Numbers 3:41
Old Testament • 16 words with Strong's data
"And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I am the LORD) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel."
Word-by-Word Analysis
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
לֵוִיִּי
Lêvîyîy
a Levite or descendant of Levi
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
תַּחַת
tachath
the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc.
תָּוֶךְ
tâvek
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
יִשְׂרָאֵל
Yisrâʼêl
Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
מִקְנֶה
miqneh
something bought, i.e. property, but only livestock; abstractly, acquisition
לֵוִיִּי
Lêvîyîy
a Levite or descendant of Levi
תַּחַת
tachath
the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc.
בְּכוֹרָה
bᵉkôwrâh
the firstling of man or beast; abstractly primogeniture
תָּוֶךְ
tâvek
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
מִקְנֶה
miqneh
something bought, i.e. property, but only livestock; abstractly, acquisition
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
יִשְׂרָאֵל
Yisrâʼêl
Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
Key Terms in This Verse
בְּכוֹרָה bᵉkôwrâh
the firstling of man or beast; abstractly primogeniture
Study H1062 →תַּחַת tachath
the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc.
Study H8478 →תַּחַת tachath
the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc.
Study H8478 →מִקְנֶה miqneh
something bought, i.e. property, but only livestock; abstractly, acquisition
Study H4735 →מִקְנֶה miqneh
something bought, i.e. property, but only livestock; abstractly, acquisition
Study H4735 →Cross References
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;
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.
Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
For they are wholly given unto me from among the children of Israel; instead of such as open every womb, even instead of the firstborn of all the children of Israel, have I taken them unto me.
Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.
Every thing that openeth the matrix in all flesh, which they bring unto the LORD, whether it be of men or beasts, shall be thine: nevertheless the firstborn of man shalt thou surely redeem, and the fi...
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