Numbers 8:21

21 ¹The Levites, too, purified themselves from sin and washed their clothes; and Aaron presented them as a wave offering before the LORD. Aaron also made atonement for them to cleanse them.

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Numbers 8:21 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 8:21

And the Levites were purified
From sin, by the sprinkling of the sin water, or water of purification on them, ( Numbers 8:7 ) ; and they washed their clothes;
that they might have no defilement about them, neither in their bodies, nor in their garments: and Aaron offered them [as] an offering before the Lord;
a wave offering, as in ( Numbers 8:11 ) ; and Aaron made an atonement for them to cleanse them;
by offering the sacrifices for them, ( Numbers 8:12 ) .

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Numbers 8:21 In-Context

19 "I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the sons of Israel, to perform the service of the sons of Israel at the tent of meeting and to make atonement on behalf of the sons of Israel, so that there will be no plague among the sons of Israel by their coming near to the sanctuary."

20 Thus did Moses and Aaron and all the congregation of the sons of Israel to the Levites; according to all that the LORD had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so the sons of Israel did to them.

21 The Levites, too, purified themselves from sin and washed their clothes; and Aaron presented them as a wave offering before the LORD . Aaron also made atonement for them to cleanse them.

22 Then after that the Levites went in to perform their service in the tent of meeting before Aaron and before his sons; just as the LORD had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so they did to them.

23 Now the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

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Numbers 8:21 Meaning and Commentary

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