You are to redeem the firstborn of a donkey with a lamb. If you will not redeem it, then you must break its neck. You are to redeem all the firstborn of your sons. No one is to appear before me empty.
Numbers 3:45 - Y'all Version Bible “Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites instead of their livestock. The Levites belong to me; I am YHWH. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I am the LORD. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Take the Levites [for Me] instead of all the firstborn Israelites, and the Levites' cattle instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be Mine. I am the Lord. American Standard Version (1901) Take the Levites instead of all the first-born among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I am Jehovah. Common English Bible Take the Levites in place of all the oldest Israelites and the cattle of the Levites in place of their cattle. The Levites are mine; I am the LORD. Catholic Public Domain Version "Take the Levites, in place of the firstborn of the sons of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites, in place of their cattle, and so the Levites shall be mine. I am the Lord. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Take the Levites for the firstborn of the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites for their cattle: and the Levites shall be mine. I am the Lord. |
You are to redeem the firstborn of a donkey with a lamb. If you will not redeem it, then you must break its neck. You are to redeem all the firstborn of your sons. No one is to appear before me empty.
Y’all will know that I have sent this commandment to y’all, so that my covenant with Levi may continue,” says YHWH Almighty.
Look, I have selected y’all’s brothers the Levites from among the children of Israel. They are a gift to y’all, dedicated to YHWH, to do the service of the Tent of Meeting.
“See, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn who open the womb among the children of Israel. So Levites will belong to me,
For they are given-given to me from among the children of Israel. I have taken them to me instead of from those who open the womb, the firstborn of all the children of Israel.