Numbers 8:18 - Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition

¹⁸ But now I have chosen these Levites as substitutes for the first-born sons,

Tuilleadh leaganacha

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ And I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn of the Israelites.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ And I have taken the Levites instead of all the first-born among the children of Israel.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ I have taken the Levites in place of all the oldest among the Israelites.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ And I have taken the Levites in place of all the firstborn of the sons of Israel.

Numbers 8:18 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 48:14

But before Jacob gave them his blessing, he crossed his arms, putting his right hand on the head of Ephraim and his left hand on the head of Manasseh.

Numbers 3:9

They are assigned to help Aaron and his sons,

Numbers 8:17

When I killed the oldest sons of the Egyptians, I decided that the first-born sons in each Israelite family would be mine, as well as every first-born male from their flocks and herds.

Numbers 8:19

and I have given them as gifts to Aaron and his sons to serve at the sacred tent. I will hold them responsible for what happens to anyone who gets too close to the sacred tent.