Numbers 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.
KJV
Tolle Levitas pro primogenitis filiorum Israël, et pecora Levitarum pro pecoribus eorum, eruntque Levitæ mei. Ego sum Dominus.
Vulgate
Λάβετε τοὺς Λευείτας ἀντὶ πάντων τῶν πρωτοτόκων τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραήλ, καὶ τὰ κτήνη τῶν Λευειτῶν ἀντὶ τῶν κτηνῶν αὐτῶν, καὶ ἔσονται ἐμοὶ οἱ Λευεῖται· ἐγὼ Κύριος.
LXX
Take the Levites instead of all the first-born among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I am Jehovah.
ASV
קַ֣ח אֶת הַ/לְוִיִּ֗ם תַּ֤חַת כָּל בְּכוֹר֙ בִּ/בְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְ/אֶת בֶּהֱמַ֥ת הַ/לְוִיִּ֖ם תַּ֣חַת בְּהֶמְתָּ֑/ם וְ/הָיוּ לִ֥/י הַ/לְוִיִּ֖ם אֲנִ֥י יְהוָֽה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Mal 2:5 — My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before my name.
- 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 3:41 — And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I am the LORD) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the ch
- Num 8:14 — Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine.
- Num 8:16 — 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.
- Num 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.