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the Week of Proper 17 / Ordinary 22
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Hebrew Modern Translation

במדבר 18:6

ואני הנה לקחתי את אחיכם הלוים מתוך בני ישראל לכם מתנה נתנים ליהוה לעבד את עבדת אהל מועד׃

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Levites;   Minister, Christian;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Jews, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Levites;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Tabernacle;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Gift;   Priest, Christ as;   Priest, Priesthood;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Levite;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Levites;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Aaron's Rod;   Numbers, Book of;   Priests and Levites;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Levites;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Levites ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Covenant;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Melchizedek;   Priesthood, the;   Peculiarities of the Law of Moses;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Gift;   Mediation;   Nazirite;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Aaron;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Aleppo Codex
ואני הנה לקחתי את אחיכם הלוים מתוך בני ישראל לכם מתנה נתנים ליהוה לעבד את עבדת אהל מועד
Biblia Hebrica Stuttgartensia (1967/77)
וַאֲנִ֗י הִנֵּ֤ה לָקַ֙חְתִּי֙ אֶת־אֲחֵיכֶ֣ם הַלְוִיִּ֔ם מִתֹּ֖וךְ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל לָכֶ֞ם מַתָּנָ֤ה נְתֻנִים֙ לַֽיהוָ֔ה לַעֲבֹ֕ד אֶת־עֲבֹדַ֖ת אֹ֥הֶל מוֹעֵֽד ׃
Westminster Leningrad Codex
וַאֲנִי הִנֵּה לָקַחְתִּי אֶת־אֲחֵיכֶם הַלְוִיִּם מִתּוֹךְ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לָכֶם מַתָּנָה נְתֻנִים לַֽיהוָה לַעֲבֹד אֶת־עֲבֹדַת אֹהֶל מוֹעֵֽד ׃

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

And I: Genesis 6:17, Genesis 9:9, Exodus 14:17, Exodus 31:6, Isaiah 48:15, Isaiah 51:12, Ezekiel 34:11, Ezekiel 34:20

I have: Numbers 3:12, Numbers 3:45

given: Numbers 3:9, Numbers 8:16-19

Reciprocal: Numbers 8:13 - offer them Numbers 8:14 - and the Levites Numbers 18:21 - even the service 2 Chronicles 29:34 - their brethren Ezra 8:17 - ministers Ezekiel 44:11 - and they

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites, from among the children of Israel,.... :-; where the same is said, only they, are here called the brethren of the priests for the reason given, Numbers 18:2;

to you [they are] given [as] a gift for the Lord, to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; Numbers 18:2- :,

Numbers 18:2- :, and

Numbers 18:2- :.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The Lord instructs here the priests that the office which they fill, and the help which they enjoy, are gifts from Him, and are to be viewed as such.


 
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