Give these things to Aaron and his sons. Tell them to hold these things in their hands before the Lord. This will be a special offering to the Lord.
Numbers 8:15 - Easy To Read Version “So make the Levite people pure. [130] And give them to the Lord. They will be like a wave offering. After you do this they can come and do their work at the Meeting Tent. [131] More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And after that the Levites shall go in to do service at the Tent of Meeting, when you have cleansed them and offered them as a wave offering. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible The Levites will enter to serve the meeting tent, after you have cleansed them and presented them as an uplifted offering. Catholic Public Domain Version And after this, they shall enter the tabernacle of the covenant, in order to serve me. And so shall you purify and consecrate them as an oblation to the Lord. For they were given to me as a gift from the sons of Israel. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And afterwards they shall enter into the tabernacle of the covenant, to serve me. And thus shalt thou purify and consecrate them for an oblation of the Lord: for as a gift they were given me by the children of Israel. |
Give these things to Aaron and his sons. Tell them to hold these things in their hands before the Lord. This will be a special offering to the Lord.
“{I told you that every family of Israel must give their firstborn [31] son to me}—but now I am choosing the Levites to serve me. They will be mine. So all the other people of Israel will not have to give their firstborn sons to me.
Then Aaron will give the Levite people to the Lord—they will be like an offering to God. In this way, the Levite people will be ready to do their special work for the Lord.
Tell the Levite people to stand in front of Aaron and his sons. Then give the Levite men to the Lord. They will be like a wave offering.
The Israelite people will give me the Levites. They will belong to me. In the past, I told every Israelite family to give me their firstborn [132] son. But now I am taking the Levite people in place of those firstborn sons from the other families in Israel.