Verse 16
Numbers 8:16
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For they are wholly given unto me from among the children of Israel; instead of all that openeth the womb, even the firstborn of all the children of Israel, have I taken them unto me.
Original Language Text
hebrew
כִּי֩ נְתֻנִ֨ים נְתֻנִ֥ים הֵ֨מָּה֙ לִ֔/י מִ/תּ֖וֹךְ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל תַּחַת֩ פִּטְרַ֨ת כָּל רֶ֜חֶם בְּכ֥וֹר כֹּל֙ מִ/בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לָקַ֥חְתִּי אֹתָ֖/ם לִֽ/י
English Translation
For they are given to me from among the children of Israel, under the redemption of every womb, the firstborn of all the children of Israel, I have taken them for myself.
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Chapter 8 Context
1
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light i...
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And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof so as to give light in front of the candlestick, as t...
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And this was the work of the candlestick, beaten work of gold; unto the base thereof, and unto the f...
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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them.
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And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them: sprinkle the water of expiation upon them, and le...
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Then let them take a young bullock, and its meal offering, fine flour mingled with oil, and another...
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And thou shalt present the Levites before the tent of meeting: and thou shalt assemble the whole con...
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and thou shalt present the Levites before the LORD: and the children of Israel shall lay their hands...
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and Aaron shall offer the Levites before the LORD for a wave offering, on the behalf of the children...
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And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bullocks: and offer thou the one for a s...
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And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them for a wave offering...
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Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be min...
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And after that shall the Levites go in to do the service of the tent of meeting: and thou shalt clea...
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For they are wholly given unto me from among the children of Israel; instead of all that openeth the...
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For all the firstborn among the children of Israel are mine, both man and beast: on the day that I s...
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And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, t...
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Thus did Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the Levites: acc...
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And the Levites purified themselves from sin, and they washed their clothes; and Aaron offered them...
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And after that went the Levites in to do their service in the tent of meeting before Aaron, and befo...
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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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This is that which belongeth unto the Levites: from twenty and five years old and upward they shall...
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and from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the work, and shall serve no more;
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but shall minister with their brethren in the tent of meeting, to keep the charge, and shall do no s...
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