Numbers 8:9
7 This is what you must do to cleanse them: Sprinkle them with the water of purification. Have them shave their whole bodies and wash their clothes, and so purify themselves.
8 Then have them take a young bull with its grain offering of fine flour mixed with oil, and you are to take a second young bull for a sin offering.
Bring the Levites before the Tent of Meeting and assemble the whole congregation of Israel.
10 You are to present the Levites before the LORD and have the Israelites lay their hands upon them.
11 Aaron is to present the Levites before the LORD as a wave offering from the sons of Israel, so that they may perform the service of the LORD.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Bring the Levites before the Tent of Meeting and assemble the whole congregation of Israel.
- KJV
- And thou shalt bring the Levites before the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt gather the whole assembly of the children of Israel together:
- WEB
- You shall present the Levites before the Tent of Meeting. You shall assemble the whole congregation of the children of Israel.
- ASV
- And thou shalt present the Levites before the tent of meeting: and thou shalt assemble the whole congregation of the children of Israel:
- DARBY
- And thou shalt bring the Levites before the tent of meeting; and thou shalt gather together the whole assembly of the children of Israel.
- BLB
- And you shall bring the Levites before the face of the Tent of Meeting, and you shall gather together all the congregation of the sons of Israel.
- ÅB
- Og du skal la levittene komme fram foran sammenkomstens telt, og du skal samle hele Israels barns menighet.
- OTB
- Før levittene fram foran møteteltet og samle hele den israelittiske menigheten.
- B1930
- Og du skal la levittene komme frem foran sammenkomstens telt, og du skal samle hele Israels barns menighet.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Exodus 40:12
Then bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and wash them with water.
Read in contextLeviticus 8:3
and assemble the whole congregation at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.”
Read in contextExodus 29:4–37
Then present Aaron and his sons at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and wash them with water.
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