Numbers 3:11-13
World English Bible
11 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 12 “Behold,[a] I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn who open the womb among the children of Israel; and the Levites shall be mine, 13 for all the firstborn are mine. On the day that I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I made holy to me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and animal. They shall be mine. I am Yahweh.”
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- 3:12 “Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.
Numbers 3:11-13
Lexham English Bible
11 Yahweh spoke to Moses saying, 12 “I myself receive the Levites from the midst of the Israelites[a] in the place of all the firstborn of the offspring of the womb from the Israelites.[b] The Levites will be mine 13 because all the firstborn are mine; on the day of my killing all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I consecrated for myself all the firstborn in Israel, both humankind and animal;[c] they will be mine. I am Yahweh.”
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- Numbers 3:12 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
- Numbers 3:12 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
- Numbers 3:13 Literally “from humankind to animal”
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