◄ Numbers 18:6 ►
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Good News Translation
I am the one who has chosen your relatives the Levites from among the Israelites as a gift to you. They are dedicated to me, so that they can carry out their duties in the Tent.

New Revised Standard Version
It is I who now take your brother Levites from among the Israelites; they are now yours as a gift, dedicated to the LORD, to perform the service of the tent of meeting.

Contemporary English Version
I alone chose the Levites from all the other tribes to belong to me, and I have given them to you as your helpers.

New American Bible
I hereby take your kinsmen, the Levites, from among the Israelites; they are a gift to you, dedicated to the LORD for the labor they perform for the tent of meeting.

Douay-Rheims Bible
I have given you your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel, and have delivered them for a gift to the Lord, to serve in the ministries of the tabernacle.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

I have given you your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel, and have delivered them for a gift to the Lord, to serve in the ministries of the tabernacle.

and I.

Genesis 6:17 Behold, I will bring the waters of a great flood upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life under heaven. All things that are in the earth shall be consumed.

Genesis 9:9 Behold I will establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you:

Exodus 14:17 And I will harden the heart of the Egyptians to pursue you: and I will be glorified in Pharao, and in all his host, and in his chariots and in his horsemen.

Exodus 31:6 And I have given him for his companion Ooliab, the son of Achisamech, of the tribe of Dan. And I have put wisdom in the heart of every skilful man, that they may make all things which I have commanded thee,

Isaiah 48:15 I, even I have spoken and called him: I have brought him, and his way is made prosperous.

Isaiah 51:12 I myself will comfort you: who art thou, that thou shouldst be afraid of a mortal man, and of the son of man, who shall wither away like grass?

Ezekiel 34:11,20 For thus saith the Lord God: Behold I myself will seek my sheep, and will visit them. . . .

I have

Numbers 3:12,45 I have taken the Levites from the children of Israel, for every firstborn that openeth the womb among the children of Israel, and the Levites shall be mine. . . .

given

Numbers 3:9 And thou shalt give the Levites for a gift,

Numbers 8:16-19 I have taken them instead of the firstborn that open every womb in Israel, . . .

Context
Duties of Priests and Levites
…5Watch ye in the charge of the sanctuary, and in the ministry of the altar: lest indignation rise upon the children of Israel. 6I have given you your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel, and have delivered them for a gift to the Lord, to serve in the ministries of the tabernacle.7But thou and thy sons look ye to the priesthood: and all things that pertain to the service of the altar, and that are within the veil, shall be executed by the priests. If any stranger shall approach, he shall be slain.…
Cross References
Numbers 3:9
And thou shalt give the Levites for a gift,

Numbers 3:12
I have taken the Levites from the children of Israel, for every firstborn that openeth the womb among the children of Israel, and the Levites shall be mine.

Numbers 3:45
Take the Levites for the firstborn of the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites for their cattle, and the Levites shall be mine. I am the Lord.

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