Numbers 8:21 KJV
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 them.
Matthew Henry
- Consecration of the Levites, and their serviceHere we have directions for the solemn ordination of the Levites. All Israel must know that they took not this honour to themselves, but were called of God...
Thompson Chains
Parallel Passages
- Numbers 8:11 And Aaron shall offer the Levites before the LORD for an offering of the children of Israel, that they may execute the service of the LORD.
From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).
Cross References
- Numbers 8:7 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.
- Numbers 8:11–13 And Aaron shall offer the Levites before the LORD for an offering of the children of Israel, that they may execute the service of the LORD. …
- Numbers 8:15 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.
- Numbers 3:12 And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine;
- Numbers 19:12 He shall purify himself with it on the third day, and on the seventh day he shall be clean: but if he purify not himself the third day, then the seventh day he shall not be clean.
- Numbers 19:19 And the clean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day: and on the seventh day he shall purify himself, and wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at even.
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Topics
- Atonement In consummation of the Levites
- Levites Consecration of Levites
- Priest To officiate in consecrations of Levites
- Purification Scriptures relating to Purification
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible1491–1451 BC · Israel in the Wilderness
Bible Dictionary
Hebrew and Strong’s
- And the Levites הַלְוִיִּם halwiyyim לֵוִיִּי Noun · masculine plural · with the
- were purified וַיִּתְחַטְּאוּ wayyitḥaṭṭĕʾww חָטָא Verb · hithpael sequential imperfect, third person masculine plural · with and
- and they washed וַיְכַבְּסוּ waykabbĕsû כָּבַס Verb · piel sequential imperfect, third person masculine plural · with and
- their clothes בִּגְדֵיהֶם bigdêhem בֶּגֶד Noun · masculine plural construct · with suffix: third person masculine plural
- and Aaron אַהֲרֹן ʾahărōn אַהֲרוֹן Proper name
- offered וַיָּנֶף wayyānep נוּף Verb · hiphil sequential imperfect, third person masculine singular · with and
- them as an offering אֹתָם ʾōtām Object marker · with suffix: third person masculine plural תְּנוּפָה tĕnûpâ תְּנוּפָה Noun · feminine singular
- before לִפְנֵי lipnê פָּנִים Noun · masculine or feminine plural construct · with preposition
- the LORD יְהוָה yhwh יְהֹוָה Proper name
- and Aaron עֲלֵיהֶם ʿălêhem Preposition · with suffix: third person masculine plural אַהֲרֹן ʾahărōn אַהֲרוֹן Proper name
- made an atonement וַיְכַפֵּר waykappēr כָּפַר Verb · piel sequential imperfect, third person masculine singular · with and
- for them to cleanse לְטַהֲרָם lĕṭahărām טָהֵר Verb · piel infinitive construct · with preposition, suffix: third person masculine plural
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