Numbers 8:18
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And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel:

Context
Cleansing the Levites
17For all the firstborn of the children of Israel, both of men and of beasts, are mine. From the day that I slew every firstborn in the land of Egypt, have I sanctified them to myself: 18And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel:19And have delivered them for a gift to Aaron and his sons out of the midst of the people, to serve me for Israel in the tabernacle of the covenant, and to pray for them, lest there should be a plague among the people, if they should presume to approach unto my sanctuary.…
Cross References
Numbers 8:17
For all the firstborn of the children of Israel, both of men and of beasts, are mine. From the day that I slew every firstborn in the land of Egypt, have I sanctified them to myself:

Numbers 8:19
And have delivered them for a gift to Aaron and his sons out of the midst of the people, to serve me for Israel in the tabernacle of the covenant, and to pray for them, lest there should be a plague among the people, if they should presume to approach unto my sanctuary.

Lexicon
But I have taken
וָאֶקַּח֙ (wā·’eq·qaḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 3947: To take

the Levites
הַלְוִיִּ֔ם (hal·wî·yim)
Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3881: Levites -- descendant of Levi

in place of
תַּ֥חַת (ta·ḥaṯ)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 8478: The bottom, below, in lieu of

all
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

the firstborn
בְּכ֖וֹר (bə·ḵō·wr)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1060: Firstborn, chief

among the sons
בִּבְנֵ֥י (biḇ·nê)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son

of Israel.
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc


Additional Translations
But I have taken the Levites in place of all the firstborn among the sons of Israel.And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel.

And I have taken the Levites instead of all the first-born among the children of Israel.

And I took the Levites in the place of every first-born among the children of Israel.

And I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel.

And I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel.

And I have taken the Levites for all the first-born of the children of Israel.

I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel.

and I take the Levites instead of every first-born among the sons of Israel:
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