For they [are] wholly given unto me from among the children of Israel; instead of such as open every womb, [even instead of] the firstborn of all the children of Israel, have I taken them unto me.
For they are wholly given {H5414} unto me from among {H8432} the children {H1121} of Israel {H3478}; instead of such as open {H6363} every womb {H7358}, even instead of the firstborn {H1060} of all the children {H1121} of Israel {H3478}, have I taken {H3947} them unto me.
because they are entirely given to me from among the people of Isra'el; I have taken them for myself in place of all those who come first out of the womb, that is, the firstborn males of the people of Isra'el.
For the Levites have been wholly given to Me from among the sons of Israel. I have taken them for Myself in place of all who come first from the womb, the firstborn of all the sons of Israel.
For they are wholly given unto me from among the children of Israel; instead of all that openeth the womb, even the first-born of all the children of Israel, have I taken them unto me.
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Numbers 3:12
And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine; -
Numbers 3:45
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] the LORD. -
Numbers 3:9
And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons: they [are] wholly given unto him out of the children of Israel.