And (A)you shall give the Levites to Aaron and his sons; they are (B)wholly given to him from among the people of Israel.

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Give the Levites to Aaron and his sons;(A) they are the Israelites who are to be given wholly to him.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 3:9 Most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text; some manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, Samaritan Pentateuch and Septuagint (see also 8:16) to me

19 (A)And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and his sons from among the people of Israel, to do the service for the people of Israel at the tent of meeting and (B)to make atonement for the people of Israel, (C)that there may be no plague among the people of Israel when the people of Israel come near the sanctuary.”

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19 From among all the Israelites, I have given the Levites as gifts to Aaron and his sons(A) to do the work at the tent of meeting on behalf of the Israelites(B) and to make atonement for them(C) so that no plague will strike the Israelites when they go near the sanctuary.”

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