Numbers 8:6

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Take the Levites from among the Israelites and purify them.

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 19:15 : 15 He said to the people, 'Be ready by the third day; do not go near a woman.'
  • Isa 52:11 : 11 Depart, depart, go out from there! Touch no unclean thing! Come out from it and be pure, you who carry the vessels of the LORD.
  • 2 Cor 7:1 : 1 Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, completing holiness in the fear of God.
  • Jas 4:8 : 8 Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Num 8:7-11
    5 verses
    88%

    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.

    9Bring the Levites to the front of the tent of meeting and assemble the entire Israelite community.

    10You shall bring the Levites before the LORD, and the Israelites shall lay their hands on them.

    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.

  • Num 8:13-15
    3 verses
    85%

    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.

  • Num 8:18-23
    6 verses
    83%

    18I have taken the Levites in place of all the firstborn among the Israelites.

    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.

    21The 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.

    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.

    23The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

  • 2 Chr 29:5
    78%

    5He said to them, 'Listen to me, Levites! Now consecrate yourselves, and consecrate the house of the LORD, the God of your ancestors, and remove the impurity from the holy place.'

  • Lev 8:6
    78%

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

  • Lev 15:31
    77%

    31You must warn the Israelites about their impurity, so they do not die by defiling My tabernacle, which is among them.

  • Num 31:24-25
    2 verses
    77%

    24On the seventh day you are to wash your clothes, and you will be clean. After that, you may enter the camp.

    25The LORD said to Moses,

  • Lev 14:8-9
    2 verses
    77%

    8The one who is to be cleansed must wash their clothes, shave off all their hair, and bathe in water; then they will be clean. After that, they may enter the camp but must stay outside their tent for seven days.

    9On the seventh day, they must shave off all their hair—their head, their beard, their eyebrows, and all their hair. They must wash their clothes and bathe their body in water, and then they will be clean.

  • Lev 16:19
    76%

    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.

  • Num 5:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

    1The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

    2Command the Israelites to send every person who has a skin disease, every person with a discharge, and anyone who is ceremonially unclean because of contact with a dead body out of the camp.

  • Num 18:6
    76%

    6I myself have chosen your brothers, the Levites, from among the Israelites as a gift to you, dedicated to the LORD for their service at the tent of meeting.

  • Num 3:11-12
    2 verses
    76%

    11The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

    12I 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.

  • Num 3:6
    75%

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

  • Lev 22:1
    75%

    1The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

  • Lev 15:1
    75%

    1The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:

  • Num 3:45
    75%

    45Take the Levites in place of all the firstborn males among the Israelites, and the livestock of the Levites in place of the livestock of the Israelites. The Levites shall be mine. I am the LORD.

  • 2 Chr 29:15-16
    2 verses
    75%

    15They gathered their fellow Levites, consecrated themselves, and went in as the king commanded, in accordance with the words of the LORD, to purify the house of the LORD.

    16The priests entered the inner part of the house of the LORD to cleanse it. They brought out all the unclean things they found in the temple of the LORD and carried them to the courtyard of the house of the LORD. The Levites then took them and carried them out to the Kidron Valley.

  • Exod 19:10
    75%

    10The LORD said to Moses, 'Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow. Have them wash their garments.

  • Num 31:20
    75%

    20You must also purify every garment, every leather article, everything made of goat hair, and every wooden article.

  • Num 7:5
    74%

    5“Accept these from them so that they may be used for the work of the Tent of Meeting. Assign them to the Levites according to their roles of service.”

  • Num 5:4
    74%

    4The Israelites did so and sent them away outside the camp, as the Lord had instructed Moses; they did exactly as the Lord commanded.

  • Lev 14:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

    2This shall be the law for the person with a skin disease on the day of their cleansing: They shall be brought to the priest.

  • Num 3:41
    74%

    41"And you shall take the Levites for me—I am the LORD—in place of all the firstborn among the people of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites in place of all the firstborn of the livestock of the people of Israel."

  • Ezek 44:26
    74%

    26After he is cleansed, he is to wait seven days.

  • 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 8:1
    74%

    1The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

  • Lev 10:10
    74%

    10You are to distinguish between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean.

  • Num 19:19
    74%

    19The 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.

  • Ezek 36:25
    74%

    25I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your impurities and from all your idols.

  • Num 4:1
    74%

    1The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,

  • Exod 19:14
    74%

    14Moses went down from the mountain to the people, consecrated them, and they washed their garments.

  • 2 Chr 30:17
    74%

    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.

  • Exod 30:17
    73%

    17The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,