Numbers 8:12-14

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¹²Then the Levites shall ^[a]lay their hands on the heads of the bulls, then you are to offer the one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering to the Lord, to make atonement for the Levites. ¹³You shall have the Levites stand before Aaron and his sons and present them as a wave offering to the Lord.

¹⁴“Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the Israelites, and the Levites shall be Mine [in a very special sense].

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Numbers 8:12 By laying his hands on the head of the sacrifice the offerer identified himself with it and through its death it became an atonement or covering for his sin. Because the sacrifice “covered” his sin, it placed the offerer in a right relationship with God, just as later under the new covenant the perfection and sacrifice of the Christ would cover (atone for) the imperfection and sin of those who identified with Him and accepted Him as Savior.