Numbers 3:45 — Bible Verse (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.”

Numbers 3:45 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Numbers 3:45 in 6 Bible Translations

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Numbers 3:45 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

““Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites instead of their livestock; and the Levites shall be mine. I am Yahweh.”

Numbers 3:45 — World English Bible

Numbers 3:45 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“Take the Levites instead of all the first-born among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I am Jehovah. ”

Numbers 3:45 — American Standard Version

Numbers 3:45 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“`Take the Levites instead of every first-born among the sons of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites have been Mine; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah.”

Numbers 3:45 — Young's Literal Translation

Numbers 3:45 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“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 Jehovah. ”

Numbers 3:45 — Darby Translation

Numbers 3:45 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Take the Leuites for all the first borne of the children of Israel, and the cattell of the Leuites for their cattel, and the Leuites shalbe mine, (I am the Lord)”

Numbers 3:45 — Geneva Bible

Numbers 3:45 in Context — Numbers 3

43 And all the firstborn males by the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those that were numbered of them, were twenty and two thousand two hundred and threescore and thirteen.

44 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

45 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.

46 And for those that are to be redeemed of the two hundred and threescore and thirteen of the firstborn of the children of Israel, which are more than the Levites;

47 Thou shalt even take five shekels apiece by the poll, after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them: (the shekel is twenty gerahs:)

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What Does Numbers 3:45 Mean?

Numbers 3:45 is a verse from the Book of Numbers, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Numbers chapter 3. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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