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


In Context

15 "After you have purified the Levites and presented them as a wave offering, they are to come to do their work at the Tent of Meeting.

16 They are the Israelites who are to be given wholly to me. I have taken them as my own in place of the firstborn, the first male offspring from every Israelite woman.

17 Every firstborn male in Israel, whether man or animal, is mine. When I struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, I set them apart for myself.

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

19 Of all the Israelites, I have given the Levites as gifts to Aaron and his sons to do the work at the Tent of Meeting on behalf of the Israelites and to make atonement for them so that no plague will strike the Israelites when they go near the sanctuary."

20 Moses, Aaron and the whole Israelite community did with the Levites just as the Lord 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 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 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.