Numbers 8:15

They can come and serve at the Tent of Meeting once you've purified them and presented them as a wave offering.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

14This is how you are to separate the Levites from the rest of the Israelites, and the Levites will belong to me.

16The Levites have been completely given over to me by the Israelites. I have accepted them as mine in place of all the firstborn sons of the Israelites.

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Cross References

Numbers 3:12“I've taken the Levites from the Israelites in place of every one of their firstborn. The Levites belong to me

Numbers 4:3Count men aged thirty to fifty—all who are entitled to do the work of serving in the Tent of Meeting.

Numbers 8:13Have the Levites stand in front of Aaron and his sons and present them to the Lord as a wave offering.

1 Chronicles 25:1David and the leaders of the Levites chose men from the families of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to serve by prophesying accompanied by lyres, harps, and cymbals. Here is the list of those who performed this service:

Matthew Henry on Numbers 8:6-26

The Consecration of the Levites. ( b. c. 1490.) 5 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 6 Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them. 7 And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them: Sprinkle water of purifying upon them, and let them shave all their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and so make themselves clean. 8 Then let them take a young bullock with his meat offering, even fine flour mingled with oil, and another young bullock shalt thou take for a sin offering. 9 And thou… Read the whole commentary →

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