41 (A)And you shall take the Levites for Me—I am the Lord—instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the livestock of the children of Israel.”

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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)

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12 “Now behold, (A)I Myself have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of every firstborn who opens the womb among the children of Israel. Therefore the Levites shall be (B)Mine,

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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)

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45 (A)“Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites instead of their livestock. The Levites shall be Mine: I am the Lord.

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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.(A) I am the Lord.(B)

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(A)who gave Himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time,

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who gave himself as a ransom(A) for all people. This has now been witnessed to(B) at the proper time.(C)

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28 just as the Son of Man(A) did not come to be served, but to serve,(B) and to give his life as a ransom(C) for many.”

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15 “Everything that first opens (A)the womb of all flesh, which they bring to the Lord, whether man or beast, shall be yours; nevertheless (B)the firstborn of man you shall surely redeem, and the firstborn of unclean animals you shall redeem.

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15 The first offspring of every womb, both human and animal, that is offered to the Lord is yours.(A) But you must redeem(B) every firstborn(C) son and every firstborn male of unclean animals.(D)

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16 For they are (A)wholly given to Me from among the children of Israel; I have taken them for Myself (B)instead of all who open the womb, the firstborn of all the children of Israel.

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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.

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26 then Moses stood in the entrance of the camp, and said, “Whoever is on the Lord’s side—come to me!” And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together to him. 27 And he said to them, “Thus says the Lord God of Israel: ‘Let every man put his sword on his side, and go in and out from entrance to entrance throughout the camp, and (A)let every man kill his brother, every man his companion, and every man his neighbor.’ ” 28 So the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses. And about three thousand men of the people fell that day. 29 (B)Then Moses said, [a]“Consecrate yourselves today to the Lord, that He may bestow on you a blessing this day, for every man has opposed his son and his brother.”

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 32:29 Lit. Fill your hand

26 So he stood at the entrance to the camp and said, “Whoever is for the Lord, come to me.” And all the Levites rallied to him.

27 Then he said to them, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘Each man strap a sword to his side. Go back and forth through the camp from one end to the other, each killing his brother and friend and neighbor.’”(A) 28 The Levites did as Moses commanded, and that day about three thousand of the people died. 29 Then Moses said, “You have been set apart to the Lord today, for you were against your own sons and brothers, and he has blessed you this day.”

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Then he sent young men of the children of Israel, who offered (A)burnt offerings and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen to the Lord. And Moses (B)took half the blood and put it in basins, and half the blood he sprinkled on the altar.

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Then he sent young Israelite men, and they offered burnt offerings(A) and sacrificed young bulls as fellowship offerings(B) to the Lord. Moses(C) took half of the blood(D) and put it in bowls, and the other half he splashed(E) against the altar.

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