Numbers 8:16 - Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ I have accepted them in place of the firstborn which open every womb in Israel.

Tuilleadh leaganacha

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ 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

¹⁶ 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)

¹⁶ 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

¹⁶ 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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ I have taken them instead of the firstborn that open every womb in Israel.

English Standard Version 2016

¹⁶ 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.

Numbers 8:16 Tagairtí Cros

Exodus 13:2

"Sanctify to me every firstborn which opens the womb among the sons of Israel, as much of men as of cattle. For they are all mine."

Numbers 3:12

"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.

Numbers 3:13

For every firstborn is mine. From the time that I struck the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I have sanctified for myself whatever is born first in Israel. From man, even to beast, they are mine. I am the Lord."

Numbers 3:45

"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.

Numbers 3:6

"Bring forward the tribe of Levi, and cause them to stand in the sight of Aaron the priest, in order to minister to him. And let them keep watch outside,

Numbers 3:9

And you shall give the Levites as a gift to Aaron and his sons; for they have been delivered to them by the sons of Israel.