Numbers 8:13
in Numbers 8You are to have the Levites stand before Aaron and his sons and then present them before the LORD as a wave offering.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them for a wave-offering unto Jehovah.
KJV
And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them for an offering unto the Lord.
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This verse in Numbers 8
Commentary
3 notes on this verseAnd thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons,.... After atonement was made for them, as Aben Ezra observes; then they were presented to Aaron and his sons, to whom they were given to he their ministers, and assistants to them: and offer them for an offering unto the Lord: or, and "waved them", &c. as before, that is, order them to be waved; for not Moses, but Aaron, did this, and indeed was done already; and therefore should rather be rendered, as by Bishop Patrick, after thou hast offered, or waved them.
This site's exposition
have the Levites stand before Aaron and his sons
on Numbers 8:13-15
Verse 14 says “the Levites will belong to Me”, and verse 19 gives them “as a gift to Aaron”. God owns them and the priest directs their work. Numbers 3:9 and 18:6 say the same.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
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.
The words behind it
11 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהַֽעֲמַדְתָּ֙ | vehaamadta | and you will make stand | H5975 → | 521 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַלְוִיִּ֔ם | halviyim | the Levites | H3881 → | 291 times |
| לִפְנֵ֥י | lifnei | <to> before | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| אַהֲרֹ֖ן | ʾaharon | Aaron | H175 → | 347 times |
| וְלִפְנֵ֣י | velifnei | and <to> before | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| בָנָ֑יו | vanav | sons his | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| וְהֵנַפְתָּ֥ | vehenafta | and you will wave | H5130 → | 37 times |
| אֹתָ֛ם | ʾotam | <obj.> them | H853 → | 10935 times |
| תְּנוּפָ֖ה | tenufah | a wave-offering | H8573 → | 30 times |
| לַֽיהוָֽה׃ | layahweh | to Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
וְהַֽעֲמַדְתָּ֙and you will make stand
vehaamadtaH5975 →521 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַלְוִיִּ֔םthe Levites
halviyimH3881 →291 times
לִפְנֵ֥י<to> before
lifneiH6440 →2123 times
אַהֲרֹ֖ןAaron
ʾaharonH175 →347 times
וְלִפְנֵ֣יand <to> before
velifneiH6440 →2123 times
בָנָ֑יוsons his
vanavH1121 →4930 times
וְהֵנַפְתָּ֥and you will wave
vehenaftaH5130 →37 times
אֹתָ֛ם<obj.> them
ʾotamH853 →10935 times
תְּנוּפָ֖הa wave-offering
tenufahH8573 →30 times
לַֽיהוָֽה׃to Yahweh
layahwehH3068 →6520 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Romans 12:1Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.
it leads to
- 1 Peter 2:5
you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
- Romans 6:13
Do not present the parts of your body to sin as instruments of wickedness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and present the parts of…
- Hebrews 13:15–16
Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name.
- Romans 6:19
I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. Just as you used to offer the parts of your body in slavery to impurity and to escalating wickedness, so now…
- Ephesians 4:1
As a prisoner in the Lord, then, I urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling you have received:
- 1 Peter 2:5
Through
Romans 15:16to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the Gentiles might become an offering acceptable to God, sanctified by the Holy…
it leads to
- Romans 11:13
I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry
- Romans 1:1
Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, and set apart for the gospel of God—
- Acts 9:15
“Go!” said the Lord. “This man is My chosen instrument to carry My name before the Gentiles and their kings, and before the people of Israel.
- Romans 11:13
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This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch.