“Take the Levites from among the sons of Israel and (A)cleanse them. This is what you shall do to them, for their cleansing: sprinkle [a]purifying (B)water on them, and have them [b](C)use a razor over their whole [c]body, and they shall (D)wash their clothes and cleanse themselves. Then have them take a [d]bull with (E)its grain offering, fine flour mixed with oil; and you shall take a second [e]bull as a sin offering.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 8:7 Lit water of expiation
  2. Numbers 8:7 Lit cause to pass
  3. Numbers 8:7 Lit flesh
  4. Numbers 8:8 Lit bull, a son of the herd
  5. Numbers 8:8 Lit bull, a son of the herd

“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