Numbers 8:14
12 And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bullocks: and thou shalt offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, unto the LORD, to make an atonement for the Levites.
13 And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them for an offering unto the LORD.
Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine.
15 And after that shall the Levites go in to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt cleanse them, and offer them for an offering.
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.
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.
Compare
- 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
And they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.
Read in contextNumbers 18:6
And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel: to you they are given as a gift for the LORD, to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.
Read in contextNumbers 3:45
Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I am the LORD.
Read in contextGalatians 1:15
But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me by his grace,
Read in contextRomans 1:1
Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,
Read in contextNumbers 3:12
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;
Read in contextNumbers 8:17
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.
Read in contextNumbers 6:2
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When either man or woman shall separate themselves to vow a vow of a Nazarite, to separate themselves unto the LORD:
Read in context