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Numbers 8:16 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" 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 "
Numbers 8:16
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the Levites
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.
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
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
And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel.
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Numbers 8:1
"And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,"
Numbers 8:2
"Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick."
Numbers 8:3
"And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof over against the candlestick, as the LORD commanded Moses."
Numbers 8:4
"And this work of the candlestick was of beaten gold, unto the shaft thereof, unto the flowers thereof, was beaten work: according unto the pattern which the LORD had shewed Moses, so he made the candlestick."
Numbers 8:5
"And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,"
Numbers 8:6
"Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse"
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