Numbers 8:16

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

`For they are certainly given to Me out of the midst of the sons of Israel, instead of him who openeth any womb -- the first-born of all -- from the sons of Israel I have taken them to Myself;

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Referenced Verses

  • Num 3:12 : 12 `And I, lo, I have taken the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel instead of every first-born opening a womb among the sons of Israel, and the Levites have been Mine;
  • Num 3:45 : 45 `Take the Levites instead of every first-born among the sons of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites have been Mine; I `am' Jehovah.
  • Num 3:9 : 9 and thou hast given the Levites to Aaron and to his sons; they are surely given to him out of the sons of Israel.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Num 8:17-19
    3 verses
    90%

    17for 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;

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

    19`And I give the Levites gifts to Aaron and to his sons, from the midst of the sons of Israel, to do the service of the sons of Israel in the tent of meeting, and to make atonement for the sons of Israel, and there is no plague among the sons of Israel in the sons of Israel's drawing nigh unto the sanctuary.'

  • Num 3:11-14
    4 verses
    88%

    11And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

    12`And I, lo, I have taken the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel instead of every first-born opening a womb among the sons of Israel, and the Levites have been Mine;

    13for Mine `is' every first-born, in the day of My smiting every first-born in the land of Egypt I have sanctified to Myself every first-born in Israel, from man unto beast; Mine they are; I `am' Jehovah.'

    14And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,

  • Num 3:44-46
    3 verses
    84%

    44And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

    45`Take the Levites instead of every first-born among the sons of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites have been Mine; I `am' Jehovah.

    46`And `from' those ransomed of the two hundred and seventy and three (who are more than the Levites) of the first-born of the sons of Israel,

  • Exod 13:1-2
    2 verses
    84%

    1And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

    2`Sanctify to Me every first-born, opening any womb among the sons of Israel, among man and among beast; it `is' Mine.'

  • Num 3:40-42
    3 verses
    83%

    40And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Number every first-born male of the sons of Israel from a son of a month and upward, and take up the number of their names;

    41and thou hast taken the Levites for Me (I `am' Jehovah), instead of every first-born among the sons of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of every firstling among the cattle of the sons of Israel.'

    42And Moses numbereth, as Jehovah hath commanded him, all the first-born among the sons of Israel.

  • Exod 34:19-20
    2 verses
    79%

    19`All opening a womb `are' Mine, and every firstling of thy cattle born a male, ox or sheep;

    20and the firstling of an ass thou dost ransom with a lamb; and if thou dost not ransom, then thou hast beheaded it; every first-born of thy sons thou dost ransom, and they do not appear before Me empty.

  • Num 18:11-15
    5 verses
    78%

    11`And this `is' thine: the heave-offering of their gift, to all the wave-offerings of the sons of Israel, to thee I have given them, and to thy sons, and to thy daughters with thee, by a statute age-during; every clean one in thy house doth eat it;

    12all the best of the oil, and all the best of the new wine, and wheat -- their first-`fruits' which they give to Jehovah -- to thee I have given them.

    13`The first-fruits of all that `is' in their land, which they bring in to Jehovah, are thine; every clean one in thy house doth eat it;

    14every devoted thing in Israel is thine,

    15every one opening a womb of all flesh which they bring near to Jehovah, among man and among beast, is thine; only, thou dost certainly ransom the first-born of man, and the firstling of the unclean beast thou dost ransom.

  • Num 8:14-15
    2 verses
    78%

    14and thou hast separated the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel, and the Levites have become Mine;

    15and afterwards do the Levites come in to serve the tent of meeting, and thou hast cleansed them, and hast waved them -- a wave-offering.

  • Exod 13:12-13
    2 verses
    78%

    12that thou hast caused every one opening a womb to pass over to Jehovah, and every firstling -- the increase of beasts which thou hast: the males `are' Jehovah's.

    13`And every firstling of an ass thou dost ransom with a lamb, and if thou dost not ransom `it', then thou hast beheaded it: and every first-born of man among thy sons thou dost ransom.

