Numbers 8:10-12

Expanded Bible

¹⁰ When you bring the Levites before the Lord, the ·Israelites [^Lsons/^Tchildren of Israel] should put their hands on them [^Ca ritual of identification, showing that the Israelites had a part in their consecration]. ¹¹ Aaron will present the Levites before the Lord as an offering presented from the ·Israelites [^Lsons/^Tchildren of Israel]. Then the Levites will be ready to do the work of the Lord.

¹² “The Levites will ·put [lay] their hands [8:10; Ex. 29:10] on the bulls’ heads—one bull will be a ·sin [or purification] offering [Lev. 4:3] to the Lord, and the other will be a burnt offering [Lev. 1:1–17], to ·remove the sins of the Levites so they will belong to the Lord [make atonement for the Levites].