And I have taken
laqach  (law-kakh')
to take (in the widest variety of applications)

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the Levites
Leviyiy  (lay-vee-ee')
a Levite or descendant of Levi -- Leviite.

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for all the firstborn
bkowr  (bek-ore')
firstborn; hence, chief -- eldest (son), firstborn(-ling).

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of the children
ben  (bane)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc.

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of Israel
Yisra'el  (yis-raw-ale')
he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.New American Standard Bible
"But I have taken the Levites instead of every firstborn among the sons of Israel.

King James Bible
And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But I have taken the Levites in place of every firstborn among the Israelites.

International Standard Version
taking the descendants of Levi instead of every firstborn of the Israelis.

NET Bible
So I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn sons among the Israelites.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
So I have taken the Levites as substitutes for all the firstborn sons of the Israelites.

King James 2000 Bible
And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel.Numbers 8:18
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