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Numbers 8:18

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

KJV

et tuli Levitas pro cunctis primogenitis filiorum Israël,

Vulgate

καὶ ἔλαβον τοὺς Λευείτας ἀντὶ παντὸς πρωτοτόκου ἐν υἱοῖς Ἰσραήλ.

LXX

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

ASV

וָ/אֶקַּח֙ אֶת הַ/לְוִיִּ֔ם תַּ֥חַת כָּל בְּכ֖וֹר בִּ/בְנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בְּכ֣וֹר
bkvr
noun · 118×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
ו
v
noun · 505×
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yshr'l
proper_noun · 2486×
יִּקַּ֣ח
yqch
verb · 963×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
לְוִיִּ֔ם
lvym
noun · 286×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 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;