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Numbers 3:12

NETBible	“Look,¹ I myself have taken the Levites from among the Israelites instead of² every firstborn who opens the womb among the Israelites. So the Levites belong to me,
NIV © biblegateway Num 3:12	"I have taken the Levites from among the Israelites in place of the first male offspring of every Israelite woman. The Levites are mine,
NASB © biblegateway Num 3:12	"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.
NLT © biblegateway Num 3:12	"I have chosen the Levites from among the Israelites as substitutes for all the firstborn sons of the people of Israel. The Levites are mine
MSG © biblegateway Num 3:12	"I have taken the Levites from among the People of Israel as a stand-in for every Israelite mother's firstborn son. The Levites belong to me.
BBE © SABDAweb Num 3:12	See, I have taken the Levites out of the children of Israel to be mine in place of the first sons of the children of Israel;
NRSV © bibleoremus Num 3:12	I hereby accept the Levites from among the Israelites as substitutes for all the firstborn that open the womb among the Israelites. The Levites shall be mine,
NKJV © biblegateway Num 3:12	"Now behold, I Myself have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of every firstborn who opens the womb among the children of Israel. Therefore the Levites shall be Mine,
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KJV	And I, behold, I have taken <03947> (8804) the Levites <03881> from among <08432> the children <01121> of Israel <03478> instead of all the firstborn <01060> that openeth <06363> the matrix <07358> among the children <01121> of Israel <03478>_: therefore the Levites <03881> shall be mine;
NASB © biblegateway Num 3:12	"Now, behold <02009> , I have taken <03947> the Levites <03881> from among <08432> the sons <01121> of Israel <03478> instead <08478> of every <03605> firstborn <01060> , the first <06363> issue <06363> of the womb <07358> among <04480> the sons <01121> of Israel <03478> . So the Levites <03881> shall be Mine.
LXXM	kai <2532> CONJ egw <1473> P-NS idou <2400> INJ eilhfa <2983> V-RAI-1S touv <3588> T-APM leuitav <3019> N-APM ek <1537> PREP mesou <3319> A-GSM twn <3588> T-GPM uiwn <5207> N-GPM israhl <2474> N-PRI anti <473> PREP pantov <3956> A-GSM prwtotokou <4416> A-GSM dianoigontov <1272> V-PAPGS mhtran <3388> N-ASF para <3844> PREP twn <3588> T-GPM uiwn <5207> N-GPM israhl <2474> N-PRI lutra <3083> N-APN autwn <846> D-GPM esontai <1510> V-FMI-3P kai <2532> CONJ esontai <1510> V-FMI-3P emoi <1473> P-DS oi <3588> T-NPM leuitai <3019> N-NPM
NET [draft] ITL	“Look <02009> , I myself <0589> have taken <03947> the Levites <03881> from among <08432> the Israelites <03478> <01121> instead <08478> of every <03605> firstborn <01060> who opens <06363> the womb <07358> among the Israelites <03478> <01121> . So the Levites <03881> belong <01961> to me,
HEBREW	Mywlh <03881> yl <0> wyhw <01961> larvy <03478> ynbm <01121> Mxr <07358> rjp <06363> rwkb <01060> lk <03605> txt <08478> larvy <03478> ynb <01121> Kwtm <08432> Mywlh <03881> ta <0853> ytxql <03947> hnh <02009> ynaw (3:12) <0589>

NETBible

“Look,¹ I myself have taken the Levites from among the Israelites instead of² every firstborn who opens the womb among the Israelites. So the Levites belong to me,

NET Notes

¹tn 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.

²tn Literally “in the place of.”