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Numbers 8:21 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" And the Levites were purified, and they washed their clothes; and Aaron offered them as an offering before the LORD; and Aaron made an atonement for them to cleanse "
Numbers 8:21
Verse in Context
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And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of the congregation, and to make an atonement for the children of Israel: that there be no plague among the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come nigh unto the sanctuary.
And Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel, did to the Levites according unto all that the LORD commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did the children of Israel
And the Levites were purified, and they washed their clothes; and Aaron offered them as an offering before the LORD; and Aaron made an atonement for them to cleanse
And after that went the Levites in to do their service in the tabernacle of the congregation before Aaron, and before his sons: as the LORD had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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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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