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12 “Look,[a] I myself have taken the Levites from among the Israelites instead of[b] every firstborn who opens the womb among the Israelites. So the Levites belong to me,

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 3:12 tn The particle הִנֵּה (hinneh) here carries its deictic force, calling attention to the fact that is being declared. It is underscoring the fact that the Lord himself chose Levi.
  2. Numbers 3:12 tn Literally “in the place of.”