Numbers 8:16 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

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,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ For they are wholly given unto me from among the children of Israel; instead of such as open every womb, even instead of the firstborn of all the children of Israel, have I taken them unto me.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ For they are wholly given to Me from among the Israelites; instead of all who open the womb, the firstborn of all the Israelites, I have taken the Levites for Myself.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ For they are wholly given unto me from among the children of Israel; instead of all that openeth the womb, even the first-born of all the children of Israel, have I taken them unto me.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ They are given over to me from the Israelites in place of all the newborn, the oldest of all the Israelites. I take them for myself.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ I have accepted them in place of the firstborn which open every womb in Israel.

Numbers 8:16 Cross References

Numbers 3:12

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

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 3:9

4 And the Lord spoke to Moses in the desert of Sinai, saying:

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 3:6

1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying :

Numbers 3:13

8 The sons of Gerson: Lebni and Semei.