Numbers 3:12
3:12 “Look, 1 I myself have taken the Levites from among the Israelites instead of 2 every firstborn who opens the womb among the Israelites. So the Levites belong to me,
Numbers 10:30
10:30 But Hobab 3 said to him, “I will not go, but I will go instead to my own land and to my kindred.”
1 tn The particle הִנֵּה (hinneh) here carries its deictic force, calling attention to the fact that is being declared. It is underscoring the fact that the Lord himself chose Levi.
2 tn Literally “in the place of.”
3 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Hobab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.