Numbers 8:11

KJV1611 – Modern English

And Aaron shall offer the Levites before the LORD as a wave offering from the children of Israel, that they may perform the service of the LORD.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    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.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And Aaron shall offer the Levites before the LORD for an offering of the children of Israel, that they may execute the service of the LORD.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    and Aaron{H175} shall offer{H5130} the Levites{H3881} before{H6440} Jehovah{H3068} for a wave-offering,{H8573} on the behalf of the children{H1121} of Israel,{H3478} that it may be theirs to do{H5647} the service{H5656} of Jehovah.{H3068}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And Aaron{H175} shall offer{H5130}{(H8689)} the Levites{H3881} before{H6440} the LORD{H3068} for an offering{H8573} of the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}, that they may execute{H5647}{(H8800)} the service{H5656} of the LORD{H3068}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    And let Aaron heue the leuites before the LORDE for an heueofferynge geuen of the childern of Israel ad the let them be appoynted to wayte apon the seruyce of the Lorde.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And Aaron shal waue ye Leuites before the LORDE for the children of Israel, that they maye mynistre in the seruyce of the LORDE.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And Aaron shall offer the Leuites before the Lord, as a shake offring of ye childre of Israel, that they may execute the seruice of the Lorde.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And Aaron shall waue the Leuites before the Lorde for a waue offeryng of the children of Israel, that they may execute the ministration of the seruice of the Lorde.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And Aaron shall offer the Levites before the LORD [for] an offering of the children of Israel, that they may execute the service of the LORD.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    and Aaron shall offer the Levites before Yahweh for a wave offering, on the behalf of the children of Israel, that it may be theirs to do the service of Yahweh.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and Aaron hath waved the Levites -- a wave-offering before Jehovah, from the sons of Israel, and they have been -- for doing the service of Jehovah.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    and Aaron shall offer the Levites before Jehovah for a wave-offering, on the behalf of the children of Israel, that it may be theirs to do the service of Jehovah.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    and Aaron shall offer the Levites before Jehovah for a wave-offering, on the behalf of the children of Israel, that it may be theirs to do the service of Jehovah.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    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.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    and Aaron shall offer the Levites before Yahweh for a wave offering, on the behalf of the children of Israel, that it may be theirs to do the service of Yahweh.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    and Aaron is to offer the Levites before the LORD as a wave offering from the Israelites, that they may do the work of the LORD.

