And behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the people of Israel; they are a gift to you, given to the Lord, to do the service of the tent of meeting.
Numbers 8:13 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) And you shall cause the Levites to attend Aaron and his sons, and shall offer them as a wave offering to the Lord. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them for an offering unto the LORD. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And you shall present the Levites before Aaron and his sons and offer them as a wave offering to the Lord. American Standard Version (1901) And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them for a wave-offering unto Jehovah. Common English Bible You will have the Levites stand before Aaron and his sons and you will present them as an uplifted offering to the LORD. Catholic Public Domain Version And you shall set the Levites in the sight of Aaron and his sons, and you shall consecrate those being offered to the Lord, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And thou shalt set the Levites in the sight of Aaron and of his sons: and shalt consecrate them being offered to the Lord. |
And behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the people of Israel; they are a gift to you, given to the Lord, to do the service of the tent of meeting.
and Aaron shall offer the Levites before the Lord as a wave offering from the people of Israel, that it may be theirs to do the service of the Lord.
Then the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bulls; and you shall offer the one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering to the Lord, to make atonement for the Levites.
“Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the people of Israel, and the Levites shall be mine.
And the Levites purified themselves from sin, and washed their clothes; and Aaron offered them as a wave offering before the Lord, and Aaron made atonement for them to cleanse them.
I appeal to you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.
to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the offering of the Gentiles may be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.