Numbers 3:12
New International Version
12 “I have taken the Levites(A) from among the Israelites in place of the first male offspring(B) of every Israelite woman. The Levites are mine,(C)
Numbers 3:12
King James Version
12 And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine;
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Numbers 3:41-45
New International Version
41 Take the Levites for me in place of all the firstborn of the Israelites,(A) and the livestock of the Levites in place of all the firstborn of the livestock of the Israelites. I am the Lord.”(B)
42 So Moses counted all the firstborn of the Israelites, as the Lord commanded him. 43 The total number of firstborn males a month old or more,(C) listed by name, was 22,273.(D)
44 The Lord also said to Moses, 45 “Take the Levites in place of all the firstborn of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites in place of their livestock. The Levites are to be mine.(E) I am the Lord.(F)
Numbers 3:41-45
King James Version
41 And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I am the Lord) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel.
42 And Moses numbered, as the Lord commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel.
43 And all the firstborn males by the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those that were numbered of them, were twenty and two thousand two hundred and threescore and thirteen.
44 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
45 Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I am the Lord.
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Numbers 8:14
New International Version
14 In this way you are to set the Levites apart from the other Israelites, and the Levites will be mine.(A)
Numbers 8:14
King James Version
14 Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine.
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Numbers 8:16-18
New International Version
16 They are the Israelites who are to be given wholly to me. I have taken them as my own in place of the firstborn,(A) the first male offspring(B) from every Israelite woman. 17 Every firstborn male in Israel, whether human or animal,(C) is mine. When I struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, I set them apart for myself.(D) 18 And I have taken the Levites in place of all the firstborn sons in Israel.(E)
Numbers 8:16-18
King James Version
16 For they are wholly given unto me from among the children of Israel; instead of such as open every womb, even instead of the firstborn of all the children of Israel, have I taken them unto me.
17 For all the firstborn of the children of Israel are mine, both man and beast: on the day that I smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for myself.
18 And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel.
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Numbers 18:6
New International Version
6 I myself have selected your fellow Levites from among the Israelites as a gift to you,(A) dedicated to the Lord to do the work at the tent of meeting.(B)
Numbers 18:6
King James Version
6 And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel: to you they are given as a gift for the Lord, to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.
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