Numbers 8:15 · KJV
“And after that shall the Levites go in to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt cleanse them, and offer them {for} an offering.”
— Numbers 8:15
Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine.
For they {are} wholly given unto me from among the children of Israel; instead of such as open every womb, {even instead of} the firstborn of all the children of Israel, have I taken them unto me.
Numbers 8 — Context
And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them {for} an offering unto the LORD.
14Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine.
15And after that shall the Levites go in to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt cleanse them, and offer them {for} an offering.
16For they {are} wholly given unto me from among the children of Israel; instead of such as open every womb, {even instead of} the firstborn of all the children of Israel, have I taken them unto me.
17For all the firstborn of the children of Israel {are} mine, {both} man and beast: on the day that I smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for myself.
Cross References
Numbers 8:11
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. {offer: Heb. wave} {offering: Heb. wave offering} {they...: Heb. they may be to execute, etc}
Numbers 8:13
And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them {for} an offering unto the LORD.
Numbers 3:12
And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine;
Exodus 29:24
And thou shalt put all in the hands of Aaron, and in the hands of his sons; and shalt wave them {for} a wave offering before the LORD. {shalt wave: or, shalt shake to and fro}
1 Chronicles 25:1-26
Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of the workmen according to their service was:
1 Chronicles 23:1-32
So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel.
Numbers 4:3-32
From thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation.
Numbers 3:23-37
The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward.