Numbers 8:12

NETBible

When 1  the Levites lay their hands on the heads of the bulls, offer 2  the one for a purification offering and the other for a whole burnt offering to the Lord, 3  to make atonement for the Levites.

NIV ©

"After the Levites lay their hands on the heads of the bulls, use the one for a sin offering to the LORD and the other for a burnt offering, to make atonement for the Levites.

NASB ©

"Now the Levites shall lay their hands on the heads of the bulls; then offer the one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering to the LORD, to make atonement for the Levites.

NLT ©

"Next the Levites will lay their hands on the heads of the young bulls and present them to the LORD. One will be for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering, to make atonement for the Levites.

MSG ©

"Have the Levites place their hands on the heads of the bulls, selecting one for the Absolution-Offering and another for the Whole-Burnt-Offering to GOD to make atonement for the Levites.

BBE ©

And the Levites are to put their hands on the heads of the oxen, and one of the oxen is to be offered for a sin-offering and the other for a burned offering to the Lord to take away the sin of the Levites.

NRSV ©

The Levites shall lay their hands on the heads of the bulls, and he shall offer the one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering to the LORD, to make atonement for the Levites.

NKJV ©

"Then the Levites shall lay their hands on the heads of the young bulls, and you shall offer one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering to the LORD, to make atonement for the Levites.

KJV
And the Levites
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shall lay
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their hands
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upon the heads
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of the bullocks
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and thou shalt offer
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the one
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[for] a sin offering
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and the other
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[for] a burnt offering
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unto the LORD
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to make an atonement
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for the Levites
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NASB ©
"Now the Levites
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shall lay
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their hands
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on the heads
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of the bulls
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; then offer
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the one
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for a sin
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offering
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and the other
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for a burnt
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offering
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to the LORD
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, to make
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atonement
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for the Levites
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.
LXXM
oi
<3588> 
T-NPM
de
<1161> 
PRT
leuitai
<3019> 
N-NPM
epiyhsousin
<2007> 
V-FAI-3P
tav
<3588> 
T-APF
ceirav
<5495> 
N-APF
epi
<1909> 
PREP
tav
<3588> 
T-APF
kefalav
<2776> 
N-APF
twn
<3588> 
T-GPM
moscwn
<3448> 
N-GPM
kai
<2532> 
CONJ
poihsei
<4160> 
V-FAI-3S
ton
<3588> 
T-ASM
ena
<1519> 
A-ASM
peri
<4012> 
PREP
amartiav
<266> 
N-GSF
kai
<2532> 
CONJ
ton
<3588> 
T-ASM
ena
<1519> 
A-ASM
eiv
<1519> 
PREP
olokautwma
<3646> 
N-ASN
kuriw
<2962> 
N-DSM
exilasasyai {V-AMN} peri
<4012> 
PREP
autwn
<846> 
D-GPM
NET [draft] ITL
When the Levites
<03881>
lay
<05564>
their hands
<03027>
on
<05921>
the heads
<07218>
of the bulls
<06499>
, offer
<06213>
the one
<0259>
for a purification offering
<02403>
and the other
<0259>
for a whole burnt offering
<05930>
to the Lord
<03068>
, to make atonement
<03722>
for
<05921>
the Levites
<03881>
.
HEBREW
Mywlh
<03881>
le
<05921>
rpkl
<03722>
hwhyl
<03068>
hle
<05930>
dxah
<0259>
taw
<0853>
tajx
<02403>
dxah
<0259>
ta
<0853>
hvew
<06213>
Myrph
<06499>
sar
<07218>
le
<05921>
Mhydy
<03027>
ta
<0853>
wkmoy
<05564>
Mywlhw (8:12)
<03881>
NETBible

When 1  the Levites lay their hands on the heads of the bulls, offer 2  the one for a purification offering and the other for a whole burnt offering to the Lord, 3  to make atonement for the Levites.

NET Notes

1 tn The clause begins with a vav (ו) on the noun “the Levites,” indicating a disjunctive clause. Here it is clearly a subordinate clause prior to the instruction for Moses, and so translated as a circumstantial clause of time.

2 tn The imperative is from the verb “to do; to make,” but in the sentence it clearly means to sacrifice the animals.

3 sn The “purification offering” cleansed the tabernacle from impurity, and the burnt offering atoned by nullifying and removing the effects of sin in the Levites.