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And I have takenוָאֶקַּחthe Levitesאֶת הַלְוִיִּםin place ofתַּחַתeveryכָּלfirstbornבְּכוֹרamong the sonsבִּבְנֵיof Israel.יִשְׂרָאֵל
Numbers 8:18
Study it in the app“And I have taken the Levites in place of every firstborn among the sons of Israel.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 8:18, word by word
- And I have takenאֶקַּחekach
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “ekach” appears- the Levitesלְוִיִּםleviyim
Levite
Levite: of the tribe of Levi.
Where else “leviyim” appears- firstbornבְּכוֹרbechor
firstborn
The son who came into the world before his brothers, with a special place in the family.
Where else “bechor” appears- among the sonsבְנֵיvene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
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” appears
The context
17For every firstborn among the sons of Israel is mine, both among human beings and among animals; on the day I struck every firstborn in the land of Egypt I consecrated them to myself.
18 · This verse (above)
19And I have given the Levites as given ones to Aaron and to his sons from among the sons of Israel, to do the service of the sons of Israel in the tent of meeting, and to make expiation for the sons of Israel, so that there may be no plague among the sons of Israel when the sons of Israel come near to the Holy Place.”