Numbers 8:11 Cross References - LEB

¹¹ and _⌊Aaron will offer_⌋* the Levites as a wave offering _⌊before Yahweh_⌋* from the _⌊Israelites_⌋,* and they will do the work of Yahweh.

²⁴ you will put them all on the palms of Aaron and on the palms of his sons, and you will wave them as a wave offering before Yahweh.

³⁰ His own hands must bring Yahweh's offerings made by fire. He must bring the fat in addition to the breast section to wave the breast section as a wave offering before Yahweh,

²⁷ Then* he put _⌊all of these_⌋* on Aaron's palms and on his sons' palms, and he waved them as a wave offering _⌊before_⌋* Yahweh.

²⁹ Then* Moses took the breast section, and he waved it as a wave offering _⌊before_⌋* Yahweh from the ram of the consecration offering; it was Moses' share, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.

⁴⁹ "You will not muster* the tribe of Levi, and you will not _⌊take a census of_⌋* them in the midst of the _⌊Israelites_⌋.* ⁵⁰ You will _⌊appoint_⌋* them over the tabernacle of the testimony,* over all its vessels, and over all that belongs to it. They will carry the tabernacle and all its vessels, and they will care for it; and they will camp around the tabernacle. ⁵¹ And when the tabernacle is set out, the Levites will _⌊take it down_⌋,* and when encamping the tabernacle the Levites will set it up; the stranger* that approaches it will be put to death. ⁵² The _⌊Israelites_⌋* will encamp, each in their own camp, and each by their* own banner according to their divisions. ⁵³ But the Levites will encamp around the tabernacle of the testimony,* and there will not be wrath on the community of the _⌊Israelites_⌋;* and the Levites will keep the requirements of the tabernacle of the testimony."*

⁵ Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, ⁶ "Bring near the tribe of Levi, and _⌊set the tribe_⌋* _⌊before Aaron_⌋* the priest, and they will minister to him. ⁷ They shall observe his duties and the duties of the entire community before the tent of assembly, to do the work of the tabernacle. ⁸ And they will keep all the vessels of the tent of assembly and the responsibilities of the _⌊Israelites_⌋,* to do the work* of the tabernacle. ⁹ You will give the Levites to Aaron and to his descendants; they are surely assigned to him from among the _⌊Israelites_⌋.* ¹⁰ But you will count Aaron and his descendants; they will keep their priesthood, and the stranger* who approaches will be put to death." ¹¹ Yahweh spoke to Moses saying, ¹² "I myself receive the Levites from the midst of the _⌊Israelites_⌋* in the place of all the firstborn of the offspring of the womb from the _⌊Israelites_⌋.* The Levites will be mine ¹³ because all the firstborn are mine; on the day of my killing all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I consecrated for myself all the firstborn in Israel, _⌊both humankind and animal_⌋;* they will be mine. I am Yahweh." ¹⁴ Yahweh spoke to Moses in the desert of Sinai, saying, ¹⁵ "Muster* the descendants of Levi according to _⌊their families_⌋,* according to their clans. You will count every male from _⌊one month_⌋* and above." ¹⁶ So Moses mustered* them according to the _⌊command of Yahweh_⌋,* just as he commanded. ¹⁷ These were the sons of Levi according to their names: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. ¹⁸ And these are the names of the sons of Gershon according to their clans: Libni and Shimei. ¹⁹ And the sons of Kohath according to their clans: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. ²⁰ The sons of Merari according to their tribes: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites according to _⌊their families_⌋.* ²¹ _⌊To Gershon belonged_⌋* the clan of the Libnites and the clan of the Shimeites; these are the clans of the Gershonites. ²² The _⌊ones counted_⌋* according to the number of every male from _⌊one month_⌋* and above were seven thousand five hundred. ²³ The clans of the Gershonites will camp behind the tabernacle to the west, ²⁴ and the leader of _⌊the family_⌋* of the Gershonites is Eliasaph son of Lael. ²⁵ And the responsibility of the descendants of Gershon in the tent of assembly is the tabernacle, and the tent covering it and the curtain of the doorway of the tent of the assembly, ²⁶ and the hangings of the courtyard and the curtain of the doorway of the courtyard that is around the tabernacle and the altar, and its ten cords, all of its use. ²⁷ _⌊To Kohath belonged_⌋* the clan of Amramites,* the clan of the Izharites,* the clan of the Hebronites,* and the clan of the Uzzielites;* these were the clans of the Kohathites.* ²⁸ According to the number of every male from _⌊one month_⌋* and above there were eight thousand six hundred keeping the responsibility of the sanctuary. ²⁹ The clan of the descendants of Kohath will encamp on the side of the tabernacle to the south. ³⁰ The leader of _⌊his family_⌋* according to the clans of the Kohathites* is Elizaphan the son of Uzziel. ³¹ Their responsibility was the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altar, and the vessels of the sanctuary, with which they ministered, and the curtain, and all of its use. ³² The _⌊chief of the leaders_⌋* of the Levites* was Eleazar son of Aaron the priest who had oversight of those keeping the responsibility of the sanctuary. ³³ _⌊To Merari belonged_⌋* the clan of Mahlites* and the clan of the Mushites:* these are the clans of Merari. ³⁴ The _⌊ones counted_⌋* according to the number of every male from _⌊one month_⌋* and above were six thousand two hundred. ³⁵ The leader of _⌊the family_⌋* according to the clans of Merari is Zuriel son of Abihail; they will encamp of the side of the tabernacle to the north. ³⁶ The responsibility of the sons of Merari was the supervision of the frames of the tabernacle, its bars, pillars, bases, and all its vessels and all its service, ³⁷ and the pillars around the courtyard, and their bases, pegs, and cords. ³⁸ Those encamped before the tabernacle to the east—before the tent of assembly to the east—were Moses and Aaron and his sons; they will keep the responsibility of the sanctuary _⌊for the Israelites_⌋;* and the stranger* who approaches will be put to death. ³⁹ All those counted from the Levites whom Moses and Aaron mustered* according to _⌊the word of Yahweh_⌋,* according to their clans, every male from _⌊one month_⌋* and above were twenty-two thousand. ⁴⁰ And Yahweh said to Moses, "Muster every firstborn male from the _⌊Israelites_⌋* from _⌊one month_⌋* and above and _⌊count_⌋* their names. ⁴¹ And you will receive the Levites for me—I am Yahweh—in the place of all the firstborn among the _⌊Israelites_⌋,* and the animals* of the Levites in the place of all the firstborn among the animals* among the _⌊Israelites_⌋."* ⁴² So Moses mustered* all the firstborn among the _⌊Israelites_⌋* just as Yahweh commanded him. ⁴³ And all the firstborn males* among the number of names from _⌊one month_⌋* and above, the _⌊ones counted_⌋,* were twenty-two thousand two hundred and seventy-three.

²⁰ The priest will wave them as a wave offering _⌊before the presence of_⌋* Yahweh; they* are a holy object to the priest, in addition to the breast section of the wave offering, and in addition to the upper thigh of the contribution; and afterward the Nazirite may drink wine.