Numbers 18:6 - Revised Standard Version

⁶ And behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the people of Israel; they are a gift to you, given to the Lord, to do the service of the tent of meeting.

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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

For behold, I will bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life from under heaven; everything that is on the earth shall die.

Genesis 9:9

“Behold, I establish my covenant with you and your descendants after you,

Exodus 14:17

And I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they shall go in after them, and I will get glory over Pharaoh and all his host, his chariots, and his horsemen.

Exodus 31:6

And behold, I have appointed with him Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; and I have given to all able men ability, that they may make all that I have commanded you:

Isaiah 48:15

I, even I, have spoken and called him, I have brought him, and he will prosper in his way.

Isaiah 51:12

“I, I am he that comforts you; who are you that you are afraid of man who dies, of the son of man who is made like grass,

Ezekiel 34:11

“For thus says the Lord God: Behold, I, I myself will search for my sheep, and will seek them out.

Ezekiel 34:20

“Therefore, thus says the Lord God to them: Behold, I, I myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.

Numbers 3:12

“Behold, I have taken the Levites from among the people of Israel instead of every first-born that opens the womb among the people of Israel. The Levites shall be mine,

Numbers 3:13

for all the first-born are mine; on the day that I slew all the first-born in the land of Egypt, I consecrated for my own all the first-born in Israel, both of man and of beast; they shall be mine: I am the Lord.”

Numbers 3:45

“Take the Levites instead of all the first-born among the people of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I am the Lord.

Numbers 3:6

“Bring the tribe of Levi near, and set them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister to him.

Numbers 3:9

And you shall give the Levites to Aaron and his sons; they are wholly given to him from among the people of Israel.