Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel: Context Cleansing the Levites…17For all the firstborn of the children of Israel, both of men and of beasts, are mine. From the day that I slew every firstborn in the land of Egypt, have I sanctified them to myself: 18And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel:19And have delivered them for a gift to Aaron and his sons out of the midst of the people, to serve me for Israel in the tabernacle of the covenant, and to pray for them, lest there should be a plague among the people, if they should presume to approach unto my sanctuary.… Cross References Numbers 8:17 For all the firstborn of the children of Israel, both of men and of beasts, are mine. From the day that I slew every firstborn in the land of Egypt, have I sanctified them to myself: Numbers 8:19 And have delivered them for a gift to Aaron and his sons out of the midst of the people, to serve me for Israel in the tabernacle of the covenant, and to pray for them, lest there should be a plague among the people, if they should presume to approach unto my sanctuary. Lexicon But I have takenוָאֶקַּח֙ (wā·’eq·qaḥ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 3947: To take the Levites הַלְוִיִּ֔ם (hal·wî·yim) Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 3881: Levites -- descendant of Levi in place of תַּ֥חַת (ta·ḥaṯ) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 8478: The bottom, below, in lieu of all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every the firstborn בְּכ֖וֹר (bə·ḵō·wr) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1060: Firstborn, chief among the sons בִּבְנֵ֥י (biḇ·nê) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son of Israel. יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc Additional Translations But I have taken the Levites in place of all the firstborn among the sons of Israel.And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel. And I have taken the Levites instead of all the first-born among the children of Israel. And I took the Levites in the place of every first-born among the children of Israel. And I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel. And I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel. And I have taken the Levites for all the first-born of the children of Israel. I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel. and I take the Levites instead of every first-born among the sons of Israel: Jump to Previous Children First Firstborn First-Born Instead Israel LevitesJump to Next Children First Firstborn First-Born Instead Israel LevitesLinks Numbers 8:18 NIVNumbers 8:18 NLT Numbers 8:18 ESV Numbers 8:18 NASB Numbers 8:18 KJV Numbers 8:18 Bible Apps Numbers 8:18 Biblia Paralela Numbers 8:18 Chinese Bible Numbers 8:18 French Bible Numbers 8:18 German Bible Alphabetical: all among And But every firstborn have I in instead Israel Levites of place sons taken the OT Law: Numbers 8:18 I have taken the Levites instead (Nu Num.) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |