And the Levites
Leviyiy (lay-vee-ee')
a Levite or descendant of Levi -- Leviite.
were purified
chata' (khaw-taw')
to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn
and they washed
kabac (kaw-bas')
to trample; hence, to wash (properly, by stamping with the feet), whether literal (including the fulling process) or figurative -- fuller, wash(-ing).
their clothes
beged (behg'-ed)
a covering, i.e. clothing; also treachery or pillage -- apparel, cloth(-es, ing), garment, lap, rag, raiment, robe, very (treacherously), vesture, wardrobe.
and Aaron
'Aharown (a-har-one')
Aharon, the brother of Moses -- Aaron.
offered
nuwph (noof)
to quiver (i.e. vibrate up and down, or rock to and fro); used in a great variety of applications (including sprinkling, beckoning, rubbing, bastinadoing, sawing, waving, etc.)
them as an offering
tnuwphah (ten-oo-faw')
a brandishing (in threat); by implication, tumult; specifically, the official undulation of sacrificial offerings -- offering, shaking, wave (offering).
before
paniym (paw-neem')
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
the LORD
Yhovah (yeh-ho-vaw')
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God -- Jehovah, the Lord.
and Aaron
'Aharown (a-har-one')
Aharon, the brother of Moses -- Aaron.
made an atonement
kaphar (kaw-far')
to cover (specifically with bitumen); figuratively, to expiate or condone, to placate or cance
for them to cleanse
taher (taw-hare')
be (make, make self, pronounce) clean, cleanse (self), purge, purify(-ier, self).
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