Numbers 8 · Verse 14

Numbers 8:14

Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine.
Numbers 8:14, King James Version

Numbers 8:14 in other translations

BSBIn this way you shall separate the Levites from the rest of the Israelites, and the Levites will belong to Me.
WEBThus you shall separate the Levites from among the children of Israel, and the Levites shall be mine.
ASVThus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel; and the Levites shall be mine.
YLTand thou hast separated the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel, and the Levites have become Mine;
DARBYAnd thou shalt separate the Levites from among the children of Israel, that the Levites may be mine.
BBESo you are to make the Levites separate from the children of Israel, and the Levites will be mine.
WebsterThus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine.

What does Numbers 8:14 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
14. and the Levites shall be mine--that is, exempt from all military duty or secular work--free from all pecuniary imposition and wholly devoted to the custody and service of the sanctuary.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 8:5-26

Here we have directions for the solemn ordination of the Levites. All Israel must know that they took not this honour to themselves, but were called of God to it; nor was it enough that they were distinguished from others. All who are employed for God, must be dedicated to him, according to the employment. Christians must be baptized, ministers must be ordained; we must first give ourselves unto the Lord, and then…

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Numbers 8:14 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְהִבְדַּלְתָּ֙ve.hiv.dal.Taand you will separateH914
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַלְוִיִּ֔םhal.vi.Yimthe LevitesH3881
מִתּ֖וֹךְmi.Tokhfrom amongH8432
בְּנֵ֣יbe.Nei[the] people ofH1121
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
וְהָ֥יוּve.Ha.yuand they will belongH1961
לִ֖יlito <the> me
הַלְוִיִּֽם\׃hal.vi.Yimthe LevitesH3881

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Numbers 8:14

  • Malachi 3:17

    And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.

  • Numbers 18:6

    And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel: to you they are given as a gift for the Lord, to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.

  • Numbers 3:45

    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.

  • Galatians 1:15

    But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me by his grace,

  • Romans 1:1

    Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,

  • Numbers 3:12

    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 8:17

    For all the firstborn of the children of Israel are mine, both man and beast: on the day that I smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for myself.

  • Numbers 6:2

    Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When either man or woman shall separate themselves to vow a vow of a Nazarite, to separate themselves unto the Lord:

  • Hebrews 7:26

    For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;

  • Numbers 16:9-10

    Seemeth it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself to do the service of the tabernacle of the Lord, and to stand before the congregation to minister unto them? And he hath brought thee near to him, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee: and seek ye the priesthood also?

  • Deuteronomy 10:8

    At that time the Lord separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of the Lord, to stand before the Lord to minister unto him, and to bless in his name, unto this day.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
separate.
6:2; De 10:8; Ro 1:1; Ga 1:15; Heb 7:26
and the Levites.
17; 3:45; 16:9,10; 18:6; Mal 3:17

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Context

  • Numbers 8:13

    And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them for an offering unto the Lord.

  • Numbers 8:14

    Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine.

  • Numbers 8:15

    And after that shall the Levites go in to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt cleanse them, and offer them for an offering.

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Numbers 8:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Así apartarás los Levitas de entre los hijos de Israel; y serán míos los Levitas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et tu sépareras les Lévites du milieu des fils d’Israël, et les Lévites seront à moi.
German
Elberfelder 1871
und du sollst die Leviten aus der Mitte der Kinder Israel aussondern, daß die Leviten mir gehören.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
ac separabis de medio filiorum Israël, ut sint mei.