Numbers 8:18
“And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Numbers 8:18 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
And I have taken the Levites instead of all the first-born among the children of Israel.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Und ich habe die Leviten genommen anstatt aller Erstgeborenen unter den Kindern Israel;
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Y he tomado los Levitas en lugar de todos los primogénitos en los hijos de Israel.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
E tomei os levitas em lugar de todos os primogênitos nos filhos de Israel.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Eu tomei os levitas dentre o povo de Israel em lugar de todo o primogênito.
📖 Numbers 8:18 in Context
16For 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.
17For 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.
18And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel.
19And 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.
20And 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.
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