Parallel Verses
NET Bible
And so you are to separate the Levites from among the Israelites, and the Levites will 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.
Darby Translation
And thou shalt separate the Levites from among the children of Israel, that the Levites may 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:
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 You are to have the Levites stand before Aaron and his sons, and then offer them as a wave offering to the Lord. 14 And so you are to separate the Levites from among the Israelites, and the Levites will be mine. 15 "After this, the Levites will go in to do the work of the tent of meeting. So you must cleanse them and offer them like a wave offering.
Cross References
Numbers 3:45
"Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn males among the Israelites, and the livestock of the Levites instead of their livestock. And the Levites will be mine. I am the Lord.
Numbers 3:12
"Look, I myself have taken the Levites from among the Israelites instead of every firstborn who opens the womb among the Israelites. So the Levites belong to me,
Numbers 6:2
"Speak to the Israelites, and tell them, 'When either a man or a woman takes a special vow, to take a vow as a Nazirite, to separate himself to the Lord,
Numbers 8:17
For all the firstborn males among the Israelites are mine, both humans and animals; when I destroyed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I set them apart for myself.
Numbers 16:9-10
Does it seem too small a thing to you that the God of Israel has separated you from the community of Israel to bring you near to himself, to perform the service of the tabernacle of the Lord, and to stand before the community to minister to them?
Numbers 18:6
I myself have chosen your brothers the Levites from among the Israelites. They are given to you as a gift from the Lord, to perform the duties of the tent of meeting.
Deuteronomy 10:8
At that time the Lord set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the Lord's covenant, to stand before the Lord to serve him, and to formulate blessings in his name, as they do to this very day.
Malachi 3:17
"They will belong to me," says the Lord who rules over all, "in the day when I prepare my own special property. I will spare them as a man spares his son who serves him.
Romans 1:1
From Paul, a slave of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God.
Galatians 1:15
But when the one who set me apart from birth and called me by his grace was pleased
Hebrews 7:26
For it is indeed fitting for us to have such a high priest: holy, innocent, undefiled, separate from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.