  • Exod 13:15
    76%

    15yea, it cometh to pass, when Pharaoh hath been pained to send us away, that Jehovah doth slay every first-born in the land of Egypt, from the first-born of man even unto the first-born of beast; therefore I am sacrificing to Jehovah all opening a womb who `are' males, and every first-born of my sons I ransom;

  • Num 18:6
    75%

    6`And I, lo, I have taken your brethren the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel; to you a gift they are given by Jehovah, to do the service of the tent of meeting;

  • Exod 22:29-30
    2 verses
    73%

    29`Thy fulness and thy liquids thou dost not delay; the first-born of thy sons thou dost give to Me;

    30so thou dost to thine ox, to thy sheep; seven days it is with its dam, on the eighth day thou dost give it to Me.

  • Lev 27:26
    73%

    26`Only, a firstling which is Jehovah's firstling among beasts -- no man doth sanctify it, whether ox or sheep; it `is' Jehovah's.

  • Num 3:49-50
    2 verses
    73%

    49And Moses taketh the ransom money from those over and above those ransomed by the Levites;

    50from the first-born of the sons of Israel he hath taken the money, a thousand and three hundred and sixty and five -- by the shekel of the sanctuary;

  • Num 3:9
    73%

    9and thou hast given the Levites to Aaron and to his sons; they are surely given to him out of the sons of Israel.

  • Num 8:6
    72%

    6`Take the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel, and thou hast cleansed them.

  • Num 18:24
    72%

    24but the tithe of the sons of Israel which they lift up to Jehovah, a heave-offering, I have given to the Levites for inheritance; therefore I have said of them, In the midst of the sons of Israel they have no inheritance.'

  • Num 18:21
    71%

    21and to the sons of Levi, lo, I have given all the tenth in Israel for inheritance in exchange for their service which they are serving -- the service of the tent of meeting.

  • Exod 4:22
    71%

    22and thou hast said unto Pharaoh, Thus said Jehovah, My son, My first-born `is' Israel,

  • Num 18:8
    71%

    8And Jehovah speaketh unto Aaron: `And I, lo, I have given to thee the charge of My heave-offerings, of all the hallowed things of the sons of Israel -- to thee I have given them for the anointing, and to thy sons, by a statute age-during.

  • Lev 7:34
    71%

    34`For the breast of the wave-offering, and the leg of the heave-offering, I have taken from the sons of Israel, from the sacrifices of their peace-offerings, and I give them to Aaron the priest, and to his sons, by a statute age-during, from the sons of Israel.'

  • Ezek 20:26
    71%

    26And I defile them by their own gifts, By causing to pass away every opener of a womb, So that I make them desolate, So that they know that I `am' Jehovah.

  • Lev 25:55
    70%

    55For to Me `are' the sons of Israel servants; My servants they `are', whom I have brought out of the land of Egypt; I, Jehovah, `am' your God.

  • Num 18:17-18
    2 verses
    70%

    17`Only, the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, thou dost not ransom, holy they `are': their blood thou dost sprinkle on the altar, and of their fat thou makest perfume, a fire-offering of sweet fragrance to Jehovah,

    18and their flesh is thine, as the breast of the wave-offering, and as the right leg, it is thine;

  • Num 7:5
    70%

    5`Receive from them, and they have been to do the service of the tent of meeting, and thou hast given them unto the Levites, each according to his service.'

  • Hos 11:1
    70%

    1Because Israel `is' a youth, and I love him, Out of Egypt I have called for My Son.

  • Num 8:11
    70%

    11and Aaron hath waved the Levites -- a wave-offering before Jehovah, from the sons of Israel, and they have been -- for doing the service of Jehovah.

  • Num 31:30
    70%

    30`And from the sons of Israel's half thou dost take one possession out of fifty, of man, of the herd, of the asses, and of the flock, of all the cattle, and thou hast given them to the Levites keeping the charge of the tabernacle of Jehovah.'

  • Deut 18:4
    70%

    4the first of thy corn, of thy new wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy flock, thou dost give to him;

  • Deut 15:19
    70%

    19`Every firstling that is born in thy herd and in thy flock -- the male thou dost sanctify to Jehovah thy God; thou dost not work with the firstling of thine ox, nor shear the firstling of thy flock;