18And I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel.


In Context

15 And afterwards shall the Levites come in to do the service of the tent of meeting. And thou shalt cleanse them, and offer them as a wave-offering.

16 For they are wholly given unto me from among the children of Israel; instead of every one that breaketh open the womb, instead of every firstborn among the children of Israel, have I taken them unto me.

17 For all the firstborn among the children of Israel are mine, both of man and beast; on the day that I smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt, I hallowed them to myself.

18 And I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel.

19 And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons, from among the children of Israel, to perform 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 draw near to the sanctuary.

20 And Moses and Aaron, and all the assembly of the children of Israel, did to the Levites according to all that Jehovah had commanded Moses concerning the Levites: so did the children of Israel to them.

Numbers 8:18 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:18And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:18And I have taken the Levites in place of all the firstborn sons in Israel.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:18And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:18And I have taken the Levites instead of all the first-born among the children of Israel.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:18And I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:18And I have taken the Levites for all the first-born of the children of Israel.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:18I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:18and I take the Levites instead of every first-born among the sons of Israel:

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:18And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel.