Numbers 8:7
And thus shalt thou do to them to purify them. Sprinkle upon them the water of purification, and make the razor to pass over all their flesh, and let them wash their vestments, and they shall be clean.
Targum Onkelos
In The King James Version
In Context
6Bring near the Levites from among the sons of Israel, and purify them.
Cross References
Exodus 19:10And the Lord said to Mosheh, Go unto the people and prepare them, today and tomorrow, and let them purify their clothing;
Leviticus 14:7And he shall sprinkle it on him who is to be cleansed form leprosy seven times, and he shall be clean: and the living bird he shall send forth upon the face of the field.
Leviticus 14:9And on the seventh day he shall (again) shave off all the hair of his head, and his beard and his eyebrows, the whole of his hair shall he shave off, and wash his clothes, and wash his flesh with water, and he shall be clean.
Leviticus 15:10And whoever toucheth any things that have been under him shall be unclean until evening.
Leviticus 16:28And he who burned them must wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh with water, and may then enter into the camp.
Numbers 19:9And a man who is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them up without the camp in a clean place, and it shall be for the congregation of the children of Israel to keep, for the sprinkling with water; it is (a purification) for sin.
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 →