Numbers 3:41 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁴¹ You are to take the Levites for me #– #I am the Lord  #– #in place of every firstborn among the Israelites, and the Levites’ cattle in place of every firstborn among the Israelites’ cattle.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴¹ 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

⁴¹ 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)

⁴¹ 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

⁴¹ 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

⁴¹ 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."

Numbers 3:41 Cross References

Numbers 18:15

The firstborn of every living thing, human or animal, presented to the Lord belongs to you. But you must certainly redeem a human firstborn,  and redeem the firstborn of an unclean animal.

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 3:13

because every firstborn belongs to me. At the time I struck down every firstborn in the land of Egypt,  I consecrated every firstborn in Israel to myself, both man and animal. They are mine; I am the Lord.’

Numbers 3:42

So Moses registered every firstborn among the Israelites, as the Lord commanded him.

Numbers 3:45

‘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.

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.

Matthew 20:28

just as the Son of Man did not come 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,  a testimony at the proper time.