Numbers 8:10-12

International Children’s Bible

¹⁰Bring the Levites before the Lord. Then the Israelites should put their hands on them.^[a] ¹¹Aaron 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

¹⁰You are to bring the Levites before the Lord, and the Israelites are to lay their hands on them.^(A) ¹¹Aaron 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.

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Numbers 8:10-12

English Standard Version

¹⁰When you bring the Levites before the Lord, the people of Israel ^(A)shall lay their hands on the Levites, ¹¹and 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. ¹²Then 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.