Numbers 8:6

Modern

“Take the Levites from among the Israelites and make them ceremonially clean.

Traditional

Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them.

Literal

“Take the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel and cleanse them.

Latin

Tolle Levitas de medio filiorum Israël, et purificabis eos

Hebrew

English

“Take the Levites from among the Israelites and make them ceremonially clean.

The Lord gave instructions for the dedication and cleansing of the Levites. The Levites were set apart to serve in the tabernacle.

James 4:8
Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
2 Corinthians 7:1
Therefore, beloved, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that defiles body and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
Exodus 19:15
“Be prepared for the third day,” he said to the people. “Do not draw near to a woman.”
Isaiah 52:11
Depart, depart, go out from there! Touch no unclean thing; come out from it, purify yourselves, you who carry the vessels of the LORD.

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes Levi: Son of Jacob; progenitor of the Levites