Numbers 8:12 
Context| NET © | When 1 the Levites lay their hands on the heads of the bulls, offer 2 the one for a purification offering and the other for a whole burnt offering to the Lord, 3 to make atonement for the Levites. |
| NIV © | "After the Levites lay their hands on the heads of the bulls, use the one for a sin offering to the LORD and the other for a burnt offering, to make atonement for the Levites. |
| NASB © | "Now the Levites shall lay their hands on the heads of the bulls; then offer the one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering to the LORD, to make atonement for the Levites. |
| NLT © | "Next the Levites will lay their hands on the heads of the young bulls and present them to the LORD. One will be for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering, to make atonement for the Levites. |
| MSG © | "Have the Levites place their hands on the heads of the bulls, selecting one for the Absolution-Offering and another for the Whole-Burnt-Offering to GOD to make atonement for the Levites. |
| BBE © | And the Levites are to put their hands on the heads of the oxen, and one of the oxen is to be offered for a sin-offering and the other for a burned offering to the Lord to take away the sin of the Levites. |
| NRSV © | The Levites shall lay their hands on the heads of the bulls, and he shall offer the one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering to the LORD, to make atonement for the Levites. |
| NKJV © | "Then the Levites shall lay their hands on the heads of the young bulls, and you shall offer one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering to the LORD, to make atonement for the Levites. |
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| NET © [draft] ITL | When the Levites <03881> lay <05564> their hands <03027> on <05921> the heads <07218> of the bulls <06499> , offer <06213> the <0853> one <0259> for a purification <02403> offering and the <0853> other <0259> for a whole burnt offering <05930> to the Lord <03068> , to make atonement <03722> for the Levites .<03881> |
| NET © | When 1 the Levites lay their hands on the heads of the bulls, offer 2 the one for a purification offering and the other for a whole burnt offering to the Lord, 3 to make atonement for the Levites. |
| NET © Notes |
1 tn The clause begins with a vav (ו) on the noun “the Levites,” indicating a disjunctive clause. Here it is clearly a subordinate clause prior to the instruction for Moses, and so translated as a circumstantial clause of time. 2 tn The imperative is from the verb “to do; to make,” but in the sentence it clearly means to sacrifice the animals. 3 sn The “purification offering” cleansed the tabernacle from impurity, and the burnt offering atoned by nullifying and removing the effects of sin in the Levites. |
