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Numbers 8:16

American Standard Version

For they are wholly given unto me from among the children of Israel; instead of all that openeth the womb, even the first-born of all the children of Israel, have I taken them unto me.

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Numbers 8:16 in other translations

For they are wholly given to me from among the children of Israel; instead of all who open the womb, even the firstborn of all the children of Israel, I have taken them to me.

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Numbers 8:16 in context

  1. 14Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel; and the Levites shall be mine.
  2. 15And after that shall the Levites go in to do the service of the tent of meeting: and thou shalt cleanse them, and offer them for a wave-offering.
  3. 16For they are wholly given unto me from among the children of Israel; instead of all that openeth the womb, even the first-born of all the children of Israel, have I taken them unto me.
  4. 17For all the first-born among the children of Israel are mine, both man and beast: on the day that I smote all the first-born in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for myself.
  5. 18And I have taken the Levites instead of all the first-born among the children of Israel.