Numbers 3:41

You shall take the Levites for me (I am Yahweh) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the livestock of the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the livestock of the children of Israel.”

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WEBBE

You shall take the Levites for me—I am the LORD—instead of all the firstborn amongst the children of Israel; and the livestock of the Levites instead of all the firstborn amongst the livestock of the children of Israel.”

BSB

You are to take the Levites for Me— I am the LORD— in place of all the firstborn of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites in place of all the firstborn of the livestock of the Israelites.”

KJV

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.

ASV

And thou shalt take the Levites for me ( I am Jehovah) instead of all the first-born among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel.

BBE

And give to me the Levites (I am the Lord) in place of the first sons of the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites in place of the first births among the cattle of the children of Israel.

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וְלָקַחְתָּ ve·la·kach·ta and you will take H3947 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 הַלְוִיִּם hal·vi·yim the Levites H3881 לִי li for (the) me H9030 אֲנִי 'a·ni I H589 יְהוָה yah·weh [am] Yahweh H3068 תַּחַת ta·chat in place of H8478 כָּל־ kol- every H3605 בְּכֹר be·khor firstborn H1060 בִּבְנֵי biv·nei among [the] people of H1121 יִשְׂרָאֵל yis·ra·'el Israel H3478 וְאֵת ve·'et and (marks the object) H853 בֶּהֱמַת be·he·mat [the] livestock of H929 הַלְוִיִּם hal·vi·yim the Levites H3881 תַּחַת ta·chat in place of H8478 כָּל־ kol- every H3605 בְּכוֹר be·khor firstborn H1060 בְּבֶהֱמַת be·ve·he·mat among [the] livestock of H929 בְּנֵי be·nei [the] people of H1121 יִשְׂרָאֵל yis·ra·'el Israel H3478

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 40–51

The 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 between them, and so it will appear, when they are compared together. The small number of first-born, over and above the number of the Levites, were to be redeemed, and the redemption-money given to Aaron. The church is called the church of the first-born, which is redeemed, not as they were, with silver and gold; but, being devoted by sin to the justice of God, is ransomed with the precious blood of the Son of God. All men are the Lord's by creation, and all true christians are his by redemption. Each should know his own post and duty; nor can any service required by such a Master be rightly accounted mean or hard.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.