Cleansing the Levites
Numbers 8:18
In 11 translations
- 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.
- LSV
- and I take the Levites instead of every firstborn among the sons of Israel.
- YLT
- and I take the Levites instead of every first-born among the sons of Israel:
- DBY
- And I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel.
- DRC
- And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel:
- GNV
- And I haue taken the Leuites for all the first borne of the children of Israel,
- JPS
- And I have taken the Levites instead of all the first-born among the children of Israel.
- LXXE
- And I took the Levites in the place of every first-born among the children of Israel.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- וָאֶקַּח֙ אֶת־הַלְוִיִּ֔ם תַּ֥חַת כָּל־בְּכ֖וֹר בִּבְנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
- LXX-Br
- καὶ ἔλαβον τοὺς Λευίτας ἀντὶ παντὸς πρωτοτόκου ἐν υἱοῖς Ἰσραήλ.
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
SubstitutionBirthrightJacobFirst Born, TheFirstbornLevites, ThePriests and LevitesCriticismPriestLevites
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