Numbers 3:12 KJV
And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine;
Difficult Passages
- Were the Levites twenty-two thousand, or twenty-two thousand three hundred?The three hundred were the Levites’ own firstborn, already the LORD’s, who couldn’t be given in place of Israel’s firstborn.
Matthew Henry
- The sons of Aaron, The Levites taken instead of the first-bornThere was much work belonging to the priests' office, and there were now only Aaron and his two sons to do it; God appoints the Levites to attend them. Those...
Thompson Chains
- Chosen InstrumentsSee the chain from Haggai 2:23 · 1 link
- Divine Ownership (2)See the chain from Deuteronomy 32:6 · 4 links
Parallel Passages
- Numbers 8:16 For they are wholly given unto me from among the children of Israel; instead of such as open every womb, even instead of the firstborn of all the children of Israel, have I taken them unto me.
From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).
Cross References
- Numbers 3:41 And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I am the LORD) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel.
- Numbers 8:16 For they are wholly given unto me from among the children of Israel; instead of such as open every womb, even instead of the firstborn of all the children of Israel, have I taken them unto me.
- 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 the LORD.
- Numbers 8:18 And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel.
- Numbers 18:6 And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel: to you they are given as a gift for the LORD, to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.
- Exodus 13:2 Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine.
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Topics
- Camp Of the Israelites around the tabernacle
- Firstborn Levites taken instead of firstborn of the families of Israel
- Levites Set apart as ministers of religion
- Minister, Christian Call of Minister, Christian
- Substitution The Levites for the firstborn of the Israelites
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible1491–1451 BC · Israel in the Wilderness
Bible Dictionary
- IsraelThe name conferred on Jacob after the great prayer-struggle at Peniel (Gen 32:28), because “as a prince he had power with God and...
Hebrew and Strong’s
- And I, behold, I have taken וַאֲנִי waʾănî Pronoun · first person common singular · with and הִנֵּה hinnê Demonstrative לָקַחְתִּי lāqaḥtî לָקַח Verb · qal perfect, first person common singular
- the Levites אֶת ʾet Object marker הַלְוִיִּם halwiyyim לֵוִיִּי Noun · masculine plural · with the
- from among מִתּוֹךְ mittôk תָּוֶךְ Noun · masculine singular construct · with preposition
- the children בְּנֵי bĕnê בֵּן Noun · masculine plural construct
- of Israel יִשְׂרָאֵל yiśrāʾēl יִשְׂרָאֵל Proper name
- instead of all the firstborn תַּחַת taḥat Preposition כָּל kol Noun · masculine singular construct בְּכוֹר bĕkôr בְּכוֹר Noun · masculine singular
- that openeth פֶּטֶר peṭer פֶּטֶר Noun · masculine singular construct
- the matrix רֶחֶם reḥem רֶחֶם Noun · masculine singular
- among the children מִבְּנֵי mibbĕnê בֵּן Noun · masculine plural construct · with preposition
- of Israel יִשְׂרָאֵל yiśrāʾēl יִשְׂרָאֵל Proper name
- therefore the Levites וְהָיוּ wĕhāyû Verb · qal sequential perfect, third person common plural · with and לִי lî Preposition · with suffix: first person common singular הַלְוִיִּם halwiyyim לֵוִיִּי Noun · masculine plural · with the
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