Números 8:10

10 y harás llegar los levitas delante del SEÑOR, y pondrán los hijos de Israel sus manos sobre los levitas;

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, con su presente de flor de harina amasada con aceite; y tomarás otro novillo para expiación.

9 Y ofrecerás a los levitas delante del tabernáculo del testimonio, y juntarás toda la congregación de los hijos de Israel;

10 y harás llegar los levitas delante del SEÑOR, y pondrán los hijos de Israel sus manos sobre los levitas;

11 y ofrecerá Aarón los levitas delante del SEÑOR en ofrenda de mecedura de los hijos de Israel, y servirán en el ministerio del SEÑOR.

12 Y los levitas pondrán sus manos sobre las cabezas de los novillos; y ofrecerás el uno por expiación, y el otro en holocausto al SEÑOR, para expiar los levitas.