Numbers 8:16 - Good News Translation (US Version)

¹⁶ I have claimed them in the place of all the first-born sons of the Israelites, and they belong to me alone.

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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 all the first-born males to me, for every first-born male Israelite and every first-born male animal belongs to me.”

Numbers 3:12

“The Levites are now to be mine. When I killed all the first-born of the Egyptians, I consecrated as my own the oldest son of each Israelite family and the first-born of every animal. Now, instead of having the first-born sons of Israel as my own, I have the Levites; they will belong to me. I am the Lord.”

Numbers 3:45

“Now dedicate the Levites as mine in place of all the first-born Israelite sons, and dedicate the livestock of the Levites in place of the first-born of the Israelites' livestock.

Numbers 3:6

“Bring forward the tribe of Levi and appoint them as servants of Aaron the priest.

Numbers 3:9

The only responsibility the Levites have is to serve Aaron and his sons.