Numbers 8:13

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The Levites will stand at my altar in front of Aaron and his sons, who will then dedicate the Levites to me.

Cross References

Numbers 18:6

I alone chose the Levites from all the other tribes to belong to me, and I have given them to you as your helpers.

Numbers 8:11

Aaron will present the Levites to me as a gift from the people, so that the Levites will do my work.

Numbers 8:12

After this, the Levites are to place their hands on the heads of the bulls. Then one of the bulls will be sacrificed for the forgiveness of sin, and the other to make sure that I am pleased.

Numbers 8:14

This ceremony will show that the Levites are different from the other Israelites and belong to me in a special way.

Numbers 8:21

The Levites sprinkled themselves with the water of forgiveness and washed their clothes. Then Aaron brought them to the altar and offered sacrifices to forgive their sins and make them acceptable to the LORD.

Romans 12:1

Dear friends, God is good. So I beg you to offer your bodies to him as a living sacrifice, pure and pleasing. That's the most sensible way to serve God.

Romans 15:16

He chose me to be a servant of Christ Jesus for the Gentiles and to do the work of a priest in the service of his good news. God did this so that the Holy Spirit could make the Gentiles into a holy offering, pleasing to him.