10 Thou shalt bring the Levites also before the Lord, and the [a]children of Israel shall put their hands upon the Levites.

11 And Aaron shall offer the Levites before the Lord, as a shake offering of the children of Israel, that they may execute the service of the Lord.

12 And the Levites shall put their hands upon the heads of the bullocks, and make thou the one a sin offering, and the other a burnt offering unto the Lord, that thou mayest make an atonement for the Levites.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 8:10 Meaning, certain of them in the name of the whole.

10 You are to bring the Levites before the Lord, and the Israelites are to lay their hands on them.(A) 11 Aaron is to present the Levites before the Lord as a wave offering(B) from the Israelites, so that they may be ready to do the work of the Lord.

12 “Then the Levites are to lay their hands on the heads of the bulls,(C) using one for a sin offering(D) to the Lord and the other for a burnt offering,(E) to make atonement(F) for the Levites.

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