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Numbers 8:10-12
International Children’s Bible
Numbers 8:10-12
International Children’s Bible
10 Bring the Levites before the Lord. Then the Israelites should put their hands on them.[a] 11 Aaron will present the Levites before the Lord. They will be like an offering presented from the Israelites. Then the Levites will be ready to do the work of the Lord.
12 “The Levites will put their hands on the bulls’ heads. One bull will be a sin offering to the Lord. The other will be a burnt offering. This will remove the sins of the Levites so they will belong to God.
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- 8:10 put . . . them This showed that the people had a part in giving the Levites their special work.
Numbers 8:10-12
New International Version
Numbers 8:10-12
New International Version
10 You are to bring the Levites before the Lord, and the Israelites are to lay their hands on them.(A) 11 Aaron is to present the Levites before the Lord as a wave offering(B) from the Israelites, so that they may be ready to do the work of the Lord.
12 “Then the Levites are to lay their hands on the heads of the bulls,(C) using one for a sin offering(D) to the Lord and the other for a burnt offering,(E) to make atonement(F) for the Levites.
Numbers 8:10-12
King James Version
Numbers 8:10-12
King James Version
10 And thou shalt bring the Levites before the Lord: and the children of Israel shall put their hands upon the Levites:
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.
12 And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bullocks: and thou shalt offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, unto the Lord, to make an atonement for the Levites.
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Numbers 8:10-12
English Standard Version
Numbers 8:10-12
English Standard Version
10 When you bring the Levites before the Lord, the people of Israel (A)shall lay their hands on the Levites, 11 and Aaron shall offer the Levites before the Lord as a wave offering from the people of Israel, that they may do the service of the Lord. 12 Then the Levites (B)shall lay their hands on the heads of the bulls, and you shall offer (C)the one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering to the Lord to make atonement for the Levites.
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Numbers 8:10-12
New King James Version
Numbers 8:10-12
New King James Version
10 So you shall bring the Levites before the Lord, and the children of Israel (A)shall lay their hands on the Levites; 11 and Aaron shall [a]offer the Levites before the Lord like a (B)wave offering from the children of Israel, that they may perform the work of the Lord. 12 (C)Then the Levites shall lay their hands on the heads of the young bulls, and you shall offer one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering to the Lord, to make atonement for the Levites.
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- Numbers 8:11 present
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