Numbers 8:18
What does Numbers 8:18 mean?
A plain-English look at Numbers 8:18 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And I have taken the Levites instead of all the first-born among the children of Israel.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And I have taken the Levites instead of all the first-born among the children of Israel.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And in place of the first sons among the children of Israel, I have taken the Levites.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and I take the Levites instead of every first-born among the sons of Israel:
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel:
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel.
Context
v.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.
v.18This passage
v.19And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tent of meeting, and to make atonement for the children of Israel; that there be no plague among the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come nigh unto the sanctuary.
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