Números 8:10

10 Cuando presentes a los levitas delante del Señor
, el pueblo de Israel pondrá sus manos sobre ellos.

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 Haz que lleven un becerro y una ofrenda de grano de harina selecta humedecida con aceite de oliva, junto con un segundo becerro para la ofrenda por el pecado.

9 Después reúne a toda la comunidad de Israel y presenta a los levitas a la entrada del tabernáculo.

10 Cuando presentes a los levitas delante del Señor
, el pueblo de Israel pondrá sus manos sobre ellos.

11 Con las manos en alto, Aarón presentará a los levitas ante el Señor
como una ofrenda especial del pueblo de Israel; así los dedicará al servicio del Señor
.

12 »Enseguida los levitas pondrán sus manos sobre la cabeza de los becerros. Presenta un becerro como ofrenda por el pecado y el otro como ofrenda quemada al Señor
, para purificar a los levitas y hacerlos justos ante el Señor
.