Parallel Verses

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.

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.

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 are to make the descendants of Levi stand in the presence of Aaron and his sons. Then you are to wave them as wave offerings to the LORD. 14 This is how you are to separate the descendants of Levi from among the Israelis. The descendants of Levi belong to me. 15 "After this, the descendants of Levi are to come to serve at the appointed place of meeting, after you have purified them and presented them as wave offerings,


Cross References

Numbers 3:45

"Separate the descendants of Levi in place of all the firstborn sons of Israel and the livestock of the descendants of Levi in place of their livestock. The descendants of Levi belong to me, since I am the LORD.

Numbers 3:12

"I'm taking the descendants of Levi for myself from among the Israelis in place of every first-born who opens the womb. The descendants of Levi belong to me

Numbers 6:2

"Tell the Israelis that a man or woman who commits to the vow of the Nazirite, is to be separated to the LORD,

Numbers 8:17

since every firstborn of Israel belongs to me, from human beings to livestock. On the same day that I destroyed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I consecrated them to myself,

Numbers 16:9-10

Is it such an insignificant thing to you that the God of Israel has separated you from the Israelis to draw you to himself, appointing you to do the work of the tent of the LORD and to stand before the community to minister to them?

Numbers 18:6

Notice that I've taken your brothers, the descendants of Levi, from among the Israelis, giving them to you as a gift from the LORD to perform the service of 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 in the LORD's presence, to serve, and to bless his name until this day.

Malachi 3:17

"They'll be mine," says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, "in the day when I prepare my treasured possession. I'll spare them, just as a man spares his own son who serves him.

Romans 1:1

From: Paul, a servant of Jesus the Messiah, called to be an apostle and set apart for God's gospel,

Galatians 1:15

But when God, who set me apart before I was born and who called me by his grace, was pleased

Hebrews 7:26

We need such a high priest one who is holy, innocent, pure, set apart from sinners, exalted above the heavens.

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