Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “Take the Levites from among all the Israelites and make them ceremonially clean. New Living Translation “Now set the Levites apart from the rest of the people of Israel and make them ceremonially clean. English Standard Version “Take the Levites from among the people of Israel and cleanse them. Berean Standard Bible “Take the Levites from among the Israelites and make them ceremonially clean. King James Bible Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them. New King James Version “Take the Levites from among the children of Israel and cleanse them ceremonially. New American Standard Bible “Take the Levites from among the sons of Israel and cleanse them. NASB 1995 “Take the Levites from among the sons of Israel and cleanse them. NASB 1977 “Take the Levites from among the sons of Israel and cleanse them. Legacy Standard Bible “Take the Levites from among the sons of Israel and cleanse them. Amplified Bible “Take the Levites from among the sons of Israel and cleanse them. Christian Standard Bible “Take the Levites from among the Israelites and ceremonially cleanse them. Holman Christian Standard Bible Take the Levites from among the Israelites and ceremonially cleanse them. American Standard Version Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them. Aramaic Bible in Plain English “Take the Levites from within the children of Israel and purify them. Brenton Septuagint Translation Take the Levites out of the midst of the children of Israel, and thou shalt purify them. Contemporary English Version The Levites must be acceptable to me before they begin working at the sacred tent. So separate them from the rest of the Israelites Douay-Rheims Bible Take the Levites out of the midst of the children of Israel, and thou shalt purify them, English Revised Version Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them. GOD'S WORD® Translation "Separate the Levites from the rest of the Israelites, and make them clean. Good News Translation "Separate the Levites from the rest of the people of Israel and purify them International Standard Version "Take the descendants of Levi from the Israelis and purify them. JPS Tanakh 1917 Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them. Literal Standard Version “Take the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel, and you have cleansed them. Majority Standard Bible “Take the Levites from among the Israelites and make them ceremonially clean. New American Bible Take the Levites from among the Israelites and cleanse them. NET Bible "Take the Levites from among the Israelites and purify them. New Revised Standard Version Take the Levites from among the Israelites and cleanse them. New Heart English Bible "Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them. Webster's Bible Translation Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them. World English Bible “Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them. Young's Literal Translation 'Take the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel, and thou hast cleansed them. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Cleansing the Levites5Again the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 6“Take the Levites from among the Israelites and make them ceremonially clean. 7This is what you must do to cleanse them: Sprinkle them with the water of purification. Have them shave their whole bodies and wash their clothes, and so purify themselves.… Cross References Numbers 3:6 "Bring the tribe of Levi and present them to Aaron the priest to assist him. Numbers 8:5 Again the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 2 Chronicles 29:11 Now, my sons, do not be negligent, for the LORD has chosen you to stand before Him, to serve Him, to minister before Him, and to burn incense." Isaiah 52:11 Depart, depart, go out from there! Touch no unclean thing; come out from it, purify yourselves, you who carry the vessels of the LORD. Treasury of Scripture Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them. cleanse them Exodus 19:15 And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your wives. 2 Corinthians 7:1 Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. James 4:8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded. Jump to Previous Ceremonially Children Clean Cleanse Cleansed Israel Israelites Levites MidstJump to Next Ceremonially Children Clean Cleanse Cleansed Israel Israelites Levites MidstNumbers 8 1. How the lamps are to be lighted5. The consecration of the Levites 23. The age and time of their service Verse 6. - And cleanse them. Before they actually entered upon their new duties they were to be solemnly hallowed. This hallowing, however, is not called קַדֵּשׁ, as is that of the priests (Exodus 29:1), but טַהֵר, cleansing. There was in their case no ceremonial washing, no vesting in sacred garments, no anointing with holy oil, or sprinkling with the blood of sacrifices. The Levites, in fact, remained simply representatives of the congregation, whereas the priests were representatives also of Christ. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew “Takeקַ֚ח (qaḥ) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's 3947: To take the Levites הַלְוִיִּ֔ם (hal·wî·yim) Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural Strong's 3881: Levites -- descendant of Levi from among מִתּ֖וֹךְ (mit·tō·wḵ) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 8432: A bisection, the centre the Israelites בְּנֵ֣י (bə·nê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 1121: A son and make them ceremonially clean. וְטִהַרְתָּ֖ (wə·ṭi·har·tā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 2891: To be clean or pure Links Numbers 8:6 NIVNumbers 8:6 NLT Numbers 8:6 ESV Numbers 8:6 NASB Numbers 8:6 KJV Numbers 8:6 BibleApps.com Numbers 8:6 Biblia Paralela Numbers 8:6 Chinese Bible Numbers 8:6 French Bible Numbers 8:6 Catholic Bible OT Law: Numbers 8:6 Take the Levites from among the children (Nu Num.) |