Numbers 8:10

You shall present the Levites before the LORD. The children of Israel shall lay their hands on the Levites,

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In The King James Version

And thou shalt bring the Levites before the LORD: and the children of Israel shall put their hands upon the Levites:

In Context

9You shall present the Levites before the Tent of Meeting. You shall assemble the whole congregation of the children of Israel.

11and Aaron shall offer the Levites before the LORD for a wave offering on the behalf of the children of Israel, that it may be theirs to do the service of the LORD.

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Cross References

Leviticus 1:4He shall lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.

Acts 6:6whom they set before the emissaries. When they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.

1 Timothy 4:14Don’t neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you by prophecy with the laying on of the hands of the elders.

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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