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.
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Gill's Exposition
And Aaron shall offer the Levites before the Lord,.... Or "wave" (r) them, as a wave offering, which was moved to and fro, backwards and forwards; not that they were actually so waved and moved to and…
The Levites could only undertake their duties Num. 3; 4 after the formal exchange of the Levites for the first-born Num 3:44-51. The distinction between the “consecration” of the priests Lev. 8 and…
We read before of the separating of the Levites from among the children of Israel when they were numbered, and the numbering of them by themselves (Num 3:6, Num 3:15), that they might be employed in…
Cambridge Bible
offer wave, as R.V. marg.; see Num 8:8; Num 8:8; Num 8:8. The literal significance of the term (see on Num 5:25) is here lost, but the underlying thought remains that, having been given to Jehovah,…
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