OET interlinear NUM 8:12

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: translate-symaction

וְ⁠הַ⁠לְוִיִּם֙ יִסְמְכ֣וּ אֶת־יְדֵי⁠הֶ֔ם עַ֖ל רֹ֣אשׁ הַ⁠פָּרִ֑ים

and,the,Levites lay DOM hands_of,their on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in head of,the_young_bulls

To lay hands on the bulls was a symbolic action by which the Levites could have shown: (1) that the bulls were substitutes for the Levites. Alternate translation: [And the Levites shall lay their hands on the head of the bulls to designate the bulls as their substitutes] (2) that the bulls were being dedicated to God. Alternate translation: [And the Levites shall lay their hands on the head of the bulls to dedicate them to God]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וַ֠⁠עֲשֵׂה

and,offer

This is a command addressed to Moses. Yahweh could be indicating that: (1) Moses should have the priest make the offerings. Alternate translation: [and have a priest make] (2) Moses should make the offerings himself. Alternate translation: [and you must make]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

לְ⁠כַפֵּ֖ר עַל־הַ⁠לְוִיִּֽם

to,make_atonement on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in the,Levites

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of atonement, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [to redeem the Levites and restore them to Yahweh]