Referenced Verses

  • Lev 7:30 : 30 His own hands shall bring the offerings of the LORD made by fire; the fat with the breast, he shall bring, that the breast may be waved as a wave offering before the LORD.
  • Lev 8:27 : 27 And he put all these in Aaron's hands and in his sons' hands, and waved them as a wave offering before the LORD.
  • Lev 8:29 : 29 And Moses took the breast and waved it as a wave offering before the LORD; it was Moses' part of the ram of consecration, as the LORD commanded Moses.
  • Num 1:49-53 : 49 Only you shall not number the tribe of Levi, nor take a census of them among the children of Israel; 50 But you shall appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of testimony, and over all its vessels, and over all things that belong to it: they shall carry the tabernacle, and all its vessels; and they shall minister unto it, and shall encamp around the tabernacle. 51 And when the tabernacle is set out, the Levites shall take it down: and when the tabernacle is to be set up, the Levites shall set it up: and the outsider who comes near shall be put to death. 52 And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, throughout their armies. 53 But the Levites shall encamp around the tabernacle of testimony, so that no wrath may come upon the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall keep charge of the tabernacle of testimony.
  • Num 3:5-9 : 5 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 6 Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, so that they may serve him. 7 And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the tent of meeting, to do the service of the tabernacle. 8 And they shall keep all the furnishings of the tent of meeting, and the charge of the children of Israel, to perform the service of the tabernacle. 9 And you shall give the Levites to Aaron and to his sons; they are completely given to him from among the children of Israel. 10 And you shall appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall fulfill their duties in the priest's office; and the outsider who comes near shall be put to death. 11 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 12 Behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn who open the womb among the children of Israel; therefore the Levites shall be mine; 13 Because all the firstborn are mine; for on the day that I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I hallowed unto me all the firstborn in Israel, both of man and beast: they shall be mine: I am the LORD. 14 And the LORD spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying, 15 Count the children of Levi by their families, by their fathers' houses; every male from a month old and above shall be counted. 16 So Moses numbered them according to the word of the LORD, as he was commanded. 17 These were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 18 And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei. 19 And the sons of Kohath by their families: Amram, Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel. 20 And the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites by their fathers' houses. 21 Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites and the family of the Shimites; these are the families of the Gershonites. 22 The number of those who were counted of them, according to the number of all the males from a month old and above, were seven thousand and five hundred. 23 The families of the Gershonites shall camp behind the tabernacle westward. 24 And the leader of the house of the father of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael. 25 And the duty of the sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting shall be the tabernacle, the tent, its covering, the curtain for the entrance of the tent of meeting, 26 The hangings of the court, the curtain for the entrance of the court which is around the tabernacle and altar, and their cords—for all the service connected with these. 27 Of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, the Izeharites, the Hebronites, and the Uzzielites; these are the families of the Kohathites. 28 The total number of all the males from a month old and above was eight thousand and six hundred, assigned duties for the sanctuary. 29 The families of the sons of Kohath shall camp on the south side of the tabernacle. 30 The leader of the house of the father of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel. 31 Their duty shall be the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, the vessels of the sanctuary, with which they minister, the curtain, and all related service. 32 And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be chief over the leaders of the Levites and have the oversight of those who perform the duties of the sanctuary. 33 Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites and the family of the Mushites; these are the families of Merari. 34 The number of those who were counted of them, according to the number of all the males from a month old and above, was six thousand and two hundred. 35 The leader of the house of the father of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail; these shall camp on the north side of the tabernacle. 36 Under the care and charge of the sons of Merari shall be the frames of the tabernacle, its bars, its pillars, its sockets, all its utensils, all their service, 37 The pillars of the surrounding court, their sockets, their pegs, and their cords. 38 But those who camp before the tabernacle on the east, toward the sunrise, shall be Moses, Aaron, and his sons, performing the duties of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the outsider who comes near shall be put to death. 39 All who were counted of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron counted at the command of the LORD, by their families, all the males from a month old and above, were twenty-two thousand. 40 And the LORD said to Moses, Count all the firstborn males of the children of Israel from a month old and above, and take the number of their names. 41 And you shall take the Levites for me (I am the LORD) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstborn cattle among the children of Israel. 42 And Moses counted, as the LORD commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel. 43 And all the firstborn males by the number of names, from a month old and above, of those who were counted of them, were twenty-two thousand two hundred and seventy-three.
  • Num 6:20 : 20 And the priest shall wave them as a wave offering before the LORD: this is holy for the priest, with the waved breast and the heaved shoulder: and afterward the Nazarite may drink wine.
  • Exod 29:24 : 24 And you shall put all these in the hands of Aaron and in the hands of his sons, and you shall wave them as a wave offering before the LORD.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Num 8:12-15
    4 verses
    91%

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

    13 And you shall set the Levites before Aaron and his sons and offer them as a wave offering to the LORD.

    14 Thus shall you separate the Levites from among the children of Israel, and the Levites shall be mine.

    15 After that, the Levites shall go in to perform the service of the tabernacle of meeting, and you shall cleanse them and offer them as a wave offering.

  • Num 8:9-10
    2 verses
    85%

    9 And you shall bring the Levites before the tabernacle of meeting, and gather the whole assembly of the children of Israel together.

    10 And you shall bring the Levites before the LORD, and the children of Israel shall lay their hands on the Levites.

  • Num 8:18-23
    6 verses
    82%

    18 And I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn of the children of Israel.

    19 And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and his sons from among the children of Israel, to perform the service of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of meeting, and to make atonement for the children of Israel, that there be no plague among the children of Israel when they come near the sanctuary.

    20 Thus Moses, Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel did to the Levites; according to all that the LORD commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so the children of Israel did to them.

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

    22 After that, the Levites went in to perform their service in the tabernacle of meeting before Aaron and his sons; as the LORD had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so they did to them.

    23 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Num 3:6-9
    4 verses
    81%

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

    7 And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the tent of meeting, to do the service of the tabernacle.

    8 And they shall keep all the furnishings of the tent of meeting, and the charge of the children of Israel, to perform the service of the tabernacle.

    9 And you shall give the Levites to Aaron and to his sons; they are completely given to him from among the children of Israel.

  • Lev 8:27-28
    2 verses
    81%

    27 And he put all these in Aaron's hands and in his sons' hands, and waved them as a wave offering before the LORD.

    28 And Moses took them from their hands and burned them on the altar on the burnt offering as consecrations for a sweet aroma, an offering made by fire to the LORD.

