Numbers 8:12

12. The Levites shall lay their hands This imposition of hands differs from that in Numbers 8:10, inasmuch as it symbolically transfers guilt, (see Leviticus 1:4, note,) which is implied in an atonement. See Leviticus 4:20; Leviticus 16:10-34, notes. Even those whom God has accepted as a gift must be atoned for before they can begin to serve around the sanctuary. But there are in the Pentateuch no precepts regulating the personal conduct and life of the Levites as are there given for the priests, Leviticus 21:0.