“And thou shalt bring the Levites before the Lord: and the children of Israel shall put their hands upon the Levites:”
When you present the Levites before the LORD, the Israelites shall lay their hands on the Levites — the laying on of hands (semichat yad) signifies identification and transference. Each Israelite who lays a hand transfers his or her identification onto the Levite, making the Levite the representative before God for that individual or family. This gesture embodies the principle that the Levites substitute for the firstborn.
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