Numbers 3:12
Numbers 3:11-13 The Message (MSG)
GOD spoke to Moses: “I have taken the Levites from among the People of Israel as a stand-in for every Israelite mother’s firstborn son. The Levites belong to me. All the firstborn are mine—when I killed all the firstborn in Egypt, I consecrated for my own use every firstborn in Israel, whether human or animal. They belong to me. I am GOD.”
Numbers 3:12 King James Version (KJV)
And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine
Numbers 3:12 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
“Now, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the sons of Israel instead of every firstborn, the first issue of the womb among the sons of Israel. So the Levites shall be Mine.
Numbers 3:12 New Century Version (NCV)
“I am choosing the Levites from all the Israelites to take the place of all the firstborn children of Israel. The Levites will be mine
Numbers 3:12 American Standard Version (ASV)
And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the first-born that openeth the womb among the children of Israel; and the Levites shall be mine
Numbers 3:12 New International Version (NIV)
“I have taken the Levites from among the Israelites in place of the first male offspring of every Israelite woman. The Levites are mine
Numbers 3:12 New King James Version (NKJV)
“Now behold, I Myself have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of every firstborn who opens the womb among the children of Israel. Therefore the Levites shall be Mine
Numbers 3:12 Amplified Bible (AMP)
“Behold, I have taken the Levites from among the sons of Israel instead of and as a substitute for every firstborn, that is, the first that opens the womb among the Israelites. So the Levites shall be Mine