Numbers 8:13

13 "You are to have the Levites stand before Aaron and his sons, and you are to present them before the Lord as a presentation offering.

Numbers 8:13 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 8:13

And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his
sons
After atonement was made for them, as Aben Ezra observes; then they were presented to Aaron and his sons, to whom they were given to he their ministers, and assistants to them:

and offer them [for] an offering unto the Lord:
or, and "waved them", &c. as before, that is, order them to be waved; for not Moses, but Aaron, did this, and indeed was done already; and therefore should rather be rendered, as by Bishop Patrick, after thou hast offered, or waved them.

Numbers 8:13 In-Context

11 Aaron is to present the Levites before the Lord as a presentation offering from the Israelites, so that they may perform the Lord's work.

12 Next the Levites are to lay their hands on the heads of the bulls. Sacrifice one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering to the Lord, to make atonement for the Levites.

13 "You are to have the Levites stand before Aaron and his sons, and you are to present them before the Lord as a presentation offering.

14 In this way you are to separate the Levites from the rest of the Israelites so that the Levites will belong to Me.

15 After that the Levites may come to serve [at] the tent of meeting, once you have ceremonially cleansed them and presented them as a presentation offering.