Numbers 8:22
in Numbers 8After that, the Levites came to perform their service at the Tent of Meeting in the presence of Aaron and his sons. Thus they did with the Levites just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And after that went the Levites in to do their service in the tent of meeting before Aaron, and before his sons: as Jehovah had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did they unto them.
KJV
And after that went the Levites in to do their service in the tabernacle of the congregation before Aaron, and before his sons: as the Lord had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did they unto them.
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This verse in Numbers 8
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
So Moses, Aaron, and the whole congregation of Israel
on Numbers 8:20-23
Adam Clarke observes that men so solemnly given to God still could not come near until “Aaron also made atonement for them”. The order has held since verse 6: cleansing, presenting, sacrifice, then service.
This site's exposition
in the presence of Aaron and his sons
In the presence of Aaron and his sons picks up verse 13, where the Levites were stood before the priests. John Wesley reads that standing as the tribe's gift to the priests' service, offered first to God and handed on by Him. Numbers 18:3 later bars them from the altar.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And after that went the Levites in,....
The words behind it
23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאַחֲרֵי־ | veacharei- | and after | H310 → | 715 times |
| כֵ֞ן | khen | thus | H3651 → | 771 times |
| בָּ֣אוּ | bau | they went | H935 → | 2568 times |
| הַלְוִיִּ֗ם | halviyim | the Levites | H3881 → | 291 times |
| לַעֲבֹ֤ד | laavod | to serve | H5647 → | 288 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| עֲבֹֽדָתָם֙ | ʾavodatam | service their | H5656 → | 145 times |
| בְּאֹ֣הֶל | beohel | in [the] tent of | H168 → | 345 times |
| מוֹעֵ֔ד | moed | meeting | H4150 → | 223 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 |
| כַּאֲשֶׁר֩ | kaasher | just as | H834 → | 5497 times |
| צִוָּ֨ה | tzivah | he had commanded | H6680 → | 494 times |
| יְהוָ֤ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מֹשֶׁה֙ | mosheh | Moses | H4872 → | 765 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הַלְוִיִּ֔ם | halviyim | the Levites | H3881 → | 291 times |
| כֵּ֖ן | ken | so | H3651 → | 771 times |
| עָשׂ֥וּ | ʾasu | they did | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| לָהֶֽם׃ ס | lahem | to <the> them |
וְאַחֲרֵי־and after
veacharei-H310 →715 times
כֵ֞ןthus
khenH3651 →771 times
בָּ֣אוּthey went
bauH935 →2568 times
הַלְוִיִּ֗םthe Levites
halviyimH3881 →291 times
לַעֲבֹ֤דto serve
laavodH5647 →288 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
עֲבֹֽדָתָם֙service their
ʾavodatamH5656 →145 times
בְּאֹ֣הֶלin [the] tent of
beohelH168 →345 times
מוֹעֵ֔דmeeting
moedH4150 →223 times
לִפְנֵ֥י<to> before
lifneiH6440 →2123 times
אַהֲרֹ֖ןAaron
ʾaharonH175 →347 times
וְלִפְנֵ֣יand <to> before
velifneiH6440 →2123 times
בָנָ֑יוsons his
vanavH1121 →4930 times
כַּאֲשֶׁר֩just as
kaasherH834 →5497 times
צִוָּ֨הhe had commanded
tzivahH6680 →494 times
יְהוָ֤הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
מֹשֶׁה֙Moses
moshehH4872 →765 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
הַלְוִיִּ֔םthe Levites
halviyimH3881 →291 times
כֵּ֖ןso
kenH3651 →771 times
עָשׂ֥וּthey did
ʾasuH6213 →2628 times
לָהֶֽם׃ סto <the> them
lahem
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
2 Chronicles 30:27Then the priests and the Levites stood to bless the people, and God heard their voice, and their prayer came into His holy dwelling place in heaven.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 26:15
Look down from Your holy habitation, from heaven, and bless Your people Israel and the land You have given us as You swore to our fathers—a land flowing with milk and honey.”
- Psalms 68:5
A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in His holy habitation.
- Isaiah 57:15
For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit,…
- 2 Chronicles 23:18
Moreover, Jehoiada put the oversight of the house of the LORD into the hands of the Levitical priests, whom David had appointed over the house of the LORD, to offer burnt offerings to the…
- Deuteronomy 10:8
At that time the LORD set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to serve Him, and to pronounce blessings in…
- Deuteronomy 26:15
Through
Numbers 8:15After you have cleansed them and presented them as a wave offering, they may come to serve at the Tent of Meeting.
it leads to
- Numbers 8:11
Aaron is to present the Levites before the LORD as a wave offering from the sons of Israel, so that they may perform the service of the LORD.
- Numbers 8:13
You are to have the Levites stand before Aaron and his sons and then present them before the LORD as a wave offering.
- Numbers 8:11
Through
2 Chronicles 31:2Hezekiah reestablished the divisions of the priests and Levites—each of them according to their duties as priests or Levites—for the burnt offerings and peace offerings, for ministry, for giving thanks, and for singing praises…
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 24:1
These were the divisions of the descendants of Aaron. The sons of Aaron were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
- 1 Chronicles 24:1
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament.
