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Numbers 3:13

World English Bible

for all the firstborn are mine. On the day that I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I made holy to me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and animal. They shall be mine. I am Yahweh.”

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Numbers 3:13 in other translations

for all the first-born are mine; on the day that I smote all the first-born in the land of Egypt I hallowed unto me all the first-born in Israel, both man and beast; mine they shall be: I am Jehovah.

Numbers 3:13 · American Standard Version

Numbers 3:13 in context

  1. 11Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
  2. 12“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,
  3. 13for all the firstborn are mine. On the day that I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I made holy to me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and animal. They shall be mine. I am Yahweh.”
  4. 14Yahweh spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,
  5. 15“Count the children of Levi by their fathers’ houses, by their families. You shall count every male from a month old and upward.”