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Numbers 3:45

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“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.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Take the Levites instead of all the first-born among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I am Jehovah.

KJV

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.

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This verse in Numbers 3

Commentary

2 notes on this verse

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The excess of the general over the Levitical first-born is so small, that the only way of accounting for it is, by supposing those first-born only were counted as were males remaining in their parents' household, or that those first-born only were numbered which had been born since the departure from Egypt, when God claimed all the first-born as his special property.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel,....

The words behind it

18 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.

  • קַ֣חtake

    kachH3947 →966 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • הַלְוִיִּ֗םthe Levites

    halviyimH3881 →291 times

  • תַּ֤חַתin place of

    tachatH8478 →505 times

  • כָּל־every

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • בְּכוֹר֙firstborn

    bekhorH1060 →122 times

  • בִּבְנֵ֣יamong [the] people of

    bivneiH1121 →4930 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לIsrael

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • בֶּהֱמַ֥ת[the] livestock of

    behematH929 →190 times

  • הַלְוִיִּ֖םthe Levites

    halviyimH3881 →291 times

  • תַּ֣חַתin place of

    tachatH8478 →505 times

  • בְּהֶמְתָּ֑םlivestock their

    behemtamH929 →190 times

  • וְהָיוּ־and they will belong

    vehayu-H1961 →3559 times

  • לִ֥יto <the> me

    li

  • הַלְוִיִּ֖םthe Levites

    halviyimH3881 →291 times

  • אֲנִ֥יI

    ʾaniH589 →874 times

  • יְהוָֽה׃[am] Yahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

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

Related verses

9 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 8:16For 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.5 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,4 worksMalachi 2:5“My covenant with him was one of life and peace, which I gave to him; it called for reverence, and he revered Me and stood in awe of My name.4 worksNumbers 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.4 worksNumbers 3:41You 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.”4 worksNumbers 8:14In this way you shall separate the Levites from the rest of the Israelites, and the Levites will belong to Me.3 works
The other 3 cross-references, with their words ▾
Numbers 3:40–41Then the LORD said to Moses, “Number every firstborn male of the Israelites a month old or more, and list their names.2 worksNumbers 8:10You are to present the Levites before the LORD and have the Israelites lay their hands upon them.2 worksMalachi 2:4Then you will know that I have sent you this commandment so that My covenant with Levi may continue,” says the LORD of Hosts.-1 works

The walk

5 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

    Numbers 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,

    it leads to

    • Numbers 18:6

      Behold, 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.

    • 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…

    • Numbers 8:16

      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…

    • Exodus 13:2

      “Consecrate to Me every firstborn male. The firstborn from every womb among the Israelites belongs to Me, both of man and beast.”

    • Numbers 8:18

      But I have taken the Levites in place of all the firstborn among the sons of Israel.

Where this verse is studied

About Numbers

The Brazen Serpent, Anthony van Dyck, 1618 to 1620. Public domain.
The Brazen Serpent, Anthony van Dyck, 1618 to 1620. Public domain.
Numbers: the study guide →Read Numbers 3 →

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

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