Numbers 3:12 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

“Behold, I have taken the Levites from among the people of Israel instead of every first-born that opens the womb among the people of Israel. The Levites 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

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.

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.

Numbers 3:12 Cross References

Exodus 13:2

“Consecrate to me all the first-born; whatever is the first to open the womb among the people of Israel, both of man and of beast, is mine.”

Numbers 18:6

And behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the people of Israel; they are a gift to you, given to the Lord, to do the service of the tent of meeting.

Numbers 3:11

And the Lord said to Moses,

Numbers 3:41

And you shall take the Levites for me—I am the Lord—instead of all the first-born among the people of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the people of Israel.”

Numbers 3:45

“Take the Levites instead of all the first-born among the people of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I am the Lord.

Numbers 8:14

“Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the people of Israel, and the Levites shall be mine.

Numbers 8:16

For they are wholly given to me from among the people of Israel; instead of all that open the womb, the first-born of all the people of Israel, I have taken them for myself.

Numbers 8:18

and I have taken the Levites instead of all the first-born among the people of Israel.