Numbers 3:12 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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 3:12 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Numbers 3:12 in 6 Bible Translations
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Numbers 3:12 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
““Behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn who open the womb among the children of Israel; and the Levites shall be mine,”
Numbers 3:12 — World English Bible
Numbers 3:12 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the first-born that openeth the womb among the children of Israel; and the Levites shall be mine:”
Numbers 3:12 — American Standard Version
Numbers 3:12 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“`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;”
Numbers 3:12 — Young's Literal Translation
Numbers 3:12 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of every firstborn that breaketh open the womb among the children of Israel, and the Levites shall be mine;”
Numbers 3:12 — Darby Translation
Numbers 3:12 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Beholde, I haue euen taken the Leuites from among the childre of Israel: for al the first borne that openeth the matrice among the children of Israel, and the Leuites shalbe mine,”
Numbers 3:12 — Geneva Bible
Numbers 3:12 in Context — Numbers 3
10 Tu établiras Aaron et ses fils pour qu’ils observent les fonctions de leur sacerdoce; et l’étranger qui approchera sera puni de mort.
11 L’Éternel parla à Moïse, et dit:
12 Voici, j’ai pris les Lévites du milieu des enfants d’Israël, à la place de tous les premiers-nés, des premiers-nés des enfants d’Israël; et les Lévites m’appartiendront.
13 Car tout premier-né m’appartient; le jour où j’ai frappé tous les premiers-nés dans le pays d’Égypte, je me suis consacré tous les premiers-nés en Israël, tant des hommes que des animaux: ils m’appartiendront. Je suis l’Éternel.
14 L’Éternel parla à Moïse, dans le désert de Sinaï, et dit:
What Does Numbers 3:12 Mean?
Numbers 3:12 is a verse from the Book of Numbers, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Numbers chapter 3. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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