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Numbers 3:12
New English Translation
Numbers 3:12
New English Translation
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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- 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.
- Numbers 3:12 tn Literally “in the place of.”
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