Números 8:10

10 Presentarás a los levitas ante el SEÑOR, y los israelitas les impondrán las manos.

Números 8:10 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 8:10

And thou shalt bring the Levites before the Lord
From the door of the tabernacle, to the altar of burnt offering, where the Lord was in some sense present to accept the sacrifices offered to him:

and the children of Israel shall put their hands upon the Levites;
as were used to be put upon sacrifices, for the Levites were themselves offered for an offering of the children of Israel, as is expressed in ( Numbers 8:11 ) ; by which rite they signified that they voluntarily parted with them, and gave them up to the Lord, and transferred their service to them, in which they were to serve in their room and stead; these, according to some Jewish writers, were the firstborn of Israel that laid their hands on the Levites, a type of the general assembly and church of the firstborn; or rather the princes and heads of the tribes, who represented the whole body. Some think by this rite is signified the consent of the people in the designation and appointment of the ministers of the word to their work and office; but what in the New Testament seems to answer to this is, the laying of the hands of the presbytery on ministers of the word, ( 1 Timothy 4:14 ) .

Números 8:10 In-Context

8 Luego tomarán un novillo y una ofrenda de flor de harina amasada con aceite. Tú, por tu parte, tomarás otro novillo para el sacrificio expiatorio.

9 Llevarás a los levitas a la Tienda de reunión y congregarás a toda la comunidad israelita.

10 Presentarás a los levitas ante el SEÑOR, y los israelitas les impondrán las manos.

11 Entonces Aarón presentará a los levitas ante el SEÑOR, como ofrenda mecida de parte de los israelitas. Así quedarán consagrados al servicio del SEÑOR.

12 »Los levitas pondrán las manos sobre la cabeza de los novillos, y tú harás propiciación por ellos ofreciendo un novillo como sacrificio expiatorio y otro como holocausto para el SEÑOR.