King James Version
Numbers 8:13 in the King James Version says “And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them for an offering unto the LORD.” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 8 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them for an offering unto the LORD.”
Numbers 8:13 · KJV
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. offer: Heb. wave offering: Heb. wave offering they: Heb. they may be to execute, etc
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.
And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them for an offering unto the LORD.
Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine.
And after that shall the Levites go in to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt cleanse them, and offer them for an offering.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And thou shalt set”
H5975to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“and before”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
“and before”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
“his sons”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“and offer”
H5130to quiver (i.e., vibrate up and down, or rock to and fro); used in a great variety of applications (including sprinkling, beckoning, rubbing, bastinad
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“them for an offering”
H8573a brandishing (in threat); by implication, tumult; specifically, the official undulation of sacrificial offerings
“unto the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
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