Numbers 8:17

KJV1611 – Modern English

For all the firstborn of the children of Israel are mine, both man and beast: on the day I struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I sanctified them to myself.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    For every firstborn among the Israelites is mine, whether human or animal. On the day I struck down every firstborn in the land of Egypt, I set them apart for myself.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    For all the firstborn of the children of Israel are mine, both man and beast: on the day that I smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for myself.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    For 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.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    For all the firstborn of the children of Israel are mine, both man and beast: on the day that I smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for myself.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    For all the fyrstborne among the childern of Israel are myne both man and beest: because the same tyme that I smote the fyrstborne in the lande of Egipte I sanctyfyde them for my selfe:

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    For euery first borne amonge the children of Israel is myne, both of men and of catell, sens the tyme that I smote all the first borne in the lande of Egipte, and sanctified them vnto myself,

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    For all the first borne of the children of Israel are mine, both of man and of beast: since the day that I smote euery first borne in the land of Egypt, I sanctified them for my selfe.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    For all the first borne of the children of Israel are mine, both man and beast: since the day that I smote euery first borne in the lande of Egypt, I sanctified them for my selfe.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    For all the firstborn of the children of Israel [are] mine, [both] man and beast: on the day that I smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for myself.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    For all the firstborn among the children of Israel are mine, both man and animal. On the day that I struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I sanctified them for myself.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    for Mine `is' every first-born among the sons of Israel, among man and among beast; in the day of my smiting every first-born in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for Myself;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    For 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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    For 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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    For every mother's first son among the children of Israel is mine, the first male birth of man or beast: on the day when I sent death on all the first sons in the land of Egypt, I made them mine.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    For all the firstborn among the children of Israel are mine, both man and animal. On the day that I struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I sanctified them for myself.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    For all the firstborn males among the Israelites are mine, both humans and animals; when I destroyed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I set them apart for myself.

Referenced Verses

  • Exod 13:2 : 2 Sanctify to me all the firstborn, whatever opens the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine.
  • Luke 2:23 : 23 (as it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord)
  • Exod 13:12-15 : 12 That you shall set apart to the LORD all that opens the womb, and every firstling that comes of a beast which you have; the males shall be the LORD'S. 13 And every firstling of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb; and if you will not redeem it, then you shall break its neck: and all the firstborn of man among your children you shall redeem. 14 And it shall be when your son asks you in time to come, saying, What is this? that you shall say to him, By strength of hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage: 15 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that the LORD slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all that opens the womb, being males; but all the firstborn of my children I redeem.
  • Exod 29:44 : 44 I will sanctify the tabernacle of meeting and the altar. I will also sanctify both Aaron and his sons to minister to me in the priest's office.
  • Lev 27:14-15 : 14 And when a man sanctifies his house to be holy to the LORD, then the priest shall estimate it, whether it is good or bad: as the priest shall estimate it, so shall it stand. 15 And if he who sanctified it will redeem his house, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of your estimation to it, and it shall be his.
  • Lev 27:26 : 26 Only the firstling of the beasts, which should be the LORD'S firstling, no man shall sanctify it; whether it be ox, or sheep: it is the LORD'S.
  • Num 3:13 : 13 Because all the firstborn are mine; for on the day that I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I hallowed unto me all the firstborn in Israel, both of man and beast: they shall be mine: I am the LORD.
  • Ps 78:51 : 51 And struck all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the dwellings of Ham:
  • Ps 105:36 : 36 He struck also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength.
  • Ps 135:8 : 8 He struck the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and beast.
  • Ezek 20:12 : 12 Moreover I also gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them.
  • John 10:36 : 36 Do you say of him whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, You blaspheme, because I said, I am the Son of God?
  • John 17:19 : 19 And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.
  • Heb 10:29 : 29 Of how much worse punishment, do you suppose, will he be thought worthy who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, counted the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified a common thing, and insulted the Spirit of grace?
  • Heb 11:28 : 28 Through faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, lest he who destroyed the firstborn should touch them.
  • Jas 1:18 : 18 Of His own will He brought us forth by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures.
  • Exod 12:29 : 29 And it came to pass at midnight that the LORD struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the dungeon, and all the firstborn of livestock.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Num 3:12-14
    3 verses
    92%

    12Behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn who open the womb among the children of Israel; therefore the Levites shall be mine;

    13Because all the firstborn are mine; for on the day that I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I hallowed unto me all the firstborn in Israel, both of man and beast: they shall be mine: I am the LORD.

    14And the LORD spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,

  • Exod 13:1-2
    2 verses
    91%

    1And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

    2Sanctify to me all the firstborn, whatever opens the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine.

  • Num 8:16
    88%

    16For they are wholly given to me among the children of Israel; instead of all who open the womb, the firstborn of all the children of Israel, I have taken them for myself.

  • Num 8:18
    84%

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

  • Exod 34:19-20
    2 verses
    81%

    19All that open the womb is mine, and every firstborn among your livestock, whether ox or sheep, that is male.

