066] unto the sanctuary [06944].
18 And I have taken [03947] the Levites [03881] for all the firstborn [01060] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478].
13 Because all the firstborn [01060] are mine; for on the day [03117] that I smote [05221] all the firstborn [01060] in the land [0776] of Egypt [04714] I hallowed [06942] unto me all the firstborn [01060] in Israel [03478], both man [0120] and beast [0929]: mine shall they be: I am the LORD [03068].
11 And the LORD [03068] spake [01696] unto Moses [04872], saying [0559],
12 And I, behold, I have taken [03947] the Levites [03881] from among [08432] the children [01121] of Israel [03478] instead of all the firstborn [01060] that openeth [06363] the matrix [07358] among the children [01121] of Israel [03478]: therefore the Levites [03881] shall be mine;
13 Because all the firstborn [01060] are mine; for on the day [03117] that I smote [05221] all the firstborn [01060] in the land [0776] of Egypt [04714] I hallowed [06942] unto me all the firstborn [01060] in Israel [03478], both man [0120] and beast [0929]: mine shall they be: I am the LORD [03068].
17 For all the firstborn [01060] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478] are mine, both man [0120] and beast [0929]: on the day [03117] that I smote [05221] every firstborn [01060] in the land [0776] of Egypt [04714] I sanctified [06942] them for myself.
16 For they are wholly given [05414] unto me from among [08432] the children [01121] of Israel [03478]; instead of such as open [06363] every womb [07358], even instead of the firstborn [01060] of all the children [01121] of Israel [03478], have I taken [03947] them unto me.
6 Take [03947] the Levites [03881] from among [08432] the children [01121] of Israel [03478], and cleanse [02891] them.
7 And thus shalt thou do [06213] unto them, to cleanse [02891] them: Sprinkle [05137] water [04325] of purifying [02403] upon them, and let them shave [08593] [05674] all their flesh [01320], and let them wash [03526] their clothes [0899], and so make themselves clean [02891].
8 Then let them take [03947] a young [01121] [01241] bullock [06499] with his meat offering [04503], even fine flour [05560] mingled [01101] with oil [08081], and another [08145] young [01121] [01241] bullock [06499] shalt thou take [03947] for a sin offering [02403].
9 And thou shalt bring [07126] the Levites [03881] before [06440] the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150]: and thou shalt gather [06950] the whole assembly [05712] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478] together [06950]:
10 And thou shalt bring [07126] the Levites [03881] before [06440] the LORD [03068]: and the children [01121] of Israel [03478] shall put [05564] their hands [03027] upon the Levites [03881]:
11 And Aaron [0175] shall offer [05130] the Levites [03881] before [06440] the LORD [03068] for an offering [08573] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478], that they may execute [05647] the service [05656] of the LORD [03068].
12 And the Levites [03881] shall lay [05564] their hands [03027] upon the heads [07218] of the bullocks [06499]: and thou shalt offer [06213] the one [0259] for a sin offering [02403], and the other [0259] for a burnt offering [05930], unto the LORD [03068], to make an atonement [03722] for the Levites [03881].
13 And thou shalt set [05975] the Levites [03881] before [06440] Aaron [0175], and before [06440] his sons [01121], and offer [05130] them for an offering [08573] unto the LORD [03068].
13 And thou shalt set [05975] the Levites [03881] before [06440] Aaron [0175], and before [06440] his sons [01121], and offer [05130] them for an offering [08573] unto the LORD [03068].
14 Thus shalt thou separate [0914] the Levites [03881] from among [08432] the children [01121] of Israel [03478]: and the Levites [03881] shall be mine.
15 And after [0310] that shall the Levites [03881] go in [0935] to do the service [05647] of the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150]: and thou shalt cleanse [02891] them, and offer [05130] them for an offering [08573].
16 For they are wholly given [05414] unto me from among [08432] the children [01121] of Israel [03478]; instead of such as open [06363] every womb [07358], even instead of the firstborn [01060] of all the children [01121] of Israel [03478], have I taken [03947] them unto me.
17 For all the firstborn [01060] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478] are mine, both man [0120] and beast [0929]: on the day [03117] that I smote [05221] every firstborn [01060] in the land [0776] of Egypt [04714] I sanctified [06942] them for myself.
18 And I have taken [03947] the Levites [03881] for all the firstborn [01060] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478].
19 And I have given [05414] the Levites [03881] as a gift [05414] to Aaron [0175] and to his sons [01121] from among [08432] the children [01121] of Israel [03478], to do [05647] the service [05656] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478] in the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150], and to make an atonement [03722] for the children [01121] of Israel [03478]: that there be no plague [05063] among the children [01121] of Israel [03478], when the children [01121] of Israel [03478] come nigh [05066] unto the sanctuary [06944].