Numbers 8:11
Aaron is to present the Levites before the Lord as a wave offering from the sons of Israel, so that they may perform the service of the Lord.
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.
Note offer: Heb. wave
Note offering: Heb. wave offering
Note they…: Heb. they may be to execute, etc
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.
and Aaron shall offer the Levites before Jehovah for a wave-offering, on the behalf of the children of Israel, that it may be theirs to do the service of Jehovah.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- offer
- Heb. wave. offering. Heb. wave-offering. Not that they were actually waved, but they were presented to God, as the God of heaven, and the Lord of the whole earth, as the wave offerings were; and in calling them wave-offerings, it was intimated to them that they must move to and fro with readiness in the business of their profession.
- Numbers 6:20; Exodus 29:24; Leviticus 7:30; Leviticus 8:27, 29
- they may execute
- Heb. they may be to execute, etc.
- Numbers 1:49–53; Numbers 3:5–43