Numbers 8:18 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹⁸ But I have taken the Levites in place of every firstborn among the Israelites.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ And I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn of the Israelites.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ And I have taken the Levites instead of all the first-born among the children of Israel.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ I have taken the Levites in place of all the oldest among the Israelites.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ And I have taken the Levites in place of all the firstborn of the sons of Israel.

Numbers 8:18 Cross References

Genesis 48:14

But Israel stretched out his right hand and put it on the head of Ephraim, the younger, and crossing his hands, put his left on Manasseh’s head, although Manasseh was the firstborn.

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 3:9

Assign the Levites to Aaron and his sons; they have been assigned exclusively to him  from the Israelites.

Numbers 8:17

For every firstborn among the Israelites is mine, both man and animal. I consecrated them to myself  on the day I struck down every firstborn in the land of Egypt.

Numbers 8:19

From the Israelites, I have given the Levites exclusively to Aaron and his sons to perform the work for the Israelites at the tent of meeting and to make atonement on their behalf, so that no plague will come against the Israelites when they approach the sanctuary.’