Parallel Verses
American Standard Version
And I have taken the Levites instead of all the first-born among the children of Israel.
New American Standard Bible
But I have taken the Levites instead of every firstborn among the sons of Israel.
King James Version
And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel.
Holman Bible
But I have taken the Levites in place of every firstborn among the Israelites.
International Standard Version
taking the descendants of Levi instead of every firstborn of the Israelis.
A Conservative Version
And I have taken the Levites instead of all the first-born among the sons of Israel.
Amplified
And I have taken the Levites instead of every firstborn among the Israelites.
Bible in Basic English
And in place of the first sons among the children of Israel, I have taken the Levites.
Darby Translation
And I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel.
Julia Smith Translation
And I will take the Levites instead of all the first-born among the sons of Israel.
King James 2000
And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel.
Lexham Expanded Bible
and I have taken the Levites in the place of every firstborn among the {Israelites}.
Modern King James verseion
And I have taken the Levites for all the first-born of the sons of Israel.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
and I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn among the children of Israel,
NET Bible
So I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn sons among the Israelites.
New Heart English Bible
I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel.
The Emphasized Bible
Therefore have I taken the Levites, - instead of every firstborn among the sons of Israel;
Webster
And I have taken the Levites for all the first-born of the children of Israel.
World English Bible
I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel.
Youngs Literal Translation
and I take the Levites instead of every first-born among the sons of Israel:
Themes
Firstborn » Of man and beast, reserved to himself by God
Firstborn » Levites taken instead of firstborn of the families of israel
the First-born » Of israel » Tribe of levi taken for
Levites » Substituted in the place of the firstborn children
the Levites » Taken instead of the first-born of israel
Substitution » The levites for the firstborn of the israelites
Topics
Interlinear
Laqach
B@kowr
References
Hastings
Morish
Watsons
Word Count of 20 Translations in Numbers 8:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
Moses Consecrates The Levites
17 For all the first-born among the children of Israel are mine, both man and beast: on the day that I smote all the first-born in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for myself. 18 And I have taken the Levites instead of all the first-born among the children of Israel. 19 And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tent of meeting, and to make atonement for the children of Israel; that there be no plague among the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come nigh unto the sanctuary.