Numbers 18:6
And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel: to you they are given as a gift for the LORD, to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.
KJV
Ego dedi vobis fratres vestros Levitas de medio filiorum Israël, et tradidi donum Domino, ut serviant in ministeriis tabernaculi ejus.
Vulgate
καὶ ἐγὼ εἴληφα τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς ὑμῶν τοὺς Λευείτας ἐκ μέσου υἱῶν Ἰσραήλ, δόμα δεδομένον Κυρίῳ, λειτουργεῖν τὰς λειτουργίας τῆς σκηνῆς τοῦ μαρτυρίου·
LXX
And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel: to you they are a gift, given unto Jehovah, to do the service of the tent of meeting.
ASV
וַ/אֲנִ֗י הִנֵּ֤ה לָקַ֨חְתִּי֙ אֶת אֲחֵי/כֶ֣ם הַ/לְוִיִּ֔ם מִ/תּ֖וֹךְ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל לָ/כֶ֞ם מַתָּנָ֤ה נְתֻנִים֙ לַֽ/יהוָ֔ה לַ/עֲבֹ֕ד אֶת עֲבֹדַ֖ת אֹ֥הֶל מוֹעֵֽד
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
16 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Ezek 44:11 — Yet they shall be ministers in my sanctuary, having charge at the gates of the house, and ministering to the house: they shall slay the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall
- Num 3:9 — And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons: they are wholly given unto him out of the children of Israel.
- Num 3:12 — And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine;
- Num 3:12 — And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine;
- Num 3:45 — 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.
- Num 8:14 — Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine.
- Num 18:21 — And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, even the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.