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


In Context

15 And afterwards they shall enter into the tabernacle of the covenant, to serve me. And thus shalt thou purify and consecrate them for an oblation of the Lord: for as a gift they were given me by the children of Israel.

16 I have taken them instead of the firstborn that open every womb in Israel,

17 For all the firstborn of the children of Israel, both of men and of beasts, are mine. From the day that I slew every firstborn in the land of Egypt, have I sanctified them to myself:

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

19 And have delivered them for a gift to Aaron and his sons out of the midst of the people, to serve me for Israel in the tabernacle of the covenant, and to pray for them, lest there should be a plague among the people, if they should presume to approach unto my sanctuary.

20 And Moses and Aaron and all the multitude of the children of Israel did with the Levites all that the Lord had commanded Moses:

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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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