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Numbers 3:45

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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,	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.	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;

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Take^H3947 the Levites^H3881 instead of all the firstborn^H1060 among the children^H1121 of Israel^H3478, and the cattle^H929 of the Levites^H3881 instead of their cattle^H929; and the Levites^H3881 shall be mine: I am the LORD^H3068.

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Original Hebrew

קַח אֶת־הַלְוִיִּם תַּחַת כָּל־בְּכֹור בִּבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְאֶת־בֶּהֱמַת הַלְוִיִּם תַּחַת בְּהֶמְתָּם וְהָיוּ־לִי הַלְוִיִּם אֲנִי יְהוָה׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
קַ֣ח	kach	H3947	HVqv2ms	take
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
הַ/לְוִיִּ֗ם	ha/l.vi.Yim	H3881	HTd/Ngmpa	the/ Levites
תַּ֤חַת	Ta.chat	H8478	HR	in place of
כָּל	kol-	H3605	HNcmsc	every
בְּכוֹר֙	be.khOr	H1060	HNcmsa	firstborn
בִּ/בְנֵ֣י	bi/v.Nei	H1121	HR/Ncmpc	among/ (the) people of
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל	Yis.ra.'El	H3478	HNp	Israel
וְ/אֶת	ve./'Et	H853	HC/To	and/ (obj.)
בֶּהֱמַ֥ת	be.he.Mat	H929	HNcfsc	(the) livestock of
הַ/לְוִיִּ֖ם	ha/l.vi.Yim	H3881	HTd/Ngmpa	the/ Levites
תַּ֣חַת	Ta.chat	H8478	HR	in place of
בְּהֶמְתָּ֑/ם	be.hem.Ta/m	H929	HNcfsc/Sp3mp	livestock/ their
וְ/הָיוּ	ve./ha.yu-	H1961	HC/Vqq3cp	and/ they will belong
לִ֥/י	l/i		HR/Sp1cs	to (the)/ me
הַ/לְוִיִּ֖ם	ha/l.vi.Yim	H3881	HTd/Ngmpa	the/ Levites
אֲנִ֥י	'a.Ni	H589	HPp1cs	I
יְהוָֽה	Yah.weh	H3068	HNp	(am) Yahweh

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H929 — בְּהֵמָה (bᵉhêmâh, be-hay-maw'): from an unused root (probably meaning to be mute); properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective); beast, cattle.
• H1060 — בְּכוֹר (bᵉkôwr, bek-ore'): from בָּכַר; firstborn; hence, chief; eldest (son), firstborn(-ling).
• H1121 — בֵּן (bên, bane): from בָּנָה; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.); [phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, [idiom] came up in, child, colt, [idiom] common, [idiom] corn, daughter, [idiom] of first, [phrase] firstborn, foal, [phrase] very fruitful, [phrase] postage, [idiom] in, [phrase] kid, [phrase] lamb, ([phrase]) man, meet, [phrase] mighty, [phrase] nephew, old, ([phrase]) people, [phrase] rebel, [phrase] robber, [idiom] servant born, [idiom] soldier, son, [phrase] spark, [phrase] steward, [phrase] stranger, [idiom] surely, them of, [phrase] tumultuous one, [phrase] valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
• H3068 — יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, yeh-ho-vaw'): from הָיָה; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יָהּ, יְהֹוִה.
• H3478 — יִשְׂרָאֵל (Yisrâʼêl, yis-raw-ale'): from שָׂרָה and אֵל; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity; Israel.
• H3881 — לֵוִיִּי (Lêvîyîy, lay-vee-ee'): or לֵוִי; patronymically from לֵוִי; a Levite or descendant of Levi; Leviite.
• H3947 — לָקַח (lâqach, law-kakh'): a primitive root; to take (in the widest variety of applications); accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H589 — אֲנִי (ʼănîy, an-ee'): lemma אֲנַי second vowel, corrected to אֲנִי; contracted from אָנֹכִי; I; I, (as for) me, mine, myself, we, [idiom] which, [idiom] who.
• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
• H1961 — הָיָה (hâyâh, haw-yaw): a primitive root (compare הָוָא); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.
• H3605 — כֹּל (kôl, kole): or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל; from כָּלַל; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense); (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).
• H8478 — תַּחַת (tachath, takh'-ath): from the same as תּוֹחַ; the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc.; as, beneath, [idiom] flat, in(-stead), (same) place (where...is), room, for...sake, stead of, under, [idiom] unto, [idiom] when...was mine, whereas, (where-) fore, with.

Cross References

Reciprocal references (6): Exodus 34:20, Numbers 8:10, Numbers 8:14, Numbers 8:16, Numbers 18:6, Malachi 2:5

Related Topics

• Torrey’s: LEVITES, THE
• Nave’s: FIRSTBORN, LEVITES, SUBSTITUTION

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