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
Common English Bible
11 The Lord spoke to Moses: 12 I claim the Levites from the Israelites in place of all the oldest males who open an Israelite womb. The Levites are mine 13 because all the oldest males are mine. When I killed all the oldest males in the land of Egypt, I reserved for myself all the oldest males in Israel, both humans and animals. They are mine; I am the Lord.
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