“The Levites shall lay their hands on the heads of the bulls, and you shall offer the one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering to the LORD, to make atonement for the Levites.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Numbers 8:12 in context
Numbers 8:9–15
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You shall present the Levites before the Tent of Meeting. You shall assemble the whole congregation of the children of Israel.
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You shall present the Levites before the LORD. The children of Israel shall lay their hands on the Levites,
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and 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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Selected verse
“The Levites shall lay their hands on the heads of the bulls, and you shall offer 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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You shall set the Levites before Aaron and before his sons, and offer them as a wave offering to the LORD.
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Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the children of Israel, and the Levites shall be mine.
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“After that, the Levites shall go in to do the service of the Tent of Meeting. You shall cleanse them, and offer them as a wave offering.
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