Numbers - 8:13



13 You shall set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them as a wave offering to Yahweh.

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Explanation and meaning of Numbers 8:13.

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And thou shalt set the Levites in the sight of Aaron and of his sons, and shalt consecrate them being offered to the Lord,
and thou hast caused the Levites to stand before Aaron, and before his sons, and hast waved them, a wave-offering to Jehovah;
Then the Levites are to be put before Aaron and his sons, to be offered as a wave offering to the Lord.
And you shall set the Levites in the sight of Aaron and his sons, and you shall consecrate those being offered to the Lord,
Statuesque Levitas coram Aharon et coram fillis ejus, et offeres illos oblationem Jehovae.

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Historical Commentaries

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And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons,.... After atonement was made for them, as Aben Ezra observes; then they were presented to Aaron and his sons, to whom they were given to he their ministers, and assistants to them:
and offer them for an offering unto the Lord: or, and "waved them", &c. as before, that is, order them to be waved; for not Moses, but Aaron, did this, and indeed was done already; and therefore should rather be rendered, as by Bishop Patrick, after thou hast offered, or waved them.

Set the Levites before Aaron - Give the Levites to them, or to their service. Unto the Lord - For to him they were first properly offered, and by him given to the priests in order to his service.

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