Numbers 8:16 - Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition

¹⁶ They are mine and will take the place of the first-born Israelite sons.

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.

Catholic Public Domain Version

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

Numbers 8:16 Tagairtí Cros

Exodus 13:2

“Dedicate to me the first-born son of every family and the first-born males of your flocks and herds. These belong to me.”

Numbers 3:45

“The Levites will belong to me and will take the place of the first-born sons; their livestock will take the place of the Israelites' first-born livestock.

Numbers 3:6

Assign the Levi tribe to Aaron the priest. They will be his assistants

Numbers 3:9

They are assigned to help Aaron and his sons,