Numbers 8:21

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The Levites purified themselves and washed their clothes, and Aaron presented them as a wave offering before the LORD. Aaron also made atonement for them to cleanse them.

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  • Num 8:7 : 7 This is how you will purify them: Sprinkle them with the water of purification, have them shave their entire bodies with a razor, and have them wash their clothes and purify themselves.
  • Num 8:11-13 : 11 Aaron is to present the Levites before the LORD as a wave offering from the Israelites so that they may perform the service of the LORD. 12 The Levites shall lay their hands on the heads of the bulls, and you shall offer one of them as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering to the LORD, to make atonement for the Levites. 13 You shall present the Levites before Aaron and his sons and wave them as a wave offering before the LORD.
  • Num 8:15 : 15 After this, the Levites may go in to serve at the tent of meeting. You shall purify them and present them as a wave offering.
  • Num 19:12 : 12 He must purify himself with the water on the third day and on the seventh day, then he will be clean. But if he does not purify himself on the third day and the seventh day, he will not be clean.
  • Num 19:19 : 19 The clean person shall sprinkle the unclean on the third day and on the seventh day. On the seventh day, he shall purify him. Then the one being purified must wash his clothes and bathe in water, and he will be clean by evening.
  • Num 3:12 : 12 I have taken the Levites from among the people of Israel instead of every firstborn who opens the womb among the people of Israel. The Levites shall be mine.

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  • Num 8:6-8
    3 verses
    83%

    6Take the Levites from among the Israelites and purify them.

    7This is how you will purify them: Sprinkle them with the water of purification, have them shave their entire bodies with a razor, and have them wash their clothes and purify themselves.

    8Then they are to take a young bull with its grain offering of fine flour mixed with oil. You shall also take a second young bull as a sin offering.

  • Num 8:22
    82%

    22Afterwards, the Levites came to perform their duties in the tent of meeting under the supervision of Aaron and his sons. They did as the LORD commanded Moses concerning the Levites.

  • Num 8:11-15
    5 verses
    82%

    11Aaron is to present the Levites before the LORD as a wave offering from the Israelites so that they may perform the service of the LORD.

    12The Levites shall lay their hands on the heads of the bulls, and you shall offer one of them as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering to the LORD, to make atonement for the Levites.

    13You shall present the Levites before Aaron and his sons and wave them as a wave offering before the LORD.

    14In this way, you are to set the Levites apart from the Israelites, and the Levites will be mine.

    15After this, the Levites may go in to serve at the tent of meeting. You shall purify them and present them as a wave offering.

  • Lev 8:6
    80%

    6Then Moses brought Aaron and his sons forward and washed them with water.

  • Num 8:19-20
    2 verses
    80%

    19I have given the Levites as gifts to Aaron and his sons from among the Israelites to do the work of the Israelites in the tent of meeting and to make atonement for them, so that no plague will come upon the Israelites when they approach the sanctuary.

    20Moses, Aaron, and the entire Israelite community did with the Levites everything the LORD commanded Moses concerning them.

  • Lev 16:23-24
    2 verses
    79%

    23Then Aaron shall enter the tent of meeting, take off the linen garments he put on when he entered the Holy Place, and leave them there.

    24He shall bathe his body with water in a holy place and put on his regular garments. Then he shall come out and sacrifice his burnt offering and the burnt offering of the people, making atonement for himself and for the people.

  • Lev 14:19-20
    2 verses
    79%

    19Then the priest shall offer the sin offering to make atonement for the one being cleansed from their impurity. Afterward, he shall slaughter the burnt offering.

    20The priest shall offer up the burnt offering and the grain offering on the altar. In this way, the priest will make atonement for them, and they will be clean.

  • Lev 9:7-8
    2 verses
    77%

    7Moses then said to Aaron, 'Come to the altar and offer your sin offering and your burnt offering, making atonement for yourself and for the people. Present the people’s offering and make atonement for them as the LORD has commanded.'

    8So Aaron came to the altar and slaughtered the calf of the sin offering that was for himself.

  • 1 Chr 6:49
    77%

    49The sons of Israel gave to the Levites the cities with their surrounding pasturelands.

  • Exod 30:19-20
    2 verses
    76%

    19Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and feet with water from it.

