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14 In this way you must ·set apart [separate] the Levites from the other ·Israelites [L sons/T children of Israel]; the Levites will be mine.

15 “Make the Levites pure [C in a ritual sense], and ·present [elevate] them as an offering so that they may come to work at the Meeting Tent. 16 They will be given completely to me from the ·Israelites [L sons/T children of Israel]; I have taken them for myself instead of ·the firstborn of every Israelite woman [L those who open the womb, the firstborn of all the sons/T children of Israel].

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14 In this way you are to set the Levites apart from the other Israelites, and the Levites will be mine.(A)

15 “After you have purified the Levites and presented them as a wave offering,(B) they are to come to do their work at the tent of meeting.(C) 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,(D) the first male offspring(E) from every Israelite woman.

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