Numbers 8:21

New International Reader's Version

The Levites made themselves pure. They washed their clothes. Then Aaron gave them to the Lord as a wave offering. That’s how he paid for their sin to make them pure.

Cross References

Exodus 19:10

The Lord said to Moses, “Go to the people. Today and tomorrow set them apart for me. Have them wash their clothes.

Leviticus 14:11

The priest who announces that the person is ‘clean’ must bring them and their offerings to me. He must do it at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

Numbers 19:12

They must make themselves pure and ‘clean’ with the special water. They must do it on the third day. They must also do it on the seventh day. Then they will be ‘clean.’ But suppose they do not make themselves pure and ‘clean’ on the third and seventh days. Then they will not be ‘clean.’

Numbers 19:19

The man who is ‘clean’ must sprinkle those who are ‘unclean.’ That must be done on the third and seventh days. On the seventh day those who are ‘unclean’ must be made pure and ‘clean.’ Those being made ‘clean’ must wash their clothes. They must take a bath. Then that evening they will be ‘clean.’

Numbers 3:12

“I have taken the Levites from among the Israelites. I have taken them in place of the son born first to each woman in Israel. The Levites belong to me.

Numbers 8:15

“Make the Levites pure. Give them to me as a wave offering. Then they must come to do their work at the tent of meeting.

Numbers 8:20

So Moses and Aaron and all the Israelites did with the Levites just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

Numbers 8:22

After that, the Levites came to do their work at the tent of meeting. They worked under the direction of Aaron and his sons. And so Moses and Aaron and the whole community of Israel did with the Levites just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

Numbers 8:7

Here is how to make them pure. Sprinkle the special water on them. Then have them shave their whole bodies. Also have them wash their clothes. That is how they will make themselves pure.