“Consecrate to me all the firstborn. Whatever is the first to open the womb among the people of Israel, both of man and of beast, is mine.”
Numbers 8:16 - English Standard Version 2016 For they are wholly given to me from among the people of Israel. Instead of all who open the womb, the firstborn of all the people of Israel, I have taken them for myself. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 I have accepted them in place of the firstborn which open every womb in Israel. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version I have taken them instead of the firstborn that open every womb in Israel. |
“Consecrate to me all the firstborn. Whatever is the first to open the womb among the people of Israel, both of man and of beast, is mine.”
“Behold, I have taken the Levites from among the people of Israel instead of every firstborn who opens the womb among the people of Israel. The Levites shall be mine,
for all the firstborn are mine. On the day that I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I consecrated for my own all the firstborn in Israel, both of man and of beast. They shall be mine: I am the Lord.”
“Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the people of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle. The Levites shall be mine: I am the Lord.
“Bring the tribe of Levi near, and set them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister to him.
And you shall give the Levites to Aaron and his sons; they are wholly given to him from among the people of Israel.