  • Num 18:6
    80%

    6 And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel; to you they are given as a gift for the LORD, to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.

  • Exod 29:24-25
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    24 And you shall put all these in the hands of Aaron and in the hands of his sons, and you shall wave them as a wave offering before the LORD.

    25 You shall receive them back from their hands and burn them on the altar as a burnt offering, as a sweet aroma before the LORD. It is an offering made by fire to the LORD.

  • 1 Chr 6:49
    78%

    49 But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of burnt offering and on the altar of incense, and were appointed for all the work of the most holy place, and to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.

  • Lev 9:21-22
    2 verses
    78%

    21 And the breasts and the right shoulder Aaron waved for a wave offering before the LORD; as Moses commanded.

    22 And Aaron lifted up his hand toward the people, and blessed them, and came down from offering the sin offering, and the burnt offering, and peace offerings.

  • Num 18:28
    77%

    28 Thus you also shall offer a heave offering to the LORD of all your tithes, which you receive of the children of Israel; and you shall give thereof the LORD'S heave offering to Aaron the priest.

  • Num 8:6
    77%

    6 Take the Levites from among the children of Israel and cleanse them.

  • Lev 9:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    1 And it came to pass on the eighth day, that Moses called Aaron and his sons, and the elders of Israel;

    2 And he said to Aaron, Take a young calf for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering, without blemish, and offer them before the LORD.

  • Lev 8:18
    77%

    18 And he brought the ram for the burnt offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram.

  • Num 3:11
    77%

    11 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Num 18:8
    76%

    8 And the LORD spoke to Aaron, Behold, I also have given you the charge of my heave offerings of all the hallowed things of the children of Israel; to you have I given them by reason of the anointing, and to your sons, by an ordinance forever.

  • Lev 9:7
    76%

    7 And Moses said to Aaron, Go to the altar, and offer your sin offering, and your burnt offering, and make atonement for yourself, and for the people: and offer the offering of the people, and make atonement for them; as the LORD commanded.

  • Lev 3:7-8
    2 verses
    76%

    7 If he offers a lamb for his offering, he shall present it before the LORD.

    8 He shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it before the tent of meeting. Aaron's sons shall sprinkle its blood around the altar.

  • Lev 8:14
    76%

    14 And he brought the bull for the sin offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the bull for the sin offering.

  • Num 4:19
    76%

    19 But do this for them, that they may live and not die when they approach the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint every one to his service and to his burden:

  • Num 7:5
    76%

    5 Take it from them, that they may be used for the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; and you shall give them to the Levites, to every man according to his service.

  • Lev 8:22
    75%

    22 And he brought the other ram, the ram of consecration, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram.

  • Lev 22:18
    75%

    18 Speak unto Aaron, and his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto them, Whoever he be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers in Israel, that offers his offering for all his vows, and for all his freewill offerings, which they will offer unto the LORD for a burnt offering;

  • Exod 29:27-28
    2 verses
    75%

    27 And you shall consecrate the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the heave offering, which is waved and raised, of the ram of the consecration, from what was for Aaron and what was for his sons.

    28 It shall be from the children of Israel for Aaron and his sons by a statute forever. For it is a heave offering; and it shall be a heave offering from the children of Israel from the sacrifices of their peace offerings, their heave offerings to the LORD.

  • Num 18:2
    75%

    2 And your brethren also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, bring with you, that they may be joined to you and minister to you: but you and your sons with you shall minister before the tabernacle of witness.

  • Lev 7:30-31
    2 verses
    75%

    30 His own hands shall bring the offerings of the LORD made by fire; the fat with the breast, he shall bring, that the breast may be waved as a wave offering before the LORD.

    31 And the priest shall burn the fat on the altar: but the breast shall be Aaron's and his sons'.

  • Lev 6:14
    74%

    14 And this is the law of the grain offering: the sons of Aaron shall offer it before the LORD, before the altar.

  • 1 Chr 23:32
    74%

    32 And that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brothers, in the service of the house of the LORD.

  • Lev 1:4
    74%

    4 And he shall put his hand on the head of the burnt offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.

  • Num 6:16
    74%

    16 And the priest shall bring them before the LORD and shall offer his sin offering and his burnt offering:

  • Lev 1:11
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    11 And he shall kill it on the north side of the altar before the LORD: and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall sprinkle its blood all around upon the altar.

  • Num 8:26
    74%

    26 But they may minister with their brethren in the tabernacle of meeting, to attend to needs, but shall do no work. Thus shall you do to the Levites regarding their duties.