Numbers 18:6 - Easy To Read Version

⁶ I myself chose the Levite people from among all the people of Israel. They are like a gift to you. I gave them to you to serve the Lord and work in the Meeting Tent. [234]

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel: to you they are given as a gift for the LORD, to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the Israelites; to you they are a gift, given to the Lord, to do the [menial] service of the Tent of Meeting.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel: to you they are a gift, given unto Jehovah, to do the service of the tent of meeting.

Common English Bible

⁶ I have taken your brothers, the Levites, from the Israelites. They are a gift to you, dedicated to the LORD to perform the service of the meeting tent.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ I have given your brothers, the Levites, to you from the midst of the sons of Israel, and I have delivered them as a gift to the Lord, in order to serve in the ministries of his tabernacle.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶ I have given you your brethren, the Levites, from among the children of Israel, and have delivered them for a gift to the Lord, to serve in the ministries of the tabernacle.

Numbers 18:6 Cross References

Genesis 6:17

“Understand what I am telling you. I will bring a great flood of water on the earth. I will destroy all living things that live under heaven. Everything on the earth will die.

Genesis 9:9

“I now make my promise to you and to your people who will live after you.

Exodus 14:17

I have made the Egyptians brave, so they will chase you. But I will show you that I am more powerful than Pharaoh and all of his horses and chariots.

Exodus 31:6

I have also chosen Oholiab to work with him. Oholiab is the son of Ahisamach from the family group of Dan. And I have given skills to all the other workers so they can make all the things that I have commanded you:

Isaiah 48:15

\{The Lord says,\}\par “I told you I would call him. {\cf2\super [414]} \par And I will bring him!\par I will make him succeed!\par

Isaiah 51:12

The Lord says,\par “I am the One who comforts you.\par So why should you be afraid of people?\par They are only people that live and die.\par They are only humans—\par they die the same as grass.”\par

Ezekiel 34:11

The Lord my Master says, “I, myself, will be their Shepherd. I will search for my sheep. I will look out for them.

Ezekiel 34:20

So the Lord my Master says to them: “I, myself, will judge between the fat sheep and the thin sheep!

Numbers 3:12

“{I told you that every family of Israel must give their firstborn [31] son to me}—but now I am choosing the Levites to serve me. They will be mine. So all the other people of Israel will not have to give their firstborn sons to me.

Numbers 3:13

“When you were in Egypt, I killed all the firstborn [32] children of the Egyptians. At that time, I took all of the firstborn children of Israel to be mine. All of the firstborn children and all the firstborn animals are mine. {But now I am giving your firstborn children back to you, and I am making the Levites mine.} I am the Lord.”

Numbers 3:45

“I, the Lord, give this command: ‘Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn [45] men from the other families of Israel. And I will take the animals of the Levites instead of the animals of the other people. The Levites are mine.

Numbers 3:6

“Bring all the men from Levi’s family group. Bring them to Aaron the priest. Those men will be Aaron’s helpers.

Numbers 3:9

“Give the Levites to Aaron and his sons. The Levites were chosen from all the people of Israel to help Aaron and his sons.