‘Consecrate every firstborn male to me, the firstborn from every womb among the Israelites, both man and domestic animal; it is mine.’
Numbers 3:12 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised ‘See, I have taken the Levites from the Israelites in place of every firstborn Israelite from the womb. The Levites belong to me, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 "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 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. |
‘Consecrate every firstborn male to me, the firstborn from every womb among the Israelites, both man and domestic animal; it is mine.’
Look, I have selected your fellow Levites from the Israelites as a gift for you, assigned by the Lord to work at the tent of meeting.
You are to take the Levites for me #– #I am the Lord #– #in place of every firstborn among the Israelites, and the Levites’ cattle in place of every firstborn among the Israelites’ cattle.’
‘Take the Levites in place of every firstborn among the Israelites, and the Levites’ cattle in place of their cattle. The Levites belong to me; I am the Lord.
In this way you are to separate the Levites from the rest of the Israelites so that the Levites will belong to me.
For they have been exclusively assigned to me from the Israelites. I have taken them for myself in place of all who come first from the womb, every Israelite firstborn.
But I have taken the Levites in place of every firstborn among the Israelites.