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You shall present the Levites before the LORD. The children of Israel shall lay their hands on the Levites,
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Verse 10. Upon them. Some of the princes performed this ceremony, to testify that they gave up the Levites to serve God, (verse 15,) and would not be answerable, if they were guilty of any irreverence or neglect. Calmet.—They offered them as a sort of sacrifice for the people, ( Menochius.) and gave their approbation to them, setting them at liberty. D. verse 14. 20.
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