Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the sons of Israel, and the Levites shall be Mine.

King James Version

Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine.

Holman Bible

In this way you are to separate the Levites from the rest of the Israelites so that the Levites will belong to Me.

International Standard Version

This is how you are to separate the descendants of Levi from among the Israelis. The descendants of Levi belong to me.

A Conservative Version

Thus shall thou separate the Levites from among the sons of Israel, and the Levites shall be mine.

American Standard Version

Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel; and the Levites shall be mine.

Amplified

“Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the Israelites, and the Levites shall be Mine [in a very special sense].

Bible in Basic English

So you are to make the Levites separate from the children of Israel, and the Levites will be mine.

Darby Translation

And thou shalt separate the Levites from among the children of Israel, that the Levites may be mine.

Julia Smith Translation

And separate the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel and the Levites were to me.

King James 2000

Thus shall you separate the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine.

Lexham Expanded Bible

"And you will separate the Levites from the midst of the {Israelites}, and the Levites will be for me.

Modern King James verseion

So you shall separate the Levites from among the sons of Israel. And the Levites shall be Mine.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And thou shalt separate the Levites, from among the children of Israel, that they be mine:

NET Bible

And so you are to separate the Levites from among the Israelites, and the Levites will be mine.

New Heart English Bible

Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the children of Israel, and the Levites shall be mine.

The Emphasized Bible

thus shalt thou separate the Levites out of the midst of the sons of Israel, - thus shall the Levites become mine.

Webster

Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine.

World English Bible

Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the children of Israel, and the Levites shall be mine.

Youngs Literal Translation

and thou hast separated the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel, and the Levites have become Mine;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
the Levites
לוי לויּי 
Leviyiy 
Usage: 283

תּוך 
Tavek 
Usage: 419

of Israel
ישׂראל 
Yisra'el 
Usage: 2505

and the Levites
לוי לויּי 
Leviyiy 
Usage: 283

Context Readings

Moses Consecrates The Levites

13 You shall have the Levites stand before Aaron and before his sons so as to present them as a wave offering to the Lord. 14 “Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the sons of Israel, and the Levites shall be Mine. 15 Then after that the Levites may go in to serve the tent of meeting. But you shall cleanse them and present them as a wave offering;


Cross References

Numbers 3:45

Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the sons of Israel and the cattle of the Levites. And the Levites shall be Mine; I am the Lord.

Numbers 3:12

“Now, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the sons of Israel instead of every firstborn, the first issue of the womb among the sons of Israel. So the Levites shall be Mine.

Numbers 6:2

“Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘When a man or woman makes a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite, to dedicate himself to the Lord,

Numbers 8:17

For every firstborn among the sons of Israel is Mine, among the men and among the animals; on the day that I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for Myself.

Numbers 16:9-10

is it not enough for you that the God of Israel has separated you from the rest of the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to Himself, to do the service of the tabernacle of the Lord, and to stand before the congregation to minister to them;

Numbers 18:6

Behold, I Myself have taken your fellow Levites from among the sons of Israel; they are a gift to you, dedicated to the Lord, to perform the service for the tent of meeting.

Deuteronomy 10:8

At that time the Lord set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the covenant of the Lord, to stand before the Lord to serve Him and to bless in His name until this day.

Malachi 3:17

“They will be Mine,” says the Lord of hosts, “on the day that I prepare My own possession, and I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him.”

Romans 1:1

Paul, a bond-servant of Christ Jesus, called as an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God,

Galatians 1:15

But when God, who had set me apart even from my mother’s womb and called me through His grace, was pleased

Hebrews 7:26

For it was fitting for us to have such a high priest, holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners and exalted above the heavens;

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