Numbers 8:21
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And they were purified, and washed their garments. And Aaron lifted them up in the sight of the Lord, and prayed for them,

Exodus 19:10
And he said to him: Go to the people, and sanctify them to day, and to morrow, and let them wash their garments.

Numbers 8:7
According to this rite: Let them be sprinkled with the water of purification, and let them shave all the hairs of their flesh. And when they shall have washed their garments, and are cleansed,

Numbers 8:20
And Moses and Aaron and all the multitude of the children of Israel did with the Levites all that the Lord had commanded Moses

Numbers 8:22
That being purified they might go into the tabernacle of the covenant to do their services before Aaron and his sons. As the Lord had commanded Moses touching the Levites, so was it done.

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And they were purified, and washed their garments. And Aaron lifted them up in the sight of the Lord, and prayed for them,

were purified

Numbers 8:7 According to this rite: Let them be sprinkled with the water of purification, and let them shave all the hairs of their flesh. And when they shall have washed their garments, and are cleansed,

Numbers 19:12,19 Shall be sprinkled with this water on the third day, and on the seventh, and so shall be cleansed. If he were not sprinkled on the third day, he cannot be cleansed on the seventh. . . .

offered

Numbers 8:11-13,15 And Aaron shall offer the Levites, as a gift in the sight of the Lord from the children of Israel, that they may serve in his ministry. . . .

Numbers 3:12 I have taken the Levites from the children of Israel, for every firstborn that openeth the womb among the children of Israel, and the Levites shall be mine.

Aaron made

Numbers 8:12 The Levites also shall put their hands upon the heads of the oxen, of which thou shalt sacrifice one for sin, and the other for a holocaust to the Lord, to pray for them.

Context
Cleansing the Levites
20And Moses and Aaron and all the multitude of the children of Israel did with the Levites all that the Lord had commanded Moses 21And they were purified, and washed their garments. And Aaron lifted them up in the sight of the Lord, and prayed for them,22That being purified they might go into the tabernacle of the covenant to do their services before Aaron and his sons. As the Lord had commanded Moses touching the Levites, so was it done.…
Lexicon
The Levites
הַלְוִיִּ֗ם (hal·wî·yim)
Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3881: Levites -- descendant of Levi

purified
וַיִּֽתְחַטְּא֣וּ (way·yiṯ·ḥaṭ·ṭə·’ū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2398: To miss, to sin, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, lead astray, condemn

themselves and washed
וַֽיְכַבְּסוּ֙ (way·ḵab·bə·sū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3526: To trample, to wash

their clothes,
בִּגְדֵיהֶ֔ם (biḡ·ḏê·hem)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 899: A covering, clothing, treachery, pillage

and Aaron
אַהֲרֹ֥ן (’a·hă·rōn)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 175: Aaron -- an elder brother of Moses

presented
וַיָּ֨נֶף (way·yā·nep̄)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5130: To move to and fro, wave, sprinkle

them
אֹתָ֛ם (’ō·ṯām)
Direct object marker | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

as a wave offering
תְּנוּפָ֖ה (tə·nū·p̄āh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8573: A brandishing, tumult, the official undulation of sacrificial offerings

before
לִפְנֵ֣י (lip̄·nê)
Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face

the LORD.
יְהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

Aaron
אַהֲרֹ֖ן (’a·hă·rōn)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 175: Aaron -- an elder brother of Moses

also made atonement
וַיְכַפֵּ֧ר (way·ḵap·pêr)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3722: To cover, to expiate, condone, to placate, cancel

for them
עֲלֵיהֶ֛ם (‘ă·lê·hem)
Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

to cleanse them.
לְטַהֲרָֽם׃ (lə·ṭa·hă·rām)
Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2891: To be clean or pure


Additional Translations
The Levites purified themselves and washed their clothes, and Aaron presented them as a wave offering before the LORD. Aaron also made atonement for them to cleanse them.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.

And the Levites purified themselves from sin, and they washed their clothes: and Aaron offered them for a wave-offering before Jehovah; and Aaron made atonement for them to cleanse them.

So the Levites purified themselves and washed their garments; and Aaron presented them as a gift before the Lord, and Aaron made atonement for them to purify them.

And the Levites purified themselves from sin, and they washed their garments; and Aaron offered them as a wave-offering before Jehovah; and Aaron made atonement for them to cleanse them.

And the Levites purified themselves from sin, and they washed their clothes; and Aaron offered them for a wave offering before the LORD; and Aaron made atonement for them to cleanse them.

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.

The Levites purified themselves from sin, and they washed their clothes; and Aaron offered them for a wave offering before Yahweh; and Aaron made atonement for them to cleanse them.

And the Levites cleanse themselves, and wash their garments, and Aaron waveth them a wave-offering before Jehovah, and Aaron maketh atonement for them to cleanse them,
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