Numbers 8:18
And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel.In other versions
And I have taken the Levites instead of all the first-born among the children of Israel.
ASV
And in place of the first sons among the children of Israel, I have taken the Levites.
BBE
And I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel.
DBY
I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel.
WEB
and I take the Levites instead of every first-born among the sons of Israel:
YLT
And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel.
ENG
And I have taken the Levites for all the first-born of the children of Israel.
WBT
But I have taken the Levites in place of all the firstborn among the sons of Israel.
BSB
In context
16For 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.
17For all the firstborn of the children of Israel are mine, both man and beast: on the day that I smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for myself.
18And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel.
19And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of the congregation, and to make an atonement for the children of Israel: that there be no plague among the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come nigh unto the sanctuary.
20And Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel, did to the Levites according unto all that the LORD commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did the children of Israel unto them.
People in this verse
- Israel