Numbers 8:19-21

Expanded Bible

¹⁹ From all the ·Israelites [^Lsons/^Tchildren of Israel] I have given the Levites to Aaron and his sons so that they may serve the Israelites at the Meeting Tent. They will ·help remove the Israelites’ sins so they will belong to the Lord [^Lmake atonement for the sons/^Tchildren of Israel] and so that no ·disaster [plague] will strike the Israelites when they approach the ·Holy Place [Tabernacle].”

²⁰ So Moses, Aaron, and all the ·Israelites [^Lcommunity/congregation/assembly of the sons/^Tchildren of Israel] obeyed and did with the Levites what the Lord commanded Moses. ²¹ The Levites made themselves clean from sin and washed their clothes. Then Aaron ·presented [elevated] them as an offering to the Lord. He also ·removed their sins [made atonement for them] so they would be pure [^Cin a ritual sense].