Numbers 3:41 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I am the LORD) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

You shall take the Levites for Me instead of all the firstborn among the Israelites. I am the Lord; and you shall take the cattle of the Levites for Me instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the Israelites.

American Standard Version (1901)

And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I am Jehovah) instead of all the first-born among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel.

Common English Bible

Take the Levites for me, in place of all the oldest sons of the Israelites, for I am the LORD, and the cattle of the Levites in place of all the oldest cattle of the Israelites.

Catholic Public Domain Version

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."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And thou shalt take the Levites to me for all the firstborn of the children of Israel, I am the Lord. And their cattle for all the firstborn of the cattle of the children of Israel.

Numbers 3:41 Cross References

Numbers 18:15

Everything that opens the womb of all flesh, whether man or beast, which they offer to the Lord, shall be yours; nevertheless the first-born of man you shall redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts you shall redeem.

Numbers 3:12

“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,

Numbers 3:13

for all the first-born are mine; on the day that I slew all the first-born in the land of Egypt, I consecrated for my own all the first-born in Israel, both of man and of beast; they shall be mine: I am the Lord.”

Numbers 3:42

So Moses numbered all the first-born among the people of Israel, as the Lord commanded him.

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 8:16

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.

Matthew 20:28

even as the Son of man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

1 Timothy 2:6

who gave himself as a ransom for all, the testimony to which was borne at the proper time.