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Numbers 8:13 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them for an offering unto the LORD. "
Numbers 8:13
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
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.
And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bullocks: and thou shalt offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, unto the LORD, to make an atonement for the Levites.
And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them for an offering unto the LORD.
Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the Levites
And after that shall the Levites go in to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt cleanse them, and offer them for an offering.
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Numbers 8:1
"And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,"
Numbers 8:2
"Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick."
Numbers 8:3
"And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof over against the candlestick, as the LORD commanded Moses."
Numbers 8:4
"And this work of the candlestick was of beaten gold, unto the shaft thereof, unto the flowers thereof, was beaten work: according unto the pattern which the LORD had shewed Moses, so he made the candlestick."
Numbers 8:5
"And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,"
Numbers 8:6
"Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse"
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