Numbers 8:9

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And make the Levites come forward in front of the Tent of meeting, and let all the children of Israel come together:

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  • Exod 40:12 : 12 Then let Aaron and his sons come to the door of the Tent of meeting; and after washing them with water,
  • Lev 8:3 : 3 And let all the people come together at the door of the Tent of meeting.
  • Exod 29:4-9 : 4 And let Aaron and his sons come to the door of the Tent of meeting, and there let them be washed with water. 5 Take the robes, and put the coat and the dress and the ephod and the priest's bag on Aaron; put the band of needlework round him, 6 And let the head-dress be placed on his head and the holy crown on the head-dress. 7 Then take the oil and put it on his head. 8 And take his sons and put their robes on them; 9 And put the linen bands round Aaron and his sons, and the head-dresses on them, to make them priests by my order for ever: so you are to make Aaron and his sons holy to me. 10 Then let the ox be taken in front of the Tent of meeting: and let Aaron and his sons put their hands on its head. 11 And you are to put the ox to death before the Lord at the door of the Tent of meeting. 12 Then take some of the blood of the ox, and put it on the horns of the altar with your finger, draining out all the rest of the blood at the base of the altar. 13 And take all the fat covering the inside of the ox, and the fat joining the liver and the two kidneys with the fat round them, and let them be burned on the altar; 14 But the flesh of the ox and its skin and its waste parts are to be burned outside the circle of the tents, for it is a sin-offering. 15 Then take one of the sheep, and let Aaron and his sons put their hands on its head. 16 Then let it be put to death, so that the sides of the altar are marked with its blood. 17 Then the sheep is to be cut up into its parts, and after washing its legs and its inside parts, you are to put them with the parts and the head, 18 And let them all be burned on the altar as a burned offering to the Lord: a sweet smell, an offering made by fire to the Lord. 19 Then take the other sheep; and after Aaron and his sons have put their hands on its head, 20 You are to put the sheep to death, and take some of its blood and put it on the point of Aaron's right ear, and of the right ears of his sons, and on the thumbs of their right hands and the great toes of their right feet, dropping the rest of the blood on the sides of the altar. 21 Then take some of the blood on the altar, and the oil, and put it on Aaron and his robes and on his sons and on their robes, so that he and his robes and his sons and their robes may be made holy. 22 Then take the fat of the sheep, the fat tail, the fat covering the insides, and the fat joining the liver and the two kidneys with the fat round them, and the right leg; for by the offering of this sheep they are to be marked out as priests: 23 And take one bit of bread and one cake of oiled bread and one thin cake out of the basket of unleavened bread which is before the Lord: 24 And put them all on the hands of Aaron and of his sons, to be waved for a wave offering before the Lord. 25 Then take them from their hands, and let them be burned on the burned offering on the altar, a sweet smell before the Lord, an offering made by fire to the Lord. 26 Then take the breast of Aaron's sheep, waving it before the Lord; and it is to be your part of the offering. 27 So you are to make holy the breast of the sheep which is waved and the leg which is lifted up on high, that is, of the sheep which is offered for Aaron and his sons; 28 And it will be their part as a right for ever from the children of Israel, it is a special offering from the children of Israel, made from their peace-offerings, a special offering lifted up to the Lord. 29 And Aaron's holy robes will be used by his sons after him; they will put them on when they are made priests. 30 For seven days the son who becomes priest in his place will put them on when he comes into the Tent of meeting to do the work of the holy place. 31 Then take the sheep of the wave offering and let its flesh be cooked in water in a holy place. 32 And let Aaron and his sons make a meal of it, with the bread in the basket, at the door of the Tent of meeting. 33 All those things which were used as offerings to take away sin, and to make them holy to be priests, they may have for food: but no one who is not a priest may have them, for they are holy food. 34 And if any of the flesh of the offering or of the bread is over till the morning, let it be burned with fire; it is not to be used for food, for it is holy. 35 All these things you are to do to Aaron and his sons as I have given you orders: for seven days the work of making them priests is to go on. 36 Every day an ox is to be offered as a sin-offering, to take away sins: and by this offering on it, you will make the altar clean from sin; and you are to put oil on it and make it holy. 37 For seven days you are to make offerings for the altar and make it holy, so that it may become completely holy, and anything touching it will become holy.

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  • Num 8:10-15
    6 verses
    87%

    10 And you are to take the Levites before the Lord: and the children of Israel are to put their hands on them:

    11 And Aaron is to give the Levites to the Lord as a wave offering from the children of Israel, so that they may do the Lord's work.

    12 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.

    13 Then the Levites are to be put before Aaron and his sons, to be offered as a wave offering to the Lord.

    14 So you are to make the Levites separate from the children of Israel, and the Levites will be mine.

    15 After that, the Levites will go in to do whatever has to be done in the Tent of meeting; you are to make them clean and give them as a wave offering.

  • Lev 8:2-5
    4 verses
    84%

    2 Take Aaron, and his sons with him, and the robes and the holy oil and the ox of the sin-offering and the two male sheep and the basket of unleavened bread;

    3 And let all the people come together at the door of the Tent of meeting.

    4 And Moses did as the Lord said, and all the people came together at the door of the Tent of meeting.

    5 And Moses said to the people, This is what the Lord has given orders to be done.

  • Lev 9:5
    80%

    5 And they took the things ordered by Moses, before the Tent of meeting, and all the people came near, waiting before the Lord.

