Numbers 8:18

And I haue taken the Leuites for all the first borne of the children of Israel.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

"But I have taken the Levites instead of every firstborn among the sons of Israel.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

And I have taken the Levites instead of all the first-born among the children of Israel.
- American Standard Version (1901)

And in place of the first sons among the children of Israel, I have taken the Levites.
- Basic English Bible

And I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel.
- Darby Bible

And I have taken the Levites for all the first-born of the children of Israel.
- Webster's Bible

I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel.
- World English Bible

and I take the Levites instead of every first-born among the sons of Israel:
- Youngs Literal Bible

And I have taken the Levites instead of all the first-born among the children of Israel.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible

Wesley's Notes for Numbers 8:18

8:19 To do the service of Israel - To serve God in their stead, to do what otherwise they had been obliged to do in their own persons. To make an atonement - Not by offering sacrifices, which the priests alone might do, but by assisting the priests in that expiatory work, and by a diligent performance of all the parts of their office, whereby God was pleased both with them and with the people. That there be no plague - This is added as a reason why God appointed them to serve in the tabernacle, that they might guard it, and not suffer any of the people to come near it, or meddle with holy things, which if they did, it would certainly bring a plague upon them.