Numbers 3:12

3:12 “Look, ¹  I myself have taken the Levites from among the Israelites instead of ²  every firstborn who opens the womb among the Israelites. So the Levites belong to me,

Numbers 16:33

16:33 They and all that they had went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed over them. So they perished from among the community.

Numbers 18:6

18:6 I myself have chosen ³  your brothers the Levites from among the Israelites. They are given to you as a gift from the Lord, to perform the duties ⁴  of the tent of meeting.

Numbers 25:7

25:7 When Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, ⁵  he got up from among the assembly, took a javelin in his hand,

Numbers 27:4

27:4 Why should the name of our father be lost from among his family because he had no son? Give us a possession ⁶  among the relatives ⁷  of our father.”

¹ tn The particle הִנֵּה (hinneh) here carries its deictic force, calling attention to the fact that is being declared. It is underscoring the fact that the Lord himself chose Levi.

² tn Literally “in the place of.”

³ tn Heb “taken.”

⁴ tn The infinitive construct in this sentence is from עָבַד (’avad), and so is the noun that serves as its object: to serve the service.

⁵ tn The first clause is subordinated to the second because both begin with the preterite verbal form, and there is clearly a logical and/or chronological sequence involved.

⁷ tn That is, the possession of land, or property, among the other families of their tribe.

⁸ tn The word is “brothers,” but this can be interpreted more loosely to relatives. So also in v. 7.