Verse 18

Numbers 8:18

Literal Standard Version

18 and I take the Levites instead of every firstborn among the sons of Israel.

Original Language Text

hebrew

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

English Translation

And I took the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel.

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Chapter 8 Context

1 And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying, Focus ↗

2 “Speak to Aaron, and you have said to him: In your causing the lights to go up, the seven lights giv... Focus ↗

3 And Aaron does so; he has caused its lights to go up toward the front of the face of the lampstand,... Focus ↗

4 And this is the work of the lampstand: beaten work of gold; from its thigh to its flower it is beate... Focus ↗

5 And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying, Focus ↗

6 “Take the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel, and you have cleansed them. Focus ↗

7 And thus you do to them to cleanse them: sprinkle waters of atonement on them, and they have caused... Focus ↗

8 and have taken a bullock, a son of the herd, and its present, flour mixed with oil, and you take a s... Focus ↗

9 and you have brought the Levites near before the Tent of Meeting, and you have assembled all the con... Focus ↗

10 and you have brought the Levites near before YHWH, and the sons of Israel have laid their hands on t... Focus ↗

11 and Aaron has waved the Levites as a wave-offering before YHWH, from the sons of Israel, and they ha... Focus ↗

12 And the Levites lay their hands on the head of the bullocks, and make one a sin-offering and one a b... Focus ↗

13 And you have caused the Levites to stand before Aaron, and before his sons, and have waved them as a... Focus ↗

14 and you have separated the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel, and the Levites have become... Focus ↗

15 and afterward the Levites come in to serve the Tent of Meeting, and you have cleansed them, and have... Focus ↗

16 For they are certainly given to Me out of the midst of the sons of Israel, instead of him who opens... Focus ↗

17 for every firstborn among the sons of Israel is Mine, among man and among beast; in the day of My st... Focus ↗

18 and I take the Levites instead of every firstborn among the sons of Israel.

19 And I give the Levites as gifts to Aaron and to his sons, from the midst of the sons of Israel, to d... Focus ↗

20 And Moses does—Aaron also, and all the congregation of the sons of Israel—to the Levites according t... Focus ↗

21 And the Levites cleanse themselves, and wash their garments, and Aaron waves them as a wave-offering... Focus ↗

22 and afterward the Levites have gone in to do their service in the Tent of Meeting, before Aaron and... Focus ↗

23 And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying, Focus ↗

24 “This is who is for the Levites: from a son of twenty-five years and upward he goes in to serve the... Focus ↗

25 and from a son of fifty years he returns from the host of the service, and does not serve anymore, Focus ↗

26 and he has ministered with his brothers in the Tent of Meeting, to keep the charge, and does not do... Focus ↗

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