Adonai said to Moses, “Go to the people, and sanctify them today and tomorrow. Let them wash their clothing.
Numbers 8:21 - Tree of Life Version The Levites also purified themselves from sin and washed their clothes. Aaron presented them as a wave offering before Adonai, and, he made atonement for them to purify them. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the Levites were purified, and they washed their clothes; and Aaron offered them as an offering before the LORD; and Aaron made an atonement for them to cleanse them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The Levites cleansed and purified themselves and they washed their clothes; and Aaron offered them as a wave offering before the Lord and Aaron made atonement for them to cleanse them. American Standard Version (1901) And the Levites purified themselves from sin, and they washed their clothes: and Aaron offered them for a wave-offering before Jehovah; and Aaron made atonement for them to cleanse them. Common English Bible The Levites purified themselves and washed their clothes. Aaron presented them as an uplifted offering in the LORD’s presence, and he sought reconciliation for them in order to cleanse them. Catholic Public Domain Version And they were purified, and they washed their garments. And Aaron lifted them up in the sight of the Lord, and he prayed for them, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And they were purified, and washed their garments. And Aaron lifted them up in the sight of the Lord, and prayed for them, |
Adonai said to Moses, “Go to the people, and sanctify them today and tomorrow. Let them wash their clothing.
The kohen who cleanses him is to set the man who to be cleansed along with those items before Adonai, at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting.
He is to purify himself on the third day and on the seventh day. Then he will be clean. But if he does not purify himself on the third and seventh days, he will not be clean.
The clean person will sprinkle the unclean one on the third and seventh days. He is to purify himself on the seventh day, and on the seventh day he is to wash his clothes and bathe himself in water, and at evening he will be clean.
“See, I have taken the Levites from among Bnei-Yisrael in place of the firstborn who open the womb among Bnei-Yisrael. The Levites will be Mine,
After you have purified them and presented them as a wave offering, the Levites will come to do their work at the Tent of Meeting.
So Moses, Aaron and the entire community of Bnei-Yisrael did so with the Levites. All that Adonai had commanded Moses regarding the Levites, so Bnei-Yisrael did to them.
After that, the Levites came to do their tasks before Aaron and his sons in the Tent of Meeting, just as Adonai had commanded Moses concerning the Levites.
This is what you must do to them to make them clean: Sprinkle the purifying water on them, then have them shave their whole bodies and wash their clothes, thus purifying themselves.