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Numbers 8:14

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In this way you shall separate the Levites from the rest of the Israelites, and the Levites will belong to Me.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel; and the Levites shall be mine.

KJV

Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine.

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This verse in Numbers 8

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons

on Numbers 8:13-15

The offering of the Levites is stated three times over, at verses 11, 13 and 15, and each time the going in to serve stands after it. Verse 14 says the Levites shall be mine and verse 19 says they are given as a gift to Aaron, and the book holds both, ownership with God and use under the priest. Numbers 3:9 put it the same way, wholly given unto him out of the children of Israel, and Numbers 18:6 says it a third time.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel,....

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

and the Levites shall be mine--that is, exempt from all military duty or secular work--free from all pecuniary imposition and wholly devoted to the custody and service of the sanctuary.

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The words behind it

9 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְהִבְדַּלְתָּ֙and you will separate

    vehivdaltaH914 →42 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • הַלְוִיִּ֔םthe Levites

    halviyimH3881 →291 times

  • מִתּ֖וֹךְfrom among

    mitokhH8432 →418 times

  • בְּנֵ֣י[the] people of

    beneiH1121 →4930 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לIsrael

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • וְהָ֥יוּand they will belong

    vehayuH1961 →3559 times

  • לִ֖יto <the> me

    li

  • הַלְוִיִּֽם׃the Levites

    halviyimH3881 →291 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

11 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Numbers 18:6Behold, I Myself have selected your fellow Levites from the Israelites as a gift to you, dedicated to the LORD to perform the service for the Tent of Meeting.3 worksMalachi 3:17“They will be Mine,” says the LORD of Hosts, “on the day when I prepare My treasured possession. And I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him.3 worksNumbers 3:45“Take the Levites in place of all the firstborn of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites in place of their livestock. The Levites belong to Me; I am the LORD.3 worksRomans 1:1Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, and set apart for the gospel of God—2 worksHebrews 7:26Such a high priest truly befits us—One who is holy, innocent, undefiled, set apart from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.2 worksNumbers 16:9–10Is it not enough for you that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel and brought you near to Himself to perform the work at the LORD’s tabernacle, and to stand before the congregation to minister to them?2 works
The other 5 cross-references, with their words ▾
Numbers 8:17For every firstborn male in Israel is Mine, both man and beast. I set them apart for Myself on the day I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt.2 worksGalatians 1:15But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by His grace, was pleased2 worksNumbers 3:12“Behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel in place of every firstborn Israelite from the womb. The Levites belong to Me,2 worksDeuteronomy 10:8At that time the LORD set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to serve Him, and to pronounce blessings in His name, as they do to this day.2 worksNumbers 6:2“Speak to the Israelites and tell them that if a man or woman makes a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite, to separate himself to the LORD,2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Romans 1:1

    Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, and set apart for the gospel of God—

    it leads to

    • Acts 9:15

      “Go!” said the Lord. “This man is My chosen instrument to carry My name before the Gentiles and their kings, and before the people of Israel.

    • Romans 15:16

      to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the Gentiles might become an offering acceptable to God, sanctified by the Holy…

    • 1 Corinthians 1:1

      Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,

    • Jeremiah 1:5

      “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”

    • Colossians 1:1

      Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,

  • Through

    Malachi 3:17

    “They will be Mine,” says the LORD of Hosts, “on the day when I prepare My treasured possession. And I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him.

    it leads to

    • Exodus 19:5

      Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.

    • Deuteronomy 7:6

      For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of…

    • 2 Corinthians 6:18

      And: “I will be a Father to you, and you will be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”

About Numbers

The Bronze Serpent, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Bronze Serpent, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Numbers: the study guide →Read Numbers 8 →

This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch.

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