Numbers 8:17 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“For 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.”
Numbers 8:17 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Numbers 8:17 in 6 Bible Translations
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Numbers 8:17 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“For all the firstborn among the children of Israel are mine, both man and animal. On the day that I struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I sanctified them for myself.”
Numbers 8:17 — World English Bible
Numbers 8:17 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“For all the first-born among the children of Israel are mine, both man and beast: on the day that I smote all the first-born in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for myself. ”
Numbers 8:17 — American Standard Version
Numbers 8:17 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“for Mine <FI>is<Fi> every first-born among the sons of Israel, among man and among beast; in the day of my smiting every first-born in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for Myself;”
Numbers 8:17 — Young's Literal Translation
Numbers 8:17 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“For all the firstborn among the children of Israel are mine, both of man and beast; on the day that I smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt, I hallowed them to myself. ”
Numbers 8:17 — Darby Translation
Numbers 8:17 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“For all the first borne of the children of Israel are mine, both of man and of beast: since the day that I smote euery first borne in the land of Egypt, I sanctified them for my selfe.”
Numbers 8:17 — Geneva Bible
Numbers 8:17 in Context — Numbers 8
15 And 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.
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.
17 For 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.
18 And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel.
19 And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of the congregation, and to make an atonement for the children of Israel: that there be no plague among the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come nigh unto the sanctuary.
What Does Numbers 8:17 Mean?
Numbers 8:17 is a verse from the Book of Numbers, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Numbers chapter 8. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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