Numbers 8:16 (KJV)
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For they are wholly givenunto me from amongthe childrenof Israelinstead of such as openevery wombeven instead of the firstbornof all the childrenof Israelhave I takenthem unto me
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instead of such.Houbigant, on the authority of the Samaritan, reads, "instead of every first-born of the children of Israel, who openeth the womb." Nu 3:12 Nu 3:45
wholly given.{Nethunim, nethunim,} "given; given;" The word being repeated, "because," says Bp. Patrick, "the children of Israel had devoted them to him, by laying their hands upon them, (ver. 10,) and Aaron had waved them as a wave-offering to the Lord." (ver. 11.)
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