Numbers 8:21
Old Testament • 13 words with Strong's data
"And the Levites were purified, and they washed their clothes; and Aaron offered them as an offering before the LORD; and Aaron made an atonement for them to cleanse them."
Word-by-Word Analysis
לֵוִיִּי
Lêvîyîy
a Levite or descendant of Levi
טָהֵר
ṭâhêr
to be pure (physical sound, clear, unadulterated; Levitically, uncontaminated; morally, innocent or holy)
רָחַץ
râchats
to lave (the whole or a part of a thing)
בֶּגֶד
beged
a covering, i.e. clothing; also treachery or pillage
אַהֲרוֹן
ʼAhărôwn
Aharon, the brother of Moses
עָלָה
ʻâlâh
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
מִנְחָה
minchâh
a donation; euphemistically, tribute; specifically a sacrificial offering (usually bloodless and voluntary)
פָּנִים
pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
אַהֲרוֹן
ʼAhărôwn
Aharon, the brother of Moses
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
כָּפַר
kâphar
to cover (specifically with bitumen); figuratively, to expiate or condone, to placate or cancel
טָהֵר
ṭâhêr
to be pure (physical sound, clear, unadulterated; Levitically, uncontaminated; morally, innocent or holy)
Key Terms in This Verse
טָהֵר ṭâhêr
to be pure (physical sound, clear, unadulterated; Levitically, uncontaminated; morally, innocent or holy)
Study H2891 →טָהֵר ṭâhêr
to be pure (physical sound, clear, unadulterated; Levitically, uncontaminated; morally, innocent or holy)
Study H2891 →כָּפַר kâphar
to cover (specifically with bitumen); figuratively, to expiate or condone, to placate or cancel
Study H3722 →עָלָה ʻâlâh
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
Study H5927 →מִנְחָה minchâh
a donation; euphemistically, tribute; specifically a sacrificial offering (usually bloodless and voluntary)
Study H4503 →Cross References
And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them: Sprinkle water of purifying upon them, and let them shave all their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and so make themselves clean.
And the clean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day: and on the seventh day he shall purify himself, and wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and sha...
And after that shall the Levites go in to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt cleanse them, and offer them for an offering.
He shall purify himself with it on the third day, and on the seventh day he shall be clean: but if he purify not himself the third day, then the seventh day he shall not be clean.
And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine;
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