Numbers 8:13
What does Numbers 8:13 mean?
A plain-English look at Numbers 8:13 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them for a wave-offering unto Jehovah.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them for an offering unto the Lord.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them for a wave-offering unto Jehovah.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Then the Levites are to be put before Aaron and his sons, to be offered as a wave offering to the Lord.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and thou hast caused the Levites to stand before Aaron, and before his sons, and hast waved them--a wave-offering to Jehovah;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And thou shalt set the Levites in the sight of Aaron and of his, and shalt consecrate them being offered to the Lord,
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them as a wave-offering to Jehovah.
Context
v.12And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bullocks: and offer thou the one for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt-offering, unto Jehovah, to make atonement for the Levites.
v.13This passage
v.14Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel; and the Levites shall be mine.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 8:11
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.
- Romans 12:1
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.
- Numbers 8:21
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.
- Romans 15:16
that I should be a minister of Christ Jesus unto the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be made acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
- Numbers 18:6
And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel: to you they are a gift, given unto Jehovah, to do the service of the tent of meeting.
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