Numbers 3:9 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁹ You shall give the Levites to Aaron and his descendants; they are unreservedly given to him from among the Israelites.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons: they are wholly given unto him out of the children of Israel.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ And you shall give the Levites [as servants and helpers] to Aaron and his sons; they are wholly given to him from among the Israelites.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons: they are wholly given unto him on the behalf of the children of Israel.

Common English Bible

⁹ You will give the Levites to Aaron and his sons. They have been assigned as a gift to him from the Israelites.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ And you shall give the Levites as a gift to Aaron and his sons; for they have been delivered to them by the sons of Israel.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁹ And thou shalt give the Levites for a gift,

Numbers 3:9 Cross References

1 Chronicles 15:2

Then David commanded that no one but the Levites were to carry the ark of God, for the Lord had chosen them to carry the ark of the Lord and to minister to him forever.

1 Chronicles 6:33

These are the men who served, and their sons were: Of the Kohathites: Heman, the singer, son of Joel, son of Samuel,

Ezra 2:43

The temple servants: the descendants of Ziha, Hasupha, Tabbaoth,

Ezra 6:18

Then they set the priests in their divisions and the Levites in their courses for the service of God at Jerusalem, as it is written in the book of Moses.

Ezra 8:20

besides two hundred twenty of the temple servants, whom David and his officials had set apart to attend the Levites. These were all mentioned by name.

Numbers 16:9

Is it too little for you that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel to allow you to approach him in order to perform the duties of the Lord’s tabernacle and to stand before the congregation and serve them?

Numbers 18:2

So bring with you also your brothers of the tribe of Levi, your ancestral tribe, in order that they may be joined to you and serve you while you and your sons with you are in front of the tent of the covenant.

Numbers 3:8

they shall be in charge of all the furnishings of the tent of meeting and attend to the duties for the Israelites as they do service at the tabernacle.

Numbers 8:14

“Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the other Israelites, and the Levites shall be mine.

Numbers 8:16

For they are unreservedly given to me from among the Israelites; I have taken them for myself, in place of all that open the womb, the firstborn of all the Israelites.

Numbers 8:18

but I have taken the Levites in place of all the firstborn among the Israelites.

Numbers 8:19

Moreover, I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and his sons from among the Israelites, to do the service for the Israelites at the tent of meeting and to make atonement for the Israelites, in order that there may be no plague among the Israelites for coming too close to the sanctuary.”

Ephesians 4:11

He himself granted that some are apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers

Ephesians 4:8

Therefore it is said, “When he ascended on high, he made captivity itself a captive; he gave gifts to his people.”