Numbers 3:12 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

¹² 7 And there were found sons of Levi by their names, Gerson and Caath and Merari.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² 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

¹² 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)

¹² 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

¹² 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

¹² "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

¹² 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

And when the Lord shall have brought thee into the land of the Chanaanite, and the Hethite, and the Amorrhite, and the Hevite, and the Jebusite, which he swore to thy fathers that he would give thee, a land that floweth with milk and honey, thou shalt celebrate this manner of sacred rites in this month.

Numbers 18:6

1 But the firstfruits, which the children of Israel shall vow and offer, I have given to thee, and to thy sons, and to thy daughters, by a perpetual law. He that is clean in thy house, shall eat them.

Numbers 3:11

6 Moses numbered them as the Lord had commanded.

Numbers 3:41

6 But for the price of the two hundred and seventy-three, of the firstborn of the children of Israel, that exceed the number of the Levites,

Numbers 3:45

0 For the firstborn of the children of Israel, one thousand three hundred and sixty-five sicles, according to the weight of the sanctuary,

Numbers 8:14

9 And have delivered them for a gift to Aaron and his sons out of the midst of the people, to serve me for Israel in the tabernacle of the covenant, and to pray for them, lest there should be a plague among the people, if they should presume to approach unto my sanctuary.

Numbers 8:16

1 And they were purified, and washed their garments. And Aaron lifted them up in the sight of the Lard, and prayed for them,

Numbers 8:18

3 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: