Numbers 8:13

“And you shall set the Levites before Aaron and before his sons, and wave them as a wave offering to YHWH.”

Numbers 8:13 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Numbers 8:13, word by word

And you shall setהַעֲמַדְתָּhaamadta

appoint

To put in place, name to a post.

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the Levitesלְוִיִּםleviyim

Levite

Levite: of the tribe of Levi.

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beforeפְנֵיfene

before

Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.

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Aaronאַהֲרֹןaharon

Aaron

Aaron, the older brother of Moses, his spokesman before Pharaoh and the first high priest of Israel.

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his sonsבָנָיvanay

son

The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.

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and waveהֵנַפְתָּhenafta

wave

To swing an offering before YHWH to present it.

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as a wave offeringתְּנוּפָהtenufa

wave offering

An offering waved before YHWH when presented.

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to YHWHיהוָהyhva

YHWH

The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.

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The context

12And the Levites shall lay their hands on the heads of the bulls, and offer the one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering to YHWH, to make expiation for the Levites.

13 · This verse (above)

14Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the sons of Israel, and the Levites shall be mine.

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