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Numbers 8:16 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: 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 them unto me. "

Numbers 8:16

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

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.

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Exodus 13:2

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"Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine."

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Luke 2:23

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"(As it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;)"

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Numbers 3:12

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"And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine;"

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Numbers 3:45

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"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."

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Numbers 3:9

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"And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons: they are wholly given unto him out of the children of Israel."

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Numbers 3:13

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"Because all the firstborn are mine; for on the day that I smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I hallowed unto me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast: mine shall they be: I am the LORD."

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From This Chapter

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 them."

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