“And they shall be Mine,” said יהוה of hosts, “on the day that I prepare a treasured possession. And I shall spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him.
Numbers 8:14 - The Scriptures 2009 “Thus you shall separate the Lĕwites from among the children of Yisra’ĕl, and the Lĕwites shall be Mine. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the Israelites, and the Levites shall be Mine [in a very special sense]. American Standard Version (1901) Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel; and the Levites shall be mine. Common English Bible You will separate the Levites from the Israelites, and the Levites will be mine. Catholic Public Domain Version and you shall separate them from the midst of the sons of Israel, so that they may be for me. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And shalt separate them from the midst of the children of Israel, to be mine. |
“And they shall be Mine,” said יהוה of hosts, “on the day that I prepare a treasured possession. And I shall spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him.
“And see, I Myself have taken your brothers the Lĕwites from the midst of the children of Yisra’ĕl – a gift to you, given by יהוה, to do the service of the Tent of Appointment.
“Now look, I Myself have taken the Lĕwites from among the children of Yisra’ĕl instead of every first-born who opens the womb among the children of Yisra’ĕl. And the Lĕwites shall be Mine,
“Take the Lĕwites instead of all the first-born among the children of Yisra’ĕl, and the livestock of the Lĕwites instead of their livestock. And the Lĕwites shall be Mine, I am יהוה.
“And you shall give the Lĕwites to Aharon and his sons. They are the given ones, given to him from among the children of Yisra’ĕl.
“Speak to the children of Yisra’ĕl, and say to them, ‘When a man or woman does separate, by making a vow of a Nazirite, to be separate to יהוה,
“And you shall have the Lĕwites stand before Aharon and his sons, and then wave them, a wave offering to יהוה.
“For all the first-born among the children of Yisra’ĕl are Mine, both man and beast. On the day that I struck all the first-born in the land of Mitsrayim I set them apart unto Myself.
Sha’ul, a servant of יהושע Messiah, a called emissary, separated to the Good News of Elohim,
But when it pleased Elohim, who separated me from my mother’s womb and called me by His favour,
At that time יהוה separated the tribe of Lĕwi to bear the ark of the covenant of יהוה, to stand before יהוה, to serve Him, and to bless in His Name, to this day.
For it was fitting that we should have such a High Priest – kind, innocent, undefiled, having been separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens,