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Numbers 8:22
After that, the Levites came to perform their service at the Tent of Meeting in the presence of Aaron and his sons. Thus they did with the Levites just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records the Levites' compliance immediately after Aaron presents them and makes atonement for them. This moment marks the conclusion of the consecration sequence and the beginning of their assigned duties.
The words — כֵּן (khen) translates literally as "thus" or "in this manner," underscoring exact procedural compliance. בָּאוּ (ba'u) means "they went" or "they came," indicating their physical entry into the designated work area.
The thread — The requirement of prior cleansing and presentation precedes service in Numbers 8:15. The same sequence of preparation followed by public ministry appears in 2 Chronicles 30:15 and 2 Chronicles 30:27.
Why it lands — The text requires readers to note that religious duty follows prescribed ritual preparation and explicit command. It establishes that obedience to specific instructions, not personal initiative, governs sacred service.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And after that went the Levites in to do their service in the tabernacle of the congregation before Aaron, and before his sons: as the Lord had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did they unto them.
Cross-references
- Numbers 8:15 After you have cleansed them and presented them as a wave offering, they may come to serve at the Tent of Meeting.
- 2 Chronicles 30:15 And on the fourteenth day of the second month they slaughtered the Passover lamb. The priests and Levites were ashamed, and they consecrated themselves and brought burnt offerings to the house of the LORD.
- 2 Chronicles 30:27 Then the priests and the Levites stood to bless the people, and God heard their voice, and their prayer came into His holy dwelling place in heaven.
- 2 Chronicles 31:2 Hezekiah reestablished the divisions of the priests and Levites—each of them according to their duties as priests or Levites—for the burnt offerings and peace offerings, for ministry, for giving thanks, and for singing praises at the gates of the LORD’s dwelling.
- 2 Chronicles 35:8 His officials also contributed willingly to the people and priests and Levites. Hilkiah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, the chief officials of the house of God, gave the priests 2,600 Passover offerings and 300 bulls.