Numbers 8:14
New International Version
In this way you are to set the Levites apart from the other Israelites, and the Levites will be mine.

New Living Translation
In this way, you will set the Levites apart from the rest of the people of Israel, and the Levites will belong to me.

English Standard Version
“Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the people of Israel, and the Levites shall be mine.

Berean Standard Bible
In this way you shall separate the Levites from the rest of the Israelites, and the Levites will belong to Me.

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

New King James Version
Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the children of Israel, and the Levites shall be Mine.

New American Standard Bible
“So you shall single out the Levites from among the sons of Israel, and the Levites shall be Mine.

NASB 1995
“Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the sons of Israel, and the Levites shall be Mine.

NASB 1977
“Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the sons of Israel, and the Levites shall be Mine.

Legacy Standard Bible
“Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the sons of Israel, and the Levites shall be Mine.

Amplified Bible
“Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the Israelites, and the Levites shall be Mine [in a very special sense].

Christian Standard Bible
In this way you are to separate the Levites from the rest of the Israelites so that the Levites will belong to me.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
In this way you are to separate the Levites from the rest of the Israelites so that the Levites will belong to Me.

American Standard Version
Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel; and the Levites shall be mine.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And dedicate the Levites from within the children of Israel and the Levites shall be mine.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And thou shalt separate the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel, and they shall be mine.

Contemporary English Version
This ceremony will show that the Levites are different from the other Israelites and belong to me in a special way.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And shalt separate them from the midst of the children of Israel, to be mine.

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
In this way you will separate the Levites from the other Israelites, and the Levites will be mine.

Good News Translation
Separate the Levites in this way from the rest of the Israelites, so that they will belong to me.

International Standard Version
This is how you are to separate the descendants of Levi from among the Israelis. The descendants of Levi belong to me.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel; and the Levites shall be Mine.

Literal Standard Version
and you have separated the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel, and the Levites have become Mine;

Majority Standard Bible
In this way you shall separate the Levites from the rest of the Israelites, and the Levites will belong to Me.

New American Bible
thus you shall separate the Levites from the rest of the Israelites, and the Levites shall belong to me.

NET Bible
And so you are to separate the Levites from among the Israelites, and the Levites will be mine.

New Revised Standard Version
Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the other Israelites, and the Levites shall be mine.

New Heart English Bible
Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the children of Israel, and the Levites shall be mine.

Webster's Bible Translation
Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine.

World English Bible
Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the children of Israel, and the Levites shall be mine.

Young's Literal Translation
and thou hast separated the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel, and the Levites have become Mine;

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Cleansing the Levites
13You are to have the Levites stand before Aaron and his sons and then present them before the LORD as a wave offering. 14In this way you shall separate the Levites from the rest of the Israelites, and the Levites will belong to Me. 15After you have cleansed them and presented them as a wave offering, they may come to serve at the Tent of Meeting.…

Cross References
Numbers 3:12
"Behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel in place of every firstborn Israelite from the womb. The Levites belong to Me,

Numbers 8:13
You are to have the Levites stand before Aaron and his sons and then present them before the LORD as a wave offering.

Numbers 16:9
Is it not enough for you that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel and brought you near to Himself to perform the work at the LORD's tabernacle, and to stand before the congregation to minister to them?


Treasury of Scripture

Thus shall you separate the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine.

separate

Numbers 6:2
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When either man or woman shall separate themselves to vow a vow of a Nazarite, to separate themselves unto the LORD:

Deuteronomy 10:8
At that time the LORD separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to minister unto him, and to bless in his name, unto this day.

Romans 1:1
Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,

and the Levites

Numbers 8:17
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.

Numbers 3:45
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.

Numbers 16:9,10
Seemeth it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself to do the service of the tabernacle of the LORD, and to stand before the congregation to minister unto them? …

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Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
In this way you shall separate
וְהִבְדַּלְתָּ֙ (wə·hiḇ·dal·tā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 914: To be divided, separate

the Levites
הַלְוִיִּ֔ם (hal·wî·yim)
Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural
Strong's 3881: Levites -- descendant of Levi

from
מִתּ֖וֹךְ (mit·tō·wḵ)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 8432: A bisection, the centre

the rest of the Israelites,
בְּנֵ֣י (bə·nê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1121: A son

and the Levites
הַלְוִיִּֽם׃ (hal·wî·yim)
Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural
Strong's 3881: Levites -- descendant of Levi

will belong
וְהָ֥יוּ (wə·hā·yū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

to Me.
לִ֖י (lî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew


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