Numbers 8:18
16 For 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.
17 For 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.
And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel.
19 And 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.
20 And 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.
Dette ble sagt til Israel i en bestemt tid, så det er lurt å lese det sammen med teksten rundt. Les gjerne versene rundt også, for sammenhengen gir ofte mer enn ett vers alene.
Sammenlign
- ÅB
- Men nå har jeg tatt levittene i stedet for alle førstefødte blant Israels barn.
- OTB
- Jeg har tatt levittene i stedet for hver førstefødt blant israelittene.
- B1930
- Men nu har jeg tatt levittene i stedet for alle førstefødte blandt Israels barn.
- BSB
- But I have taken the Levites in place of all the firstborn among the sons of Israel.
- KJV
- And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel.
- WEB
- I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel.
- ASV
- And I have taken the Levites instead of all the first-born among the children of Israel.
- DARBY
- And I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel.
- BLB
- And I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn of the sons of Israel.