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”
Numbers 3:11-13
American Standard Version
11 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 12 And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the first-born that openeth the womb among the children of Israel; and the Levites shall be mine: 13 for all the first-born are mine; on the day that I smote all the first-born in the land of Egypt I hallowed unto me all the first-born in Israel, both man and beast; mine they shall be: I am Jehovah.
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