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Bilangan 8:10

Apabila engkau telah menyuruh orang Lewi mendekat ke hadapan TUHAN, maka haruslah orang Israel meletakkan tangannya atas orang Lewi itu,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Hand;   Levites;   Thompson Chain Reference - Hands;   Imposition of Hands;   Laying on of Hands;   Ministers;   Ordination;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Hands, the;   Levites, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Hand;   Levites;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Laying on of hands;   Levite;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Building;   Laying on of Hands;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Hand;   High Priest;   Jephthah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Bull;   Laying on of Hands;   Ordination, Ordain;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Numbers, Book of;   Priests and Levites;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Ordination;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Hands, Laying on of;   Levites ;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Government of the Hebrews;   Hand;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Events of the Encampment;   Priesthood, the;   Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Hand;   Hands;   Laying on of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Hafṭarah;   Hand;  

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Apabila engkau telah menyuruh orang Lewi mendekat ke hadapan TUHAN, maka haruslah orang Israel meletakkan tangannya atas orang Lewi itu,
Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Lalu hendaklah kausuruh orang Lewi itu menghampiri hadirat Tuhan dan segala bani Israel hendaklah menumpangkan tangannya pada orang Lewi itu.

Contextual Overview

5 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses, saying: 6 Take the Leuites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them. 7 And thus shalt thou do vnto them, when thou cleansest them: Sprinckle water of purifiyng vpon them, and let them shaue all their fleshe, and let them washe their clothes, and so make them selues cleane. 8 Then let them take a young bullocke with his meate offeryng [euen] fine floure minged with oyle, and another young bullocke shalt thou take for a sinne offeryng. 9 And thou shalt bryng the Leuites before the tabernacle of the congregation, thou shalt gather the whole multitude of the children of Israel together, 10 And bryng the Leuites before the Lorde, and the children of Israel shall put their handes vpon the Leuites. 11 And Aaron shall waue the Leuites before the Lorde for a waue offeryng of the children of Israel, that they may execute the ministration of the seruice of the Lorde. 12 And the Leuites shal put their handes vpon the heades of the bullockes: and thou shalt offer the one for a sinne offeryng, and the other for a burnt offeryng vnto the Lorde, that thou mayest make an attonement for the Leuites. 13 And thou shalt set the Leuites before Aaron and his sonnes, and waue them for a waue offeryng vnto the Lorde. 14 And thus thou shalt seperate the Leuites from among the children of Israel, and the Leuites shalbe myne.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Numbers 3:45, Leviticus 1:4, Acts 6:6, Acts 13:2, Acts 13:3, 1 Timothy 4:14, 1 Timothy 5:22

Reciprocal: Genesis 48:14 - and laid Numbers 8:16 - wholly given Acts 8:17 - laid

Cross-References

Genesis 7:4
For after seuen dayes, I wyl rayne vpon the earth fourtie dayes and fourtie nightes: & all substaunce that I haue made, wyll I destroy from the vpper face of the earth.
Genesis 7:10
And so it came to passe after seuen dayes, that the waters of the flud were vpon the earth.
Genesis 8:12
And he abode yet other seuen dayes, and sent foorth the Doue, whiche returned not vnto him any more.
Psalms 40:1
I wayted patiently vpon God, and he enclined vnto me [his eare]: and heard my crying.
Isaiah 8:17
And I wyll wayte vpon the Lorde that hideth his face from the house of Iacob, and I wyll loke for him.
Isaiah 26:8
Yea in the way of thy iudgementes, O Lord, haue we put our trust in thee: thy name also and the remembraunce of thee, is the thing that our soule longeth for.
Romans 8:25
But and yf we hope for that we see not, the do we with pacience abide for it.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The Levites could only undertake their duties Numbers 3:0; Numbers 4:0 after the formal exchange of the Levites for the first-born Numbers 3:44-51.

The distinction between the “consecration” of the priests Leviticus 8:0 and the less solemn “purification” Numbers 8:21 of the Levites is marked. These rites of purification are similar to those incumbent on the priests of Egypt.

Numbers 8:7

Water of purifying - literally, “sin water:” i. e. water to cleanse from sin; no doubt taken from the laver of the sanctuary, which was used by the priests for purification before they went into the tabernacle to minister (compare Numbers 5:17; Exodus 30:18 ff).

The “sprinkling” of so large a body of men could have been only general, but tokens of individual purification are specified (compare also Leviticus 14:8).

Numbers 8:8

The two bullocks were “to make an atonement for the Levites,” and therefore are presented in their name. These offerings are similar to those prescribed in Leviticus 8:14 ff at the consecration of the priests, except that the burnt-offering was on that occasion a ram. The larger victim corresponds to the larger number of the Levites.

Numbers 8:10

The children of Israel - i. e. through the heads of their tribes, who Numbers 7:2 no doubt acted for their tribesmen. This act, the distinguishing feature of the ceremony, represented the transfer to the Levites of the sacred duties originally incumbent on the whole people.

Numbers 8:11

Offer ... offering - Compare the margin Aaron pointed to the Levites, and then waved his hands, indicating (compare Leviticus 7:30 note) that the offering was dedicated to God, and, again, by grant from Him, withdrawn for the use of the priests.

Numbers 8:19

Make an atonement for the children of Israel - i. e. by performing those services which were due from the children of Israel; the omission of which by the children of Israel would, but for the interposition of the Levites, have called down “wrath” from God, or Numbers 1:53 “plague.” The institution of the Levites was an extension of that mediatorial system which the people themselves, terrified at the direct manifestations to them of the divine presence, desired; see Deuteronomy 5:25. Further, it is suggested to us here as an act of mercy on the part of God; yet even the priests and Levites themselves were not always sufficiently heedful and reverent. Compare Numbers 17:10; Leviticus 10:1 ff; 2 Samuel 6:6 following.

Numbers 8:21

Were purified - Rather, purified themselves; as directed in Numbers 8:7.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Numbers 8:10. Shall put their hands upon the Levites — It has been argued from this that the congregation had a part in the appointment of their own ministers, and that this was done by the imposition of hands. However that may be, it appears that what was done on this occasion meant no more than that the people gave up this whole tribe to God in place of their firstborn; and that by this act they bound themselves to provide for them who, because of their sacred service, could follow no secular work. And surely it was right, that they who served the altar should live by the altar. The ministers of God perform offices for the people which the people cannot perform for themselves; and nothing can be more reasonable than that the people should give them the necessaries and comforts of life while they are thus employed in their behalf.


 
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