"You shall have the LevitesstandbeforeAaronand beforehis sonsso as to presentthem as a waveofferingto the LORD.
"Behold,I Myselfhave takenyour fellowLevitesfrom amongthe sonsof Israel;they are a giftto you, dedicatedto the LORD,to performthe servicefor the tentof meeting.
"Aaronthen shall presentthe Levitesbeforethe LORDas a waveofferingfrom the sonsof Israel,that they may qualifyto performthe serviceof the LORD.
"Now the Levitesshall laytheir handson the headsof the bulls;then offerthe onefor a sinofferingand the otherfor a burntofferingto the LORD,to makeatonementfor the Levites.
"Thus you shall separatethe Levitesfrom amongthe sonsof Israel,and the Levitesshall be Mine.
The Levites,too, purifiedthemselves from sinand washedtheir clothes;and Aaronpresentedthem as a waveofferingbeforethe LORD.Aaronalso madeatonementfor them to cleansethem.
ThereforeI urgeyou, brethren,by the merciesof God,to presentyour bodiesa livingand holysacrifice,acceptableto God,[which is] your spiritualservice of worship.
to be a ministerof ChristJesusto the Gentiles,ministering as a priestthe gospelof God,sothat [my] offeringof the Gentilesmay becomeacceptable,sanctifiedby the HolySpirit.
