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Numbers 3:12-14
Contemporary English Version
Numbers 3:12-14
Contemporary English Version
11-13 (A) Moses, I have chosen these Levites from all Israel, and they will belong to me in a special way. When I killed the first-born sons of the Egyptians, I decided that the first-born sons in every Israelite family and the first-born males of their flocks and herds would be mine.[a] But now I accept these Levites in place of the first-born sons of the Israelites.
The Levites Are Counted
14 In the Sinai Desert the Lord said to Moses,
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- 3.11-13 When I killed … mine: See Exodus 13.1,2, 11-16.
Numbers 3:12-14
New International Version
Numbers 3:12-14
New International Version
12 “I have taken the Levites(A) from among the Israelites in place of the first male offspring(B) of every Israelite woman. The Levites are mine,(C) 13 for all the firstborn are mine.(D) When I struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, I set apart for myself every firstborn in Israel, whether human or animal. They are to be mine. I am the Lord.”(E)
14 The Lord said to Moses in the Desert of Sinai,(F)
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