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“Take the Levites from the midst of the Israelites[a] and purify them. So you will do to them, to purify them: sprinkle on them waters of purification, and they will shave their whole body[b] and wash their garments. And they will take a young bull[c] and its grain offering of finely milled flour mixed with oil, and you will take a second young bull[d] as a sin offering.

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  1. Numbers 8:6 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  2. Numbers 8:7 Literally “they will send a razor on all their body”
  3. Numbers 8:8 Literally “a bull, a son of cattle”
  4. Numbers 8:8 Literally “a bull, a son of cattle”

“Take the Levites from among all the Israelites and make them ceremonially clean.(A) To purify them, do this: Sprinkle the water of cleansing(B) on them; then have them shave their whole bodies(C) and wash their clothes.(D) And so they will purify themselves.(E) Have them take a young bull with its grain offering of the finest flour mixed with olive oil;(F) then you are to take a second young bull for a sin offering.[a](G)

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  1. Numbers 8:8 Or purification offering; also in verse 12