Numbers 8:21

21 The Levites made themselves pure. They washed their clothes. Then Aaron gave them to the LORD as a wave offering. That's how he paid for their sin to make them pure.

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 ) .

Numbers 8:21 In-Context

19 "I have given the Levites as gifts to Aaron and his sons. I have taken them from all of the men of Israel. I have appointed them to do the work at the Tent of Meeting. They will do it in place of the men of Israel. "That is how they will keep the men of Israel from being guilty when they go near the sacred tent. Then no plague will strike the people of Israel when they go near the tent."

20 So Moses and Aaron and the whole community of Israel did with the Levites just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

21 The Levites made themselves pure. They washed their clothes. Then Aaron gave them to the LORD as a wave offering. That's how he paid for their sin to make them pure.

22 After that, the Levites came to do their work at the Tent of Meeting. They worked under the direction of Aaron and his sons. And so Moses and Aaron and the whole community of Israel did with the Levites just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

23 The LORD spoke to Moses. He said,