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;
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Voici, j'ai pris les Lévites du milieu des enfants d'Israël, à la place de tous les premiers-nés, des premiers-nés des enfants d'Israël; et les Lévites m'appartiendront.
KJV
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;
Philo Judaeus
De Sacrificiis Abelis Et Caini
πρωτότοκον· ἐν ᾗ ἡμέρᾳ ἐπάταξα πᾶν πρωτότοκον ἐν γῇ Αἰγύπτῳ, ἡγίασα ἐμοὶ πᾶν πρωτότοκον ἐν Ἰσραήλ“ (Num. 3, 12. 13). ὁ καταπεφευγὼς ἐπὶ θεὸν καὶ ἱκέτης αὐτοῦ γεγονὼς λόγος ὀνομάζεται Λευίτης· τοῦτον ἐκ τοῦ μεσαιτάτου καὶ ἡγεμονικωτάτου τῆς ψυχῆς λαβών, τουτέστι προσλαβόμενος καὶ…
Philo Judaeus
Quis Rerum Divinarum Heres Sit
τοὺς Λευίτας ἀντὶ παντὸς πρωτοτόκου διανοίγοντος μήτραν παρὰ τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραήλ· λύτρα αὐτῶν ἔσονται“ (Num. 3, 12). οὐκοῦν λαμβάνομεν καὶ δίδομεν, ἀλλὰ κυρίως μὲν λαμβάνομεν, καταχρηστικῶς δὲ διδόναι λεγόμεθα δι’ ἃς αἰτίας εἶπον. εὐθυβόλως δὲ λύτρα ὠνόμασε τοὺς Λευίτας· εἰς ἐλευθερί…
Ratramnus
On the Fact that Christ Was Born of a Virgin
the Levites from the Israelites in place of the firstborn who opens the womb among the Israelites." Numbers 3:12. And in another passage: "Count the firstborn males among the Israelites from one month old." Numbers 3:40. Above, it says: "You shall take the Levites for me in place…
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