  • Num 8:6
    79%

    6 Take the Levites out from among the children of Israel and make them clean.

  • Num 3:6-8
    3 verses
    79%

    6 Make the tribe of Levi come near, and put them before Aaron the priest, to be his helpers,

    7 In order that they may be responsible to him and to all Israel for the care of the Tent of meeting, and to do the work of the House;

    8 And they will have the care of all the vessels of the Tent of meeting, and will do for the children of Israel all the necessary work of the House.

  • Num 1:49-51
    3 verses
    78%

    49 Only the tribe of Levi is not to be numbered among the children of Israel,

    50 But to them you are to give the care of the Tent of meeting with its vessels and everything in it: they are to take up the Tent, and be responsible for everything to do with it, and put up their tents round it.

    51 And when the Tent of meeting goes forward, the Levites are to take it down; and when it is to be put up, they are to do it: any strange person who comes near it is to be put to death.

  • Num 8:18-20
    3 verses
    78%

    18 And in place of the first sons among the children of Israel, I have taken the Levites.

    19 And I have given them to Aaron and to his sons, from among the children of Israel, to undertake for them all the work of the Tent of meeting, and to take away sin from the children of Israel so that no evil may come on them when they come near the holy place.

    20 All these things Moses and Aaron and the children of Israel did to the Levites; as the Lord gave orders to Moses about the Levites, so the children of Israel did.

  • Num 8:22-23
    2 verses
    77%

    22 And then the Levites went in to do their work in the Tent of meeting before Aaron and his sons: all the orders which the Lord had given Moses about the Levites were put into effect.

    23 And the Lord said to Moses,

  • Num 8:8
    77%

    8 Then let them take a young ox and its meal offering, crushed grain mixed with oil, and take another ox for a sin-offering.

  • Num 18:2
    77%

    2 Let your brothers, the family of Levi, come near with you, so that they may be joined with you and be your servants: but you and your sons with you are to go in before the ark of witness.

  • 1 Chr 15:4
    76%

    4 And David got together the sons of Aaron, and the Levites;

  • Num 18:6
    76%

    6 Now, see, I have taken your brothers the Levites from among the children of Israel: they are given to you and to the Lord, to do the work of the Tent of meeting.

  • Num 1:53
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    53 But the tents of the Levites are to be round the Tent of meeting, so that wrath may not come on the children of Israel: the Tent of meeting is to be in the care of the Levites.

  • Num 16:9-10
    2 verses
    75%

    9 Does it seem only a small thing to you that the God of Israel has made you separate from the rest of Israel, letting you come near himself to do the work of the House of the Lord, and to take your place before the people to do what has to be done for them;

    10 Letting you, and all your brothers the sons of Levi, come near to him? and would you now be priests?

  • Num 17:4
    75%

    4 And let them be stored up in the Tent of meeting, in front of the ark of witness where I come to you.

  • 1 Kgs 8:4
    75%

    4 They took up the ark of the Lord, and the Tent of meeting, and all the holy vessels which were in the Tent; all these the priests and the Levites took up.

  • Num 8:26
    74%

    26 But be with their brothers in the Tent of meeting, taking care of it but doing no work. This is what you are to do in connection with the Levites and their work.

  • Lev 17:5
    74%

    5 So that the children of Israel may take to the Lord, to the door of the Tent of meeting and to the priest, the offerings which they have put to death in the open country, and that they may make their peace-offerings to the Lord.

  • Exod 29:10-11
    2 verses
    74%

    10 Then let the ox be taken in front of the Tent of meeting: and let Aaron and his sons put their hands on its head.

    11 And you are to put the ox to death before the Lord at the door of the Tent of meeting.

  • Lev 14:23
    74%

    23 And on the eighth day he will take them to the priest, to the door of the Tent of meeting before the Lord, so that he may be made clean.

  • 2 Chr 5:4-5
    2 verses
    74%

    4 All the responsible men of Israel came, and the Levites took up the ark.

    5 They took up the ark and the Tent of meeting and all the holy vessels which were in the Tent; all these the priests, the Levites, took up.

  • Lev 1:2
    74%

    2 Give these orders to the children of Israel: When anyone of you makes an offering to the Lord, you are to take it from the cattle, from the herd or from the flock.

  • 1 Chr 15:12
    74%

    12 And said to them, You are the heads of the families of the Levites: make yourselves holy, you and your brothers, so that you may take the ark of the Lord, the God of Israel, to the place which I have made ready for it.

  • Deut 12:6
    73%

    6 And there you are to take your burned offerings and other offerings, and the tenth part of your goods, and the offerings to be lifted up to the Lord, and the offerings of your oaths, and those which you give freely from the impulse of your hearts, and the first births among your herds and your flocks;

  • Num 18:22
    73%

    22 In future the children of Israel are not to come near the Tent of meeting, so that death may not come to them because of sin.

  • Exod 29:3
    73%

    3 Put these in a basket and take them, with the ox and the two sheep.

  • Lev 17:8
    73%

    8 And say to them, If any man of Israel, or any other living among them, makes a burned offering or other offering,

  • Lev 9:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1 And on the eighth day Moses sent for Aaron and his sons and the responsible men of Israel;

    2 And he said to Aaron, Take a young ox for a sin-offering and a male sheep for a burned offering, without a mark, and make an offering of them before the Lord.

  • Num 10:3
    73%

    3 When they are sounded, all the people are to come together to you at the door of the Tent of meeting.

  • Num 7:5
    73%

    5 Take the things from them, to be used for the work of the Tent of meeting; and give them to the Levites, to every man what is needed for his work.

  • Exod 35:1
    73%

    1 And Moses sent for all the children of Israel to come together, and said to them, This is what the Lord has said and these are his orders.