    20When they enter the tent of meeting or approach the altar to minister by presenting a fire offering to the LORD, they must wash with water so that they will not die.

  • Exod 29:4
    76%

    4Then bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting, and wash them with water.

  • Lev 16:30
    75%

    30Because on this day atonement will be made for you, to cleanse you. Then you will be clean before the LORD from all your sins.

  • Exod 40:31-32
    2 verses
    75%

    31Moses, Aaron, and his sons used it to wash their hands and feet.

    32Whenever they entered the tent of meeting or approached the altar, they washed, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

  • Exod 40:12
    75%

    12Bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the tent of meeting and wash them with water.

  • Lev 9:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

    1On the eighth day, Moses called for Aaron, his sons, and the elders of Israel.

    2He said to Aaron, 'Take a young calf for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering, both without blemish, and present them before the LORD.'

  • Lev 8:14-15
    2 verses
    75%

    14Moses brought forward the bull for the sin offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head.

    15Moses slaughtered the bull, took some of its blood, and with his finger applied it to the horns of the altar on all sides, purifying the altar. He poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar to consecrate it, making atonement for it.

  • Lev 8:21-22
    2 verses
    75%

    21He washed the entrails and the legs with water and burned the whole ram on the altar as a burnt offering, a pleasing aroma, a fire offering to the Lord, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

    22Moses presented the second ram, the ram of ordination, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head.

  • Lev 16:19
    75%

    19He shall sprinkle some of the blood on it with his finger seven times to cleanse it and consecrate it from the uncleanness of the Israelites.

  • Lev 8:30
    75%

    30Moses took some of the anointing oil and some of the blood from the altar and sprinkled them on Aaron and his garments, as well as on his sons and their garments. So he consecrated Aaron, his garments, his sons, and their garments.

  • Ezek 43:26
    75%

    26For seven days, they shall make atonement for the altar, purify it, and consecrate it.

  • 2 Chr 35:14
    74%

    14Afterward, they prepared portions for themselves and the priests, because the priests, descendants of Aaron, were busy offering the burnt offerings and fat portions until nightfall. So the Levites prepared portions for themselves and the priests, the descendants of Aaron.

  • Lev 14:11
    74%

    11The priest who performs the cleansing shall present the person to be cleansed, along with these offerings, before the LORD at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

  • Lev 16:28
    74%

    28The person who burns them must wash his clothes and bathe his body with water; afterward, he may come into the camp.

  • Lev 8:27-28
    2 verses
    73%

    27He put all these in the hands of Aaron and his sons and waved them as a presentation offering before the Lord.

    28Then Moses took them back from their hands and burned them on the altar along with the burnt offering. They were an ordination offering, a pleasing aroma, a fire offering to the Lord.

  • Lev 14:31
    73%

    31He shall offer one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, along with the grain offering. In this way, the priest will make atonement for the one being cleansed before the LORD.

  • Lev 9:14
    73%

    14He washed the entrails and the legs and burned them on the altar along with the burnt offering.

  • Lev 8:34
    73%

    34The Lord commanded what has been done today in order to make atonement for you.

  • Lev 16:3
    73%

    3Aaron is to enter the Most Holy Place in this way: with a young bull for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering.

  • Exod 29:21
    73%

    21Take some of the blood on the altar and some of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it on Aaron and his garments, and also on his sons and their garments. In this way, Aaron, his sons, and their garments will be consecrated.

  • Lev 16:16
    73%

    16In this way, he will make atonement for the Most Holy Place because of the uncleanness and rebellion of the Israelites, whatever their sins have been. He is to do the same for the tent of meeting, which is among them in the midst of their uncleanness.

  • Lev 15:15
    73%

    15The priest is to offer one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, making atonement for him before the LORD for his discharge.

  • 2 Chr 30:17
    73%

    17Since many in the assembly had not consecrated themselves, the Levites were responsible for slaughtering the Passover lambs for everyone who was not ceremonial clean to dedicate them to the LORD.

  • Lev 15:30
    73%

    30The priest is to offer one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering. In this way, the priest will make atonement for her before the LORD because of her discharge.

  • Num 3:6
    73%

    6Bring the tribe of Levi near and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may assist him.