Study it in the app““Take the Levites in place of every firstborn among the sons of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites in place of their livestock; and the Levites shall be mine. I am YHWH.”
“Takeקַחthe Levitesאֶת הַלְוִיִּםin place ofתַּחַתeveryכָּלfirstbornבְּכוֹרamong the sonsבִּבְנֵיof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלand the livestockוְאֶת בֶּהֱמַתof the Levitesהַלְוִיִּםin place ofתַּחַתtheir livestock;בְּהֶמְתָּםand the Levitesהַלְוִיִּםshall beוְהָיוּmine.לִיI amאֲנִיYHWH.יְהוָה
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “kach” appearsLevite
Levite: of the tribe of Levi.
Where else “leviyim” 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” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayu” 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” appears44And YHWH spoke to Moses, saying,
45 · This verse (above)
46And as the ransom for the two hundred seventy-three of the firstborn of the sons of Israel who are in excess of the Levites,
