Numbers 3:12 - Catholic Public Domain Version

"I have taken the Levites from the sons of Israel. For the Levites, and all the firstborn who open the womb among the sons of Israel, shall be mine.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Behold, I have taken the Levites from among the Israelites instead of every firstborn who opens the womb among the Israelites; and the Levites shall be Mine,

American Standard Version (1901)

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:

Common English Bible

I claim the Levites from the Israelites in place of all the oldest males who open an Israelite womb. The Levites are mine

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

I have taken the Levites from the children of Israel, for every firstborn that openeth the womb among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine.

English Standard Version 2016

“Behold, I have taken the Levites from among the people of Israel instead of every firstborn who opens the womb among the people of Israel. The Levites shall be mine,

Numbers 3:12 Cross References

Exodus 13:2

"Sanctify to me every firstborn which opens the womb among the sons of Israel, as much of men as of cattle. For they are all mine."

Numbers 18:6

I have given your brothers, the Levites, to you from the midst of the sons of Israel, and I have delivered them as a gift to the Lord, in order to serve in the ministries of his tabernacle.

Numbers 3:11

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

Numbers 3:41

And you shall bring the Levites to me, in place of all the firstborn of the sons of Israel, and you shall bring their cattle to me, in place of all the firstborn of the cattle of the sons of Israel. I am the Lord."

Numbers 3:45

"Take the Levites, in place of the firstborn of the sons of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites, in place of their cattle, and so the Levites shall be mine. I am the Lord.

Numbers 8:14

and you shall separate them from the midst of the sons of Israel, so that they may be for me.

Numbers 8:16

I have accepted them in place of the firstborn which open every womb in Israel.

Numbers 8:18

And I have taken the Levites in place of all the firstborn of the sons of Israel.