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 5:4

5:4 So the Israelites did so, and expelled them outside the camp. As the Lord had spoken ³  to Moses, so the Israelites did.

Numbers 21:25

21:25 So Israel took all these cities; and Israel settled in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all its villages. ⁴ 

Numbers 36:7

36:7 In this way the inheritance of the Israelites will not be transferred ⁵  from tribe to tribe. But every one of the Israelites must retain the ancestral heritage.

[3:12]  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.

[3:12]  ² tn Literally “in the place of.”

[5:4]  ³ tn The perfect tense is here given a past perfect nuance to stress that the word of the Lord preceded the obedience.

[21:25]  ⁵ tn Heb “its daughters.”

[36:7]  ⁷ tn Heb “turned aside.”