Numbers 8 · Verse 13

Numbers 8:13

And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them for an offering unto the Lord.
Numbers 8:13, King James Version

Numbers 8:13 in other translations

BSBYou are to have the Levites stand before Aaron and his sons and then present them before the LORD as a wave offering.
WEBYou shall set the Levites before Aaron and before his sons, and offer them as a wave offering to the LORD.
ASVAnd thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them for a wave-offering unto Jehovah.
YLTand thou hast caused the Levites to stand before Aaron, and before his sons, and hast waved them--a wave-offering to Jehovah;
DARBYAnd thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them as a wave-offering to Jehovah.
BBEThen the Levites are to be put before Aaron and his sons, to be offered as a wave offering to the Lord.
WebsterAnd thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them for an offering to the LORD.

What does Numbers 8:13 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 8:11-13

11-13. And Aaron shall offer the Levites--Hebrew, "as a wave offering"; and it has been thought probable that the high priest, in bringing the Levites one by one to the altar, directed them to make some simple movements of their persons, analogous to what was done at the presentation of the wave offerings before the Lord. Thus were they first devoted as an offering to God, and by Him surrendered to the priests to be…

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 8:5-26

Here we have directions for the solemn ordination of the Levites. All Israel must know that they took not this honour to themselves, but were called of God to it; nor was it enough that they were distinguished from others. All who are employed for God, must be dedicated to him, according to the employment. Christians must be baptized, ministers must be ordained; we must first give ourselves unto the Lord, and then…

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Numbers 8:13 in the original Hebrew

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וְהַֽעֲמַדְתָּ֙ve.ha.'a.mad.Taand you will make standH5975
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַלְוִיִּ֔םhal.vi.Yimthe LevitesH3881
לִפְנֵ֥יlif.Nei<to> beforeH6440
אַהֲרֹ֖ן'a.ha.RonAaronH175
וְלִפְנֵ֣יve.lif.Neiand <to> beforeH6440
בָנָ֑יוva.Navsons hisH1121
וְהֵנַפְתָּ֥ve.he.naf.Taand you will waveH5130
אֹתָ֛ם'o.Tam<obj.> themH853
תְּנוּפָ֖הte.nu.Faha wave-offeringH8573
לַֽיהוָֽה\׃la.Yah.wehto YahwehH3068

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Numbers 8:13

  • Numbers 8:21

    And the Levites were purified, and they washed their clothes; and Aaron offered them as an offering before the Lord; and Aaron made an atonement for them to cleanse them.

  • Numbers 8:11

    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.

  • Romans 15:16

    That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost.

  • Romans 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 18:6

    And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel: to you they are given as a gift for the Lord, to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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."
11,21; 18:6; Ro 12:1; 15:16

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Context

  • Numbers 8:12

    And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bullocks: and thou shalt offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, unto the Lord, to make an atonement for the Levites.

  • Numbers 8:13

    And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them for an offering unto the Lord.

  • Numbers 8:14

    Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine.

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Numbers 8:13 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y harás presentar los Levitas delante de Aarón, y delante de sus hijos, y los ofrecerás en ofrenda á Jehová.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et tu feras tenir les Lévites devant Aaron et devant ses fils, et tu les offriras en offrande tournoyée à l’ Éternel.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und so sollst du die Leviten vor Aaron und vor seine Söhne stellen und sie dem Jehova als Webopfer weben;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Statuesque Levitas in conspectu Aaron et filiorum ejus, et consecrabis oblatos Domino,