    20But the firstborn of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb, and if you do not redeem him, then you shall break his neck. All the firstborn of your sons you shall redeem. And none shall appear before me empty-handed.

  • Num 3:44-46
    3 verses
    80%

    44And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

    45Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I am the LORD.

    46And for the redemption of the two hundred and seventy-three of the firstborn of the children of Israel, who are in excess of the Levites;

  • Exod 13:15
    80%

    15And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that the LORD slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all that opens the womb, being males; but all the firstborn of my children I redeem.

  • Num 18:13-15
    3 verses
    79%

    13And whatever is first ripe in the land, which they shall bring to the LORD, shall be yours; everyone who is clean in your house shall eat of it.

    14Everything devoted in Israel shall be yours.

    15Everything that opens the womb in all flesh, which they bring to the LORD, whether it be of men or beasts, shall be yours: nevertheless the firstborn of man you shall surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts you shall redeem.

  • Num 3:40-42
    3 verses
    78%

    40And the LORD said to Moses, Count all the firstborn males of the children of Israel from a month old and above, and take the number of their names.

    41And you shall take the Levites for me (I am the LORD) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstborn cattle among the children of Israel.

    42And Moses counted, as the LORD commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel.

  • Exod 13:12-13
    2 verses
    78%

    12That you shall set apart to the LORD all that opens the womb, and every firstling that comes of a beast which you have; the males shall be the LORD'S.

    13And every firstling of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb; and if you will not redeem it, then you shall break its neck: and all the firstborn of man among your children you shall redeem.

  • Lev 27:26
    77%

    26Only the firstling of the beasts, which should be the LORD'S firstling, no man shall sanctify it; whether it be ox, or sheep: it is the LORD'S.

  • Ps 135:8
    77%

    8He struck the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and beast.

  • Exod 12:12
    77%

    12For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD.

  • Exod 12:29
    75%

    29And it came to pass at midnight that the LORD struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the dungeon, and all the firstborn of livestock.

  • Exod 11:5
    74%

    5And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant who is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of beasts.

  • Exod 22:29-30
    2 verses
    74%

    29You shall not delay to offer the first of your ripe produce and your juices. The firstborn of your sons you shall give to me.

    30Likewise you shall do with your oxen and your sheep. It shall be with its mother seven days; on the eighth day you shall give it to me.

  • Exod 4:22-23
    2 verses
    74%

    22And you shall say to Pharaoh, Thus says the LORD, Israel is my son, even my firstborn.

    23And I say to you, Let my son go, that he may serve me, and if you refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay your son, even your firstborn.

  • Num 8:14
    73%

    14Thus shall you separate the Levites from among the children of Israel, and the Levites shall be mine.

  • Num 33:4
    73%

    4For the Egyptians were burying all their firstborn, whom the LORD had struck down among them: the LORD also executed judgments upon their gods.

  • Deut 15:19
    73%

    19All the firstborn males that come of your herd and of your flock you shall sanctify to the LORD your God: you shall do no work with the firstborn of your bull, nor shear the firstborn of your sheep.

  • Num 18:17
    73%

    17But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, you shall not redeem; they are holy: you shall sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shall burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a sweet aroma to the LORD.

  • Exod 9:4
    72%

    4And the LORD will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt: and nothing shall die of all that belongs to the children of Israel.

  • Lev 25:55
    72%

    55For to me the children of Israel are servants; they are my servants whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.

  • Exod 19:5
    71%

    5Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, then you shall be a special treasure to me above all people; for all the earth is mine:

  • Lev 20:26
    71%

    26And you shall be holy to me: for I the LORD am holy, and have separated you from other people, that you should be mine.

  • Ps 50:10
    71%

    10For every beast of the forest is Mine, and the cattle on a thousand hills.

  • Lev 11:45
    70%

    45For I am the LORD who brings you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: therefore you shall be holy, for I am holy.

  • Ps 78:51
    70%

    51And struck all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the dwellings of Ham:

  • Num 3:50
    70%

    50From the firstborn of the children of Israel he took the money; one thousand three hundred and sixty-five shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary.

  • Lev 27:9
    69%

    9And if it is a beast, of which men bring an offering to the LORD, all that any man gives of such to the LORD shall be holy.

  • Exod 9:6
    69%

    6And the LORD did that thing the next day, and all the cattle of Egypt died: but of the cattle of the children of Israel not one died.

  • Lev 18:2
    69%

    2Speak to the children of Israel and say to them, I am the LORD your God.

  • Exod 12:1
    69%

    1And the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,

  • Lev 19:2
    69%

    2Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say to them, You shall be holy, for I the LORD your God am holy.

  • Lev 22:33
    69%

    33Who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the LORD.

  • Exod 12:14
    68%

    14And this day shall be to you a memorial; and you shall keep it as a feast to the LORD throughout your generations; you shall keep it as a feast by an ordinance forever.

  • Ps 105:36
    68%

    36He struck also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength.