Numbers 8:8-12 New Century Version (NCV)

8. They must take a young bull and the grain offering of flour mixed with oil that goes with it. Then take a second young bull for a sin offering.

9. Bring the Levites to the front of the Meeting Tent, and gather all the Israelites around.

10. When you bring the Levites before the Lord, the Israelites should put their hands on them.

11. Aaron will present the Levites before the Lord as an offering presented from the Israelites. Then the Levites will be ready to do the work of the Lord.

12. “The Levites will put their hands on the bulls’ heads—one bull will be a sin offering to the Lord, and the other will be a burnt offering, to remove the sins of the Levites so they will belong to the Lord.

Numbers 8