Numbers 3:45 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁴⁵ ‘Take the Levites in place of every firstborn among the Israelites, and the Levites’ cattle in place of their cattle. The Levites belong to me; I am the Lord.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴⁵ Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I am the LORD.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴⁵ Take the Levites [for Me] instead of all the firstborn Israelites, and the Levites' cattle instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be Mine. I am the Lord.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴⁵ Take the Levites instead of all the first-born among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I am Jehovah.

Common English Bible

⁴⁵ Take the Levites in place of all the oldest Israelites and the cattle of the Levites in place of their cattle. The Levites are mine; I am the LORD.

Catholic Public Domain Version

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 3:45 Cross References

Exodus 34:20

You may redeem the firstborn of a donkey with a sheep, but if you do not redeem it, break its neck.  You must redeem all the firstborn of your sons. No one is to appear before me empty-handed.

Malachi 2:4

Then you will know that I sent you this decree, so that my covenant with Levi  may continue,’ says the Lord of Armies.

Numbers 18:6

Look, I have selected your fellow Levites from the Israelites as a gift for you, assigned by the Lord to work at the tent of meeting.

Numbers 3:12

‘See, I have taken the Levites from the Israelites in place of every firstborn Israelite from the womb.  The Levites belong to me,

Numbers 3:44

The Lord spoke to Moses again:

Numbers 8:16

For they have been exclusively assigned to me from the Israelites.  I have taken them for myself in place of all who come first from the womb, every Israelite firstborn.