Numbers 3:12 — King James Version← Study notes
“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 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Numbers 3:1218 words
וַאֲנִיwaʾănîAnd I
הִנֵּהhinēhLo!
לָקַחְתִּיlāqaḥətîTake
אֶתʾet—
הַלְוִיִּםhaləwîmThe Levite
מִתּוֹךְmitwōḵəFrom bisection
בְּנֵיbənêSon
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
תַּחַתtaḥatBottom
כָּלkālWhole
בְּכוֹרbəḵwōrFirst-born
פֶּטֶרpeṭerFissure
רֶחֶםreḥemWomb
מִבְּנֵיmibənêFrom son
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
וְהָיוּwəhāyûAnd exist
לִיlîTo
הַלְוִיִּםhaləwîmThe Levite
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