Look, I have selected your fellow Levites from the Israelites as a gift for you, assigned by the Lord to work at the tent of meeting.
Numbers 8:13 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised ‘You are to make the Levites stand before Aaron and his sons, and you are to present them before the Lord as a presentation offering. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
Look, I have selected your fellow Levites from the Israelites as a gift for you, assigned by the Lord to work at the tent of meeting.
Aaron is to present the Levites before the Lord as a presentation offering from the Israelites, so that they may perform the Lord’s work.
Next the Levites are to lay their hands on the heads of the bulls. Sacrifice one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering to the Lord, to make atonement for the Levites.
In this way you are to separate the Levites from the rest of the Israelites so that the Levites will belong to me.
The Levites purified themselves and washed their clothes; then Aaron presented them before the Lord as a presentation offering. Aaron also made atonement for them to cleanse them ceremonially.
Therefore, brothers and sisters, in view of the mercies of God, I urge you to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God; this is your true worship.
to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, serving as a priest of the gospel of God. God’s purpose is that the Gentiles may be an acceptable offering, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.