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Numbers 8:11
Aaron is to present the Levites before the LORD as a wave offering from the sons of Israel, so that they may perform the service of the LORD.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God commands Moses to direct Aaron in transferring the Levites from the Israelite community to divine service during the tabernacle consecration rites.
The words — תְּנוּפָה (tenufah) denotes a wave-offering, and הֵנִיף (henif) describes the waving action that formally presents the Levites before Yahweh.
The thread — This ritual presentation appears in Exodus 29:24, Leviticus 7:30, and Leviticus 8:27 as the established method for dedicating offerings and personnel to the LORD.
Why it lands — The text establishes that the Levites' authority to serve is derived through a formal transfer act, not personal appointment or inherent right.
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The Hebrew words
King James 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.
Cross-references
- Leviticus 7:30 With his own hands he is to bring the food offerings to the LORD; he shall bring the fat, together with the breast, and wave the breast as a wave offering before the LORD.
- Exodus 29:24 Put all these in the hands of Aaron and his sons and wave them before the LORD as a wave offering.
- Leviticus 8:27 He put all these in the hands of Aaron and his sons and waved them before the LORD as a wave offering.
- Leviticus 8:29 He also took the breast—Moses’ portion of the ram of ordination—and waved it before the LORD as a wave offering, as the LORD had commanded him.
- Numbers 1:49 “Do not number the tribe of Levi in the census with the other Israelites.
- Numbers 3:5 Then the LORD said to Moses,
- Numbers 6:20 The priest shall then wave them as a wave offering before the LORD. This is a holy portion for the priest, in addition to the breast of the wave offering and the thigh that was presented. After that, the Nazirite may drink wine.