Numbers 3:9

And thou schalt yyue bi fre yifte the Leuytis + 3:9 that is, the sones of the lynage of Leuy. to Aaron and hise sones, to whiche thei ben youun of the sones of Israel.

Wycliffe (portions)

In The King James Version

And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons: they are wholly given unto him out of the children of Israel.

In Context

8and that thei kepe the vessels of the tabernacle, and serue in the seruyce therof.

10Sotheli thou schalt ordeyne Aaron and hise sones on the religioun of preesthod; a straungere, + 3:10 a straunger, that is, which is not of the lynage of Leuy. that neiyeth for to mynystre, and schal die.

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Cross References

Numbers 8:16Y haue take hem for the firste gendrid thingis that openen ech wombe in Israel;

Numbers 8:19and Y yaf hem bi fre yifte to Aaron and hise sones, fro the myddis of the puple, that thei serue me for Israel, in the tabernacle of boond of pees, and that thei preie for hem, lest veniaunce be in the puple, if thei ben hardi to neiye to the seyntuarye.

Numbers 18:6Lo! Y haue youun `to you + 18:6 Lo! Y haue youe to you, etc. not to do youre werkis in youre housis, but to serue in the seruyces of the tabernacle. youre britheren, dekenes, fro the myddis of the sones of Israel, and Y haue youe a fre yifte to the Lord, that thei serue in the seruyces of his tabernacle.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 3:2-14

The Separation of the Levites. ( b. c. 1490.) 1 These also are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that the Lord spake with Moses in Mount Sinai. 2 And these are the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 3 These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office. 4 And Nadab and Abihu died before the Lord , when they offered strange fire before the Lord , in the wilderness of Sinai, and… Read the whole commentary →

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