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Numbers 8:14

Israel

12 And the Levites are to lay their hands on the heads of the bulls, and offer to the LORD one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, to make atonement for the Levites.

13 You are to have the Levites stand before Aaron and his sons and then present them before the LORD as a wave offering.

In this way you shall separate the Levites from the rest of the Israelites, and the Levites will belong to Me.

15 After you have cleansed them and presented them as a wave offering, they may come to serve at the Tent of Meeting.

16 For the Levites have been wholly given to Me from among the sons of Israel. I have taken them for Myself in place of all who come first from the womb, the firstborn of all the sons of Israel.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
In this way you shall separate the Levites from the rest of the Israelites, and the Levites will belong to Me.
KJV
Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine.
WEB
Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the children of Israel, and the Levites shall be mine.
ASV
Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel; and the Levites shall be mine.
DARBY
And thou shalt separate the Levites from among the children of Israel, that the Levites may be mine.
BLB
And you shall separate the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel, and the Levites shall be unto Me.
ÅB
Slik skal du skille levittene ut blant Israels barn, og levittene skal høre meg til.
OTB
På denne måten skal du skille levittene fra de andre israelittene, og levittene skal være mine.
B1930
Således skal du skille levittene ut blandt Israels barn, og levittene skal høre mig til.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Malachi 3:17

    “They will be Mine,” says the LORD of Hosts, “on the day when I prepare My treasured possession. And I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him.

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  • Numbers 18:6

    Behold, I Myself have selected your fellow Levites from the Israelites as a gift to you, dedicated to the LORD to perform the service for the Tent of Meeting.

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  • Numbers 3:45

    “Take the Levites in place of all the firstborn of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites in place of their livestock. The Levites belong to Me; I am the LORD.

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  • Galatians 1:15

    But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by His grace, was pleased

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  • Romans 1:1

    Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, and set apart for the gospel of God—

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  • Numbers 3:12

    “Behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel in place of every firstborn Israelite from the womb. The Levites belong to Me,

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  • Numbers 8:17

    For every firstborn male in Israel is Mine, both man and beast. I set them apart for Myself on the day I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt.

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  • Numbers 6:2

    “Speak to the Israelites and tell them that if a man or woman makes a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite, to separate himself to the LORD,

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