Numbers 8:10
Good News Translation
The people of Israel are to place their hands on the heads of the Levites,

New Revised Standard Version
When you bring the Levites before the LORD, the Israelites shall lay their hands on the Levites,

Contemporary English Version
where the people will place their hands on them.

New American Bible
When you have brought the Levites before the LORD, the Israelites shall lay their hands upon them.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when the Levites are before the Lord, the children of Israel shall put their hands upon them:

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And when the Levites are before the Lord, the children of Israel shall put their hands upon them:

Numbers 3:45 Take the Levites for the firstborn of the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites for their cattle, and the Levites shall be mine. I am the Lord.

Leviticus 1:4 And he shall put his hand upon the head of the victim: and it shall be acceptable, and help to its expiation.

Acts 6:6 These they set before the apostles: and they praying, imposed hands upon them.

Acts 13:2,3 And as they were ministering to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Ghost said to them: Separate me Saul and Barnabas, for the work whereunto I have taken them. . . .

1 Timothy 4:14 Neglect not the grace that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with imposition of the hands of the priesthood.

1 Timothy 5:22 Impose not hands lightly upon any man, neither be partaker of other men's sins. Keep thyself chaste.

Context
Cleansing the Levites
9And thou shalt bring the Levites before the tabernacle of the covenant, calling together all the multitude of the children of Israel: 10And when the Levites are before the Lord, the children of Israel shall put their hands upon them:11And Aaron shall offer the Levites, as a gift in the sight of the Lord from the children of Israel, that they may serve in his ministry.…
Cross References
Acts 6:6
These they set before the apostles: and they praying, imposed hands upon them.

Leviticus 1:4
And he shall put his hand upon the head of the victim: and it shall be acceptable, and help to its expiation.

Leviticus 4:15
And the ancients of the people shall put their hands upon the head thereof before the Lord. And the calf being immolated in the sight of the Lord:

Numbers 8:9
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