Devine Scripture

Numbers 8:18

Numbers chapter 8 · verse 18 in three public-domain English translations with scriptural context

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And I have taken the Levites instead of all the first-born among the children of Israel.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And I have taken the Levites instead of all the first-born 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.