Numbers 8:16 - Hebrew Names version (HNV)

For they are wholly given to me from among the children of Yisra'el; instead of all who open the womb, even the firstborn of all the children of Yisra'el, I have taken them to me.

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King 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.

Numbers 8:16 Tagairtí Cros

Exodus 13:2

*Sanctify to me all of the firstborn, whatever opens the womb among the children of Yisra'el, both of man and of animal. It is mine.*

Numbers 3:12

*Behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Yisra'el instead of all the firstborn who open the womb among the children of Yisra'el; and the Levites shall be mine:

Numbers 3:13

for all the firstborn are mine. On the day that I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I made holy to me all the firstborn in Yisra'el, both man and animal. They shall be mine. I am the LORD.*

Numbers 3:45

*Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Yisra'el, and the livestock of the Levites instead of their livestock; and the Levites shall be mine. I am the LORD.

Numbers 3:6

*Bring the tribe of Levi near, and set them before Aharon the Kohen, that they may minister to him.

Numbers 3:9

You shall give the Levites to Aharon and to his sons. They are wholly given to him on the behalf of the children of Yisra'el.