Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 589 [e] וַאֲנִ֞י wa-’ă-nî and I Conj-w | Pro-1cs 2009 [e] הִנֵּ֧ה hin-nêh behold Interjection 3947 [e] לָקַ֣חְתִּי lā-qaḥ-tî have taken V-Qal-Perf-1cs 853 [e] אֶת־ ’eṯ- - DirObjM 3881 [e] הַלְוִיִּ֗ם hal-wî-yim, the Levites Art | N-proper-mp 8432 [e] מִתּוֹךְ֙ mit-tō-wḵ from among Prep-m | N-msc 1121 [e] בְּנֵ֣י bə-nê the sons N-mpc 3478 [e] יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל yiś-rā-’êl, of Israel N-proper-ms 8478 [e] תַּ֧חַת ta-ḥaṯ instead Prep 3605 [e] כָּל־ kāl- of every N-msc 1060 [e] בְּכ֛וֹר bə-ḵō-wr firstborn N-ms 6363 [e] פֶּ֥טֶר pe-ṭer who opens N-msc 7358 [e] רֶ֖חֶם re-ḥem the womb N-ms 1121 [e] מִבְּנֵ֣י mib-bə-nê among the sons Prep-m | N-mpc 3478 [e] יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל yiś-rā-’êl; of Israel N-proper-ms 1961 [e] וְהָ֥יוּ wə-hā-yū Therefore shall be Conj-w | V-Qal-ConjPerf-3cp   לִ֖י lî Mine Prep | 1cs 3881 [e] הַלְוִיִּֽם׃ hal-wî-yim. the Levite Art | N-proper-ms

New American Standard Bible
"Now, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the sons of Israel instead of every firstborn, the first issue of the womb among the sons of Israel. So the Levites shall be Mine.

King James Bible
And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine;

Holman Christian Standard Bible
See, I have taken the Levites from the Israelites in place of every firstborn Israelite from the womb. The Levites belong to Me,

When God miraculously destroyed all the first-born of the Egyptians, he spared those of the Israelites; and, in commemoration of that event, he was pleased to appoint that all the first-born males 'should be set apart unto himself.' God is here pleased to relinquish this claim, and to appoint the whole tribe of Levi to attend his immediate service in their stead.

Numbers 3:41,45 And you shall take the Levites for me (I am the LORD) instead of …

Numbers 8:16,18 For they are wholly given to me from among the children of Israel; …

Numbers 18:6 And I, behold, I have taken your brothers the Levites from among …

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