Numbers 3:41
You are to take the Levites for Me—I am the LORD—in place of all the firstborn of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites in place of all the firstborn of the livestock of the Israelites.”
BSB
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ASV
And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I am Jehovah) instead of all the first-born among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel.
KJV
And thou shalt 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 firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel.
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20 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וְלָקַחְתָּ֨ | ve.la.kach.Ta | and you will take | H3947 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| הַלְוִיִּ֥ם | hal.vi.Yim | the Levites | H3881 → |
| לִי֙ | li | for <the> me | |
| אֲנִ֣י | 'a.Ni | I | H589 → |
| יְהוָ֔ה | Yah.weh | [am] Yahweh | H3068 → |
| תַּ֥חַת | Ta.chat | in place of | H8478 → |
| כָּל־ | kol- | every | H3605 → |
| בְּכֹ֖ר | be.Khor | firstborn | H1060 → |
| בִּבְנֵ֣י | biv.Nei | among [the] people of | H1121 → |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל | Yis.ra.'El | Israel | H3478 → |
| וְאֵת֙ | ve.'Et | and <obj.> | H853 → |
| בֶּהֱמַ֣ת | be.he.Mat | [the] livestock of | H929 → |
| הַלְוִיִּ֔ם | hal.vi.Yim | the Levites | H3881 → |
| תַּ֣חַת | Ta.chat | in place of | H8478 → |
| כָּל־ | kol- | every | H3605 → |
| בְּכ֔וֹר | be.Khor | firstborn | H1060 → |
| בְּבֶהֱמַ֖ת | be.ve.he.Mat | among [the] livestock of | H929 → |
| בְּנֵ֥י | be.Nei | [the] people of | H1121 → |
| יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ | Yis.ra.'El | Israel | H3478 → |
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