Numbers 8:11 - Forerunner Commentary

Numbers 8:11

9 ^aAnd you shall bring the Levites before the tabernacle of meeting, ^band you shall gather together the whole congregation of the children of Israel.

10 So you shall bring the Levites before the Lord, and the children of Israel ^ashall lay their hands on the Levites;

11 and Aaron shall offer the Levites before the Lord like a ^awave offering from the children of Israel, that they may perform the work of the Lord.

12 ^aThen the Levites shall lay their hands on the heads of the young bulls, and you shall offer one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering to the Lord, to make atonement for the Levites.

13 “And you shall stand the Levites before Aaron and his sons, and then offer them like a wave offering to the Lord.

14 Thus you shall ^aseparate the Levites from among the children of Israel, and the Levites shall be ^bMine.

15 After that the Levites shall go in to service the tabernacle of meeting. So you shall cleanse them and ^aoffer them like a wave offering.

Verse Comparison: Numbers 8:11

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American Standard Version
and Aaron shall offer the Levites before Jehovah for a wave-offering, on the behalf of the children of Israel, that it may be theirs to do the service of Jehovah.

Amplified® Bible
And Aaron shall offer the Levites before the Lord as a wave offering from the Israelites {and} on their behalf, that they may do the service of the Lord.

Contemporary English Version
Aaron will present the Levites to me as a gift from the people, so that the Levites will do my work.

Darby English Version
And Aaron shall offer the Levites as a wave-offering before Jehovah from the children of Israel, and they shall perform the service of Jehovah.

Good News Bible
and then Aaron shall dedicate the Levites to me as a special gift from the Israelites, so that they may do my work.

King James Version
And Aaron shall offer the Levites before the LORD for an offering of the children of Israel, that they may execute the service of the LORD.

New American Standard Bible
"Aaron then shall present the Levites before the LORD as a wave offering from the sons of Israel, that they may qualify to perform the service of the LORD.

New International Version
Aaron is to present the Levites before the LORD as a wave offering from the Israelites, so that they may be ready to do the work of the LORD.

New King James Version
and Aaron shall offer the Levites before the LORD like a wave offering from the children of Israel, that they may perform the work of the LORD.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Aaron then shall present the Levites before the LORD as a wave offering from the sons of Israel, that they may qualify to perform the service of the LORD.

Revised Standard Version
and Aaron shall offer the Levites before the LORD as a wave offering from the people of Israel, that it may be theirs to do the service of the LORD.

Young's Literal Translation
and Aaron hath waved the Levites -- a wave-offering before Jehovah, from the sons of Israel, and they have been -- for doing the service of Jehovah.

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