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Numbers 8:14
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12 aThen the Levites shall lay their hands on the heads of the young bulls, and you shall offer one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering to the Lord, to make atonement for the Levites.  
13 “And you shall stand the Levites before Aaron and his sons, and then offer them like a wave offering to the Lord.
14 Thus you shall aseparate the Levites from among the children of Israel, and the Levites shall be bMine.  
15 After that the Levites shall go in to service the tabernacle of meeting. So you shall cleanse them and aoffer them like a wave offering.  
16 For they are awholly given to Me from among the children of Israel; I have taken them for Myself binstead of all who open the womb, the firstborn of all the children of Israel.  
17 aFor all the firstborn among the children of Israel are Mine, both man and beast; on the day that I struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I1 sanctified them to Myself.  
18 I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn of the children of Israel.
19 And aI have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the work for the children of Israel in the tabernacle of meeting, and to make atonement for the children of Israel, bthat there be no plague among the children of Israel when the children of Israel come near the sanctuary.”  
20 Thus Moses and Aaron and all the congregation of the children of Israel did to the Levites; according to all that the Lord commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so the children of Israel did to them.
21 aAnd the Levites purified themselves and washed their clothes; then Aaron presented them like a wave offering before the Lord, and Aaron made atonement for them to cleanse them.  
Verse Comparison: Numbers 8:14

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

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

Contemporary English Version
This ceremony will show that the Levites are different from the other Israelites and belong to me in a special way.

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

Good News Bible
Separate the Levites in this way from the rest of the Israelites, so that they will belong to me.

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

New American Standard Bible
"Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the sons of Israel, and the Levites shall be Mine.

New International Version
In this way you are to set the Levites apart from the other Israelites, and the Levites will be mine.

New King James Version
Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the children of Israel, and the Levites shall be Mine.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the sons of Israel, and the Levites shall belong to Me.

Revised Standard Version
"Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the people of Israel, and the Levites shall be mine.

Young's Literal Translation
and thou hast separated the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel, and the Levites have become Mine;


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