Numbers 8:12

And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bullocks: and thou shalt offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, unto the Lord, to make an atonement for the Levites.

Cross-reference

Numbers 8:8 Parallel

Numbers 8:8 instructs taking the bulls and offerings that are then used in verse 12 — a direct sequential command.

Numbers 8:21 records the actual performance of the ritual commanded here—the Levites are purified and atoned for as instructed.

Numbers 6:16 describes the priest offering the Nazirite's sin and burnt offerings, similar to the offering action here.

Leviticus 1:4 prescribes hand-laying on a burnt offering for acceptance, the same action applied to the Levites' burnt offering.

Hebrews 10:4-10 argues that such animal sacrifices cannot take away sins, contrasting with Christ's once-for-all sacrifice — directly critiques the very ritual described here.

Hebrews 9:22 states the principle that blood is required for forgiveness, which underlies the sin offering for the Levites here.

Leviticus 8:34 states the LORD commanded this ritual to make atonement — directly parallels the Levites' ordination atonement here.

Leviticus 8:18 also involves laying hands on a ram for burnt offering during priestly ordination — directly parallels the Levites' consecration here.

Leviticus 8:14 shows hand-laying on a sin offering bull at Aaron's ordination, mirroring the Levites' sin offering.

Exodus 29:10 describes hand-laying on a bull for atonement during priestly ordination, directly parallel to the Levites' ritual here.

In Leviticus 5:10, the same sin and burnt offering pair is prescribed for individual guilt, mirroring the Levites' atonement ritual here.

Leviticus 4:20 describes the sin offering for the congregation — same atonement logic as the Levites' sin offering.

Leviticus 9:7 describes Aaron offering a sin and burnt offering for himself and the people — same two-offering pattern as the Levites' dedication.

Leviticus 14:19 uses the same sin and burnt offering pair for cleansing a leper — parallel purification ritual.

Leviticus 14:22 allows two pigeons for a poor leper — still the same sin and burnt offering pair.

Leviticus 16:6 describes the high priest's own sin offering for atonement, mirroring the same ritual used for the Levites here.

Leviticus 16:11 also details the high priest's sin offering for himself, paralleling the sin offering made for the Levites in this verse.

Leviticus 16:16-19 uses the same sin offering to atone for the sanctuary, extending the purification principle applied to the Levites here.

Leviticus 16:21 features hand-laying on a goat for sin transfer on Atonement, a different use of the same ritual gesture.

Leviticus 5:7 prescribes one sin and one burnt offering for the poor, the same two-offering structure as here.

Leviticus 4:35 details a common person's sin offering — same procedure and atonement purpose.