Numbers 8:10

Numbers 8:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And thou shalt bring the Levites before the Lord: and the children of Israel shall put their hands upon the Levites:
• New International Version (NIV)You are to bring the Levites before the Lord, and the Israelites are to lay their hands on them.
• English Standard Version (ESV)When you bring the Levites before the Lord, the people of Israel shall lay their hands on the Levites,
• New King James Version (NKJV)So you shall bring the Levites before the Lord, and the children of Israel shall lay their hands on the Levites;

Context of Numbers 8:10

8Then they must take a bull with the proper grain offering and oil. And you must take another bull for a sin offering. 9Then you must bring the Levites in front of the Tent of Meeting. You must also bring all the Israelites there. You must bring the Levites in front of the Lord. Then the Israelites must put their hands on the Levites' heads. 11Aaron must give the Levites to the Lord as a special offering from the Israelites. Then they will be ready to do the Lord's work. 12Then the Levites must put their hands on the heads of the bulls. Then offer one bull for a sin offering and the other one for a burnt offering to the Lord. That will make peace with the Lord for the Levites sin.

Numbers 8:10 word by word

וְהִקְרַבְתָּ֥ אֶת־הַלְוִיִּ֖ם לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וְסָמְכ֧וּ בְנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל אֶת־יְדֵיהֶ֖ם עַל־הַלְוִיִּֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And thou shalt bringקָרַבqârab · to present: bringH7126
• the Levitesלֵוִיlêvîyîy lêvîy · LeviH3881
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• and the childrenבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• shall putסָמַךְsâmak · to supportH5564
• their handsיָדyâd · handH3027

Cross-references for Numbers 8:10

• Numbers 3:45‘Do not take the firstborn males among the people to belong to me. Accept the Levites instead. Do not use the firstborn animals of the people. Accept the animals of the Levites instead. The Levites will belong to me. I am the Lord.
• Leviticus 1:4The person must put his hand on the animal's head. Then he must kill it. The animal's death will pay for the person's sins.
• Acts 6:6The group of believers put these seven men in front of the apostles. The apostles prayed for each man and they put their hands on them. They gave them authority to do this special work.
• Acts 13:2One day, the believers were meeting together. They were praising the Lord God and they were praying. They also fasted for a time. During that time, the Holy Spirit said to them, ‘I have chosen Barnabas and Saul to do a special work for me. Let them go now and do it.’
• 1 Timothy 4:14Remember the gift that God's Holy Spirit has given to you. You received that gift when the group of church leaders put their hands on you. They spoke messages from God about how you would serve him. So do not stop using that gift from God.
• 1 Timothy 5:22Do not hurry to put your hands on anyone to choose him as a leader of the church. Perhaps that man has done something wrong. Then people might think that you agree with his sins. You yourself must always be careful to do what is right and good.

Commentaries on Numbers 8:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10Shall put their hands upon the Levites - It has been argued from this that the congregation had a part in the appointment of their own ministers, and that this was done by the imposition of hands. However that may be, it appears that what was done on this occasion meant no more than that the people gave up this whole tribe to God in place of their firstborn; and that by this act they bound themselves to provide for them who, because of their sacred…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5-22Verses 5-22 The Levites could only undertake their duties Numbers 3:44-51. The distinction between the “consecration” of the priests Numbers 8:21 of the Levites is marked. These rites of purification are similar to those incumbent on the priests of Egypt. Numbers 8:7 Water of purifying - literally, “sin water:” i. e. water to cleanse from sin; no doubt taken from the laver of the sanctuary, which was used by the priests for purification before they went…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-26Verses 5-26 Here we have directions for the solemn ordination of the Levites. All Israel must know that they took not this honour to themselves, but were called of God to it; nor was it enough that they were distinguished from others. All who are employed for God, must be dedicated to him, according to the employment. Christians must be baptized, ministers must be ordained; we must first give ourselves unto the Lord, and then our services. The Levites…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10-11laying their hands on them: Israel acknowledged the Levites' special status and offered them as their representatives in the presence of the Lord (8:16).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 9-109-10. thou shalt gather the whole assembly of the children of Israel together, &c.--As it was plainly impossible that the whole multitude of the Israelites could do this, a select portion of them must be meant. This party, who laid their hands upon the Levites, are supposed by some to have been the first-born, who by that act, transferred their peculiar privilege of acting as God's ministers to the Levitical tribe; and by others, to have been the princes…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Numbers 8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings