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Text -- Numbers 8:18-26 (NET)
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8:18 So I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn sons among the Israelites .
8:19 I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and his sons from among the Israelites , to do the work for the Israelites in the tent of meeting , and to make atonement for the Israelites , so there will be no plague among the Israelites when the Israelites come near the sanctuary .”
8:20 So Moses and Aaron and the entire community of the Israelites did this with the Levites . According to all that the Lord commanded Moses concerning the Levites , this is what the Israelites did with them.
8:21 The Levites purified themselves and washed their clothing ; then Aaron presented them like a wave offering before the Lord , and Aaron made atonement for them to purify them.
8:22 After this , the Levites went in to do their work in the tent of meeting before Aaron and before his sons . As the Lord had commanded Moses concerning the Levites , so they did .
The Work of the Levites
8:23 Then the Lord spoke to Moses :
8:24 “This is what pertains to the Levites : At the age of twenty-five years and upward one may begin to join the company in the work of the tent of meeting ,
8:25 and at the age of fifty years they must retire from performing the work and may no longer work .
8:26 They may assist their colleagues in the tent of meeting , to attend to needs , but they must do no work . This is the way you must establish the Levites regarding their duties .”
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Levites |
Priest |
SERVICE |
Jacob |
Atonement |
NETHINIM |
Church |
Firstborn |
Purification |
Levite |
Substitution |
WAIT |
EZEKIEL, 2 |
EXODUS, THE BOOK OF, 3-4 |
GIFT |
MEDIATION; MEDIATOR |
Birthright |
PRIESTS AND LEVITES |
AGE; OLD AGE |
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NET Notes: Num 8:19 The firstborn were those that were essentially redeemed from death in Egypt when the blood was put on the doors. So in the very real sense they belong...
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NET Notes: Num 8:21 The verb is the Hitpael of חָטָּא (khatta’). In this stem the meaning of the root “to sin” is li...
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NET Notes: Num 8:24 The infinitive is לִצְבֹא (litsvo’), related to the word for “host, army, company,” and so...
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