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Numbers 3:12

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12“See, I have taken the Levites from the Israelites in place of every firstborn Israelite from the womb.i The Levites belong to me,

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Cross references

  1. iEx 13:1–2; 32:26–29; Nm 3:6,12–13,40–43; 8:16–18; 18:1

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“Behold, I have taken the Levites from among the people of Israel instead of every firstborn who opens the womb among the people of Israel. The Levites shall be mine,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“I have taken the Levites from among the Israelites in place of the first male offspring of every Israelite woman. The Levites are mine,

NLTNew Living Translation

“Look, I have chosen the Levites from among the Israelites to serve as substitutes for all the firstborn sons of the people of Israel. The Levites belong to me,

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“I myself receive the Levites from the midst of the Israelites in the place of all the firstborn of the offspring of the womb from the Israelites. The Levites will be mine

KJV 1900King James Version

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;