Numbers 8:13

8:13 You are to have the Levites stand before Aaron ¹  and his sons, and then offer them as a wave offering to the Lord.

Numbers 27:19

27:19 set him ²  before Eleazar the priest and before the whole community, and commission ³  him publicly. ⁴ 

[8:13]  ¹ tc The Greek text adds the Lord here: “before the Lord, before Aaron.”

[27:19]  ² tn This could be translated “position him,” or “have him stand,” since it is the causative stem of the verb “to stand.”

[27:19]  ³ tn The verb is the Piel perfect of צִוָּה (tsivvah, literally “to command”). The verb has a wide range of meanings, and so here in this context the idea of instructing gives way to a more general sense of commissioning for duty. The verb in sequence is equal to the imperfect of instruction.

[27:19]  ⁴ tn Heb “in their eyes.”