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Numbers 8:20

Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel did so to the Levites. According to all that Yahweh commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so the children of Israel did to them.

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  • WEB World English Bible

    Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel did so to the Levites. According to all that Yahweh commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so the children of Israel did to them.

  • KJV King James Version

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

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

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

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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And the Levites were purified,.... From sin, by the…

And the Levites were purified,.... From sin, by the sprinkling of the sin water, or water of purification on them, Num 8:7,

and they washed their clothes; that they might have no defilement about them, neither in their bodies, nor in their garments:

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and Aaron offered them as an offering before the Lord; a wave offering, as in Num 8:11,

and Aaron made an atonement for them to cleanse them; by offering the sacrifices for them, Num 8:12.

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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Moses, Aaron, and the whole community of the people…
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