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Numbers 8:16 KJV
Numbers · chapter 8 · verse 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 8:16 · King James Version
Numbers 8:16 in context
14Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine.
15And after that shall the Levites go in to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt cleanse them, and offer them for an offering.
16For 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.
17For all the firstborn of the children of Israel are mine, both man and beast: on the day that I smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for myself.
18And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- firstbornbᵉkôwrfirstbornH1060 →
- childrenbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- givennâthanto give, used with greatest latitude of applicationH5414 →
- amongtâveka bisectionH8432 →
- openpeṭera fissureH6363 →
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We read before of the separating of the Levites from among the children of Israel when they were numbered, and the numbering of them by themselves (Num 3:6, Num 3:15), that they might be employed in the service of the tabernacle.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 5-26