Numbers 8:10
What does Numbers 8:10 mean?
A plain-English look at Numbers 8:10 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000and thou shalt present the Levites before Jehovah. And the children of Israel shall lay their hands upon the Levites:
KJV
King James Version · 1611And thou shalt bring the Levites before the Lord: and the children of Israel shall put their hands upon the Levites:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901and thou shalt present the Levites before Jehovah. And the children of Israel shall lay their hands upon the Levites:
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And you are to take the Levites before the Lord: and the children of Israel are to put their hands on them:
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and thou hast brought near the Levites before Jehovah, and the sons of Israel have laid their hands on the Levites,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And when the Levites are before the Lord, the children of Israel shall put their hands upon them:
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And thou shalt bring the Levites before Jehovah; and the children of Israel shall put their hands upon the Levites.
Context
v.9And thou shalt present the Levites before the tent of meeting: and thou shalt assemble the whole congregation of the children of Israel:
v.10This passage
v.11and 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.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Timothy 5:22
Lay hands hastily on no man, neither be partaker of other men’s sins: keep thyself pure.
- Leviticus 1:4
And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the burnt-offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.
- Numbers 3:45
Take the Levites instead of all the first-born among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I am Jehovah.
- 1 Timothy 4:14
Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.
- Acts 13:2
And as they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.
- Acts 6:6
whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands upon them.
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