Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
And thou shalt separate the Levites from among the children of Israel, that the Levites may be mine.
New American Standard Bible
“Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the sons of Israel, and
King James Version
Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine.
Holman Bible
In this way you are to separate the Levites from the rest of the Israelites so that the Levites will belong to Me.
International Standard Version
This is how you are to separate the descendants of Levi from among the Israelis. The descendants of Levi belong to me.
A Conservative Version
Thus shall thou separate the Levites from among the sons of Israel, and the Levites shall be mine.
American Standard Version
Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel; and the Levites shall be mine.
Amplified
“Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the Israelites, and the Levites shall be Mine [in a very special sense].
Bible in Basic English
So you are to make the Levites separate from the children of Israel, and the Levites will be mine.
Julia Smith Translation
And separate the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel and the Levites were to me.
King James 2000
Thus shall you separate the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"And you will separate the Levites from the midst of the {Israelites}, and the Levites will be for me.
Modern King James verseion
So you shall separate the Levites from among the sons of Israel. And the Levites shall be Mine.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And thou shalt separate the Levites, from among the children of Israel, that they be mine:
NET Bible
And so you are to separate the Levites from among the Israelites, and the Levites will be mine.
New Heart English Bible
Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the children of Israel, and the Levites shall be mine.
The Emphasized Bible
thus shalt thou separate the Levites out of the midst of the sons of Israel, - thus shall the Levites become mine.
Webster
Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine.
World English Bible
Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the children of Israel, and the Levites shall be mine.
Youngs Literal Translation
and thou hast separated the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel, and the Levites have become Mine;
Interlinear
Badal
Tavek
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Numbers 8:14
Verse Info
Context Readings
Moses Consecrates The Levites
13 And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them as a wave-offering to Jehovah. 14 And thou shalt separate the Levites from among the children of Israel, that the Levites may be mine. 15 And afterwards shall the Levites come in to do the service of the tent of meeting. And thou shalt cleanse them, and offer them as a wave-offering.
Cross References
Numbers 3:45
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 Jehovah.
Numbers 3:12
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 6:2
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If a man or a woman have vowed the special vow of a Nazarite, to consecrate themselves to Jehovah;
Numbers 8:17
For all the firstborn among the children of Israel are mine, both of man and beast; on the day that I smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt, I hallowed them to myself.
Numbers 16:9-10
Is it too little for you, that the God of Israel has separated you from the assembly of Israel, to bring you near to himself to do the work of the tabernacle of Jehovah, and to stand before the assembly to minister to them?
Numbers 18:6
And I, behold, I have taken your brethren, the Levites, from among the children of Israel; to you are they given as a gift for Jehovah to perform the service of the tent of meeting.
Deuteronomy 10:8
At that time Jehovah separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, to stand before Jehovah to do service unto him, and to bless in his name, unto this day.
Malachi 3:17
And they shall be unto me a peculiar treasure, saith Jehovah of hosts, in the day that I prepare; and I will spare them as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.
Romans 1:1
Paul, bondman of Jesus Christ, a called apostle, separated to God's glad tidings,
Galatians 1:15
But when God, who set me apart even from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace,
Hebrews 7:26
For such a high priest became us, holy, harmless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and become higher than the heavens: