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Numbers 3:12

Context
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 27:4

Context
27:4 Why should the name of our father be lost from among his family because he had no son? Give us a possession 3  among the relatives 4  of our father.”

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 That is, the possession of land, or property, among the other families of their tribe.

4 tn The word is “brothers,” but this can be interpreted more loosely to relatives. So also in v. 7.



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