Numbers 8:13
You are to have the Levites stand before Aaron and his sons and then present them before the Lord as a wave offering.
And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them for an offering unto the Lord.
You shall set the Levites before Aaron and before his sons, and offer them as a wave offering to the Lord.
And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them for a wave-offering unto Jehovah.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- Numbers 8:13
- offer them.{Wehainaphta othom tenoophath,} literlly, as in ver. 11, "and thou shalt wave them for a wave-offering;" manifestly in allusion to the ancient sacrificial rite of waving the sacrifices before the Lord; and it is probable, that some significant action, analogous to the waving of the sacrifice, was employed on this occasion; for the Levites were considered as an offering to the Lord, to whose service they were wholly dedicated. To this the apostle Paul manifestly alludes, when, in writing to the Romans, he says, (ch. 12:1,) "I beseech you, therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service."
- Numbers 8:11, 21; Numbers 18:6; Romans 12:1; Romans 15:16