I myself chose the Levite people from among all the people of Israel. They are like a gift to you. I gave them to you to serve the Lord and work in the Meeting Tent. [234]
Numbers 8:13 - Easy To Read Version Tell the Levite people to stand in front of Aaron and his sons. Then give the Levite men to the Lord. They will be like a wave 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. |
I myself chose the Levite people from among all the people of Israel. They are like a gift to you. I gave them to you to serve the Lord and work in the Meeting Tent. [234]
Then Aaron will give the Levite people to the Lord—they will be like an offering to God. In this way, the Levite people will be ready to do their special work for the Lord.
“Tell the Levite people to put their hands on the heads of the bulls. One bull will be a sin offering to the Lord. The other bull will be used as a burnt offering to the Lord. These offerings will make the Levite people pure. [129]
This will make the Levite people holy—{it will show that they will be used in a special way for God}. They will be different from the other people of Israel. The Levite people will belong to me.
The Levites washed themselves and their clothes. Then Aaron gave them to the Lord like wave offerings. Aaron gave the offerings that covered their sins and made them pure.
So brothers and sisters, I beg you to do something. God has shown us great mercy. So offer your lives as a living sacrifice {\cf2\super [130]} to God. Your offering must be only for God and will be pleasing to him. This offering of yourselves is the spiritual way for you to worship (serve) God.
to be a minister of Christ Jesus. God made me a minister to help the non-Jewish people. I serve God by teaching his Good News. {\cf2\super [151]} I do this so that the non-Jewish people may be an offering that God will accept. Those people are made holy {\cf2\super [152]} for God by the Holy Spirit. {\cf2\super [153]}