Numbers 3:12

Webster's Bible (1833)

"Behold, 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; and the Levites shall be mine:

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Referenced Verses

  • Num 3:41 : 41 You shall take the Levites for me (I am Yahweh) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the cattle of the children of Israel."
  • Num 8:16 : 16 For they are wholly given to me from among the children of Israel; instead of all who open the womb, even the firstborn of all the children of Israel, I have taken them to me.
  • Num 8:18 : 18 I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel.
  • Num 18:6 : 6 I, behold, I have taken your brothers the Levites from among the children of Israel: to you they are a gift, given to Yahweh, to do the service of the tent of meeting.
  • Num 3:45 : 45 "Take 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 Yahweh.
  • Exod 13:2 : 2 "Sanctify to me all of the firstborn, whatever opens the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of animal. It is mine."

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  • Num 3:44-46
    3 verses
    91%

    44Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

    45"Take 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 Yahweh.

    46For the redemption of the two hundred seventy-three of the firstborn of the children of Israel, who exceed the number of the Levites,

  • Num 8:13-20
    8 verses
    90%

    13You shall set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them as a wave offering to Yahweh.

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

    15"After that, the Levites shall go in to do the service of the Tent of Meeting: and you shall cleanse them, and offer them as a wave offering.

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

    17For 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.

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

    19I 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 near to the sanctuary."

    20Thus did Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel, to the Levites. According to all that Yahweh commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so the children of Israel did to them.

  • Num 3:40-42
    3 verses
    88%

    40Yahweh said to Moses, "Number all the firstborn males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names.

    41You shall take the Levites for me (I am Yahweh) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the cattle of the children of Israel."

    42Moses numbered, as Yahweh commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel.

  • Num 3:13-15
    3 verses
    86%

    13for all the firstborn are mine. On the day that I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I made holy to me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and animal. They shall be mine. I am Yahweh."

    14Yahweh spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,

    15"Number the children of Levi by their fathers' houses, by their families: every male from a month old and upward shall you number."

  • Exod 13:1-2
    2 verses
    82%

    1Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

    2"Sanctify to me all of the firstborn, whatever opens the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of animal. It is mine."

  • Num 3:11
    80%

    11Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Num 18:6
    78%

    6I, behold, I have taken your brothers the Levites from among the children of Israel: to you they are a gift, given to Yahweh, to do the service of the tent of meeting.

  • Exod 13:12
    76%

    12that you shall set apart to Yahweh all that opens the womb, and every firstborn which you have that comes from an animal. The males shall be Yahweh's.

  • Num 3:9
    75%

    9You shall give the Levites to Aaron and to his sons. They are wholly given to him on the behalf of the children of Israel.

  • Num 18:23-25
    3 verses
    75%

    23But the Levites shall do the service of the tent of meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations; and among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.

    24For the tithe of the children of Israel, which they offer as a heave-offering to Yahweh, I have given to the Levites for an inheritance: therefore I have said to them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.

    25Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Num 18:21
    75%

    21To the children of Levi, behold, I have given all the tithe in Israel for an inheritance, in return for their service which they serve, even the service of the tent of meeting.

  • Num 3:49-51
    3 verses
    74%

    49Moses took the redemption money from those who exceeded the number of those who were redeemed by the Levites;

    50from the firstborn of the children of Israel he took the money, one thousand three hundred sixty-five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:

    51and Moses gave the redemption money to Aaron and to his sons, according to the word of Yahweh, as Yahweh commanded Moses.

  • Num 18:14-15
    2 verses
    74%

    14Everything devoted in Israel shall be yours.

    15Everything that opens the womb, of all flesh which they offer to Yahweh, both of man and animal shall be yours: nevertheless the firstborn of man shall you surely redeem, and the firstborn of unclean animals shall you redeem.

  • Exod 34:19
    74%

    19All that opens the womb is mine; and all your cattle that is male, the firstborn of cow and sheep.

  • Deut 10:9
    74%

    9Therefore Levi has no portion nor inheritance with his brothers; Yahweh is his inheritance, according as Yahweh your God spoke to him.)

  • Num 8:6
    74%

    6"Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them.

  • Num 2:33
    72%

    33But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel; as Yahweh commanded Moses.

  • Exod 13:15
    72%

    15and it happened, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that Yahweh killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of animal. Therefore I sacrifice to Yahweh all that opens the womb, being males; but all the firstborn of my sons I redeem.'

  • Num 8:11
    72%

    11and Aaron shall offer the Levites before Yahweh for a wave offering, on the behalf of the children of Israel, that it may be theirs to do the service of Yahweh.

  • Deut 18:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1The priests the Levites, [even] all the tribe of Levi, shall have no portion nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of Yahweh made by fire, and his inheritance.

    2They shall have no inheritance among their brothers: Yahweh is their inheritance, as he has spoken to them.

  • Lev 20:26
    71%

    26You shall be holy to me: for I, Yahweh, am holy, and have set you apart from the peoples, that you should be mine.

  • Lev 27:26
    71%

    26"'Only the firstborn among animals, which is made a firstborn to Yahweh, no man may dedicate it; whether an ox or sheep, it is Yahweh's.

  • Deut 18:5
    71%

    5For Yahweh your God has chosen him out of all your tribes, to stand to minister in the name of Yahweh, him and his sons for ever.

  • Exod 19:5
    71%

    5Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice, and keep my covenant, then you shall be my own possession from among all peoples; for all the earth is mine;

  • Isa 66:21
    71%

    21Of them also will I take for priests [and] for Levites, says Yahweh.

  • Num 3:6
    71%

    6"Bring the tribe of Levi near, and set them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister to him.

  • Num 1:48
    71%

    48For Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Josh 13:33
    71%

    33But to the tribe of Levi Moses gave no inheritance: Yahweh, the God of Israel, is their inheritance, as he spoke to them.

  • Lev 25:55
    71%

    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 Yahweh your God.

  • Num 31:30
    71%

    30Of the children of Israel's half, you shall take one drawn out of every fifty, of the persons, of the oxen, of the donkeys, and of the flocks, [even] of all the cattle, and give them to the Levites, who keep the charge of the tent of Yahweh.