Numbers 3:45 KJV
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.
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 first-born are numberedThe number of the first-born, and that of the Levites, came near to each other. Known unto God are all his works beforehand; there is an exact proportion...
Thompson Chains
- LevitesSee the chain from Exodus 32:26 · 17 links
- First-bornSee the chain from Exodus 13:2 · 6 links
- Divine Ownership (2)See the chain from Deuteronomy 32:6 · 4 links
Cross References
- Numbers 3:12 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;
- Numbers 3:40–41 And the LORD said unto Moses, Number all the firstborn of the males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names. …
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Topics
- Camp Of the Israelites around the tabernacle
- Firstborn Redemption of Firstborn
- Levites Substituted in the place of the firstborn children
- Substitution The Levites for the firstborn of the Israelites
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible1491–1451 BC · Israel in the Wilderness
Bible Dictionary
Hebrew and Strong’s
- Take קַח qaḥ לָקַח Verb · qal imperative, second person masculine singular
- the Levites אֶת ʾet Object marker הַלְוִיִּם halwiyyim לֵוִיִּי Noun · masculine plural · with the
- instead of all the firstborn תַּחַת taḥat Preposition כָּל kol Noun · masculine singular construct בְּכוֹר bĕkôr בְּכוֹר Noun · masculine singular
- among the children בִּבְנֵי bibnê בֵּן Noun · masculine plural construct · with preposition
- of Israel יִשְׂרָאֵל yiśrāʾēl יִשְׂרָאֵל Proper name
- and the cattle וְאֶת wĕʾet Object marker · with and בֶּהֱמַת behĕmat בְּהֵמָה Noun · feminine singular construct
- of the Levites הַלְוִיִּם halwiyyim לֵוִיִּי Noun · masculine plural · with the
- instead of their cattle תַּחַת taḥat Preposition בְּהֶמְתָּם bĕhemtām בְּהֵמָה Noun · feminine singular construct · with suffix: third person masculine plural
- and 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
- shall be mine: I am the LORD אֲנִי ʾănî Pronoun · first person common singular יְהוָה yhwh יְהֹוָה Proper name
Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex, Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible · CC BY 4.0
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