{"collection":"Hypertext Bible","full_text_available":false,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_bib_poly_num008_htm/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/sacred_texts_v1_bib_poly_num008_htm","id":"sacred_texts_v1_bib_poly_num008_htm","license":"unknown_pending_legal_review","rights_basis":"sacred_texts_v1_preview_gate_primary_text_only; acquisition-method/ToS and compilation-copyright questions still open, not resolved by this gate","source":"sacred_texts_v1","source_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bib/poly/num008.htm","summary":"This is a biblical text presenting Numbers chapter 8 in four parallel columns: the King James Version (KJV) in English, the Septuagint (LXX) in Greek, the Hebrew Masoretic text (Tanakh), and the Latin Vulgate. The passage covers two distinct sections: Aaron's lighting of the seven-lamp menorah in the Tabernacle (verses 1\u20134), followed by the lengthy consecration ritual for the Levites as a tribe set apart for priestly service (verses 5\u201326). The Levite consecration involves ritual purification with water, shaving, washing garments, and animal sacrifice, after which the entire Israelite community lays hands on them, dedicating them as a \"wave offering\" to God in place of every Israelite firstborn\u2014a substitution rooted in the Exodus plague on Egypt's firstborn. The text specifies the Levites' service age as 25 to 50 years old, after which they may assist their brothers but not perform active duties. This is a scholarly synoptic presentation useful for comparative textual and translation study across the four major textual traditions of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament.","tags":["Book of Acts","Greek New Testament","Polyglot Bible"],"text":null,"title":"Polyglot Bible: Numbers: Numbers 8","tradition":"Hypertext Bible","translated_text":null,"word_count":2086}