Study it in the app“And you shall take the Levites for me —I am YHWH— in place of every firstborn among the sons of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites in place of every firstborn among the livestock of the sons of Israel.””
And you shall takeוְלָקַחְתָּthe Levitesאֶת הַלְוִיִּםfor meלִי—I amאֲנִיYHWH—יְהוָהin place ofתַּחַתeveryכָּלfirstbornבְּכֹרamong the sonsבִּבְנֵיof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלand the livestockוְאֵת בֶּהֱמַתof the Levitesהַלְוִיִּםin place ofתַּחַתeveryכָּלfirstbornבְּכוֹרamong the livestockבְּבֶהֱמַתof the sonsבְּנֵיof Israel.”יִשְׂרָאֵל
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “lakachta” appearsLevite
Levite: of the tribe of Levi.
Where else “leviyim” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsfirstborn
The son who came into the world before his brothers, with a special place in the family.
Where else “bechor” appearsdescendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearslivestock
A four-legged animal, above all farm animals.
Where else “behemat” appears40And YHWH said to Moses, “Count every firstborn male of the sons of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names.
41 · This verse (above)
42So Moses counted, as YHWH had commanded him, every firstborn among the sons of Israel.
