In this way you are to set the Levites apart from the other Israelites, and the Levites will be mine.

“这样，你从以色列人中将利未人分别出来，利未人便要归我。

“你从以色列人中将利未人分别出来，利未人就归我了。

“你从以色列人中将利未人分别出来，利未人就归我了。

这样，你就把利未人从其他以色列人中分别出来，使他们归给我。

“这样，你要把利未人从以色列人中分别出来，利未人就要归我。

「這樣，你從以色列人中將利未人分別出來，利未人便要歸我。

「你從以色列人中將利未人分別出來，利未人就歸我了。

「你從以色列人中將利未人分別出來，利未人就歸我了。

這樣，你就把利未人從其他以色列人中分別出來，使他們歸給我。

“這樣，你要把利未人從以色列人中分別出來，利未人就要歸我。

『這樣，你從以色列人中將利未人分別出來，利未人便是歸我的。

如是區別利未人於以色列族、使之歸我、

於是爾可區別利未人與以色列族、使之歸我。

如是、爾於以色列人中、區別利未人、使之歸我、

That is how I want you to set apart the Levites from the other Israelites. The Levites will belong to me.

“ Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the people of Israel, and the Levites shall be mine.

In this way, you will set the Levites apart from the rest of the people of Israel, and the Levites will belong to me.

In this way you are to separate the Levites from the rest of the Israelites so that the Levites will belong to me.

“ So you shall single out the Levites from among the sons of Israel, and the Levites shall be Mine.

Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the children of Israel, and the Levites shall be Mine.

Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel; and the Levites shall be mine.

In this way you are to separate the Levites from the rest of the Israelites so that the Levites will belong to Me.

Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine.

And so you are to separate the Levites from among the Israelites, and the Levites will be mine.

Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the children of Israel, and the Levites shall be mine.

I myself have selected your fellow Levites from among the Israelites as a gift to you, dedicated to the Lord to do the work at the tent of meeting.

“ On the day when I act,” says the Lord Almighty,“ they will be my treasured possession. I will spare them, just as a father has compassion and spares his son who serves him.

“ Take the Levites in place of all the firstborn of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites in place of their livestock. The Levites are to be mine. I am the Lord.

Every firstborn male in Israel, whether human or animal, is mine. When I struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, I set them apart for myself.

Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle and set apart for the gospel of God—

Isn’t it enough for you that the God of Israel has separated you from the rest of the Israelite community and brought you near himself to do the work at the Lord’s tabernacle and to stand before the community and minister to them?He has brought you and all your fellow Levites near himself, but now you are trying to get the priesthood too.

But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by his grace, was pleased

“ Speak to the Israelites and say to them:‘ If a man or woman wants to make a special vow, a vow of dedication to the Lord as a Nazirite,

“ I have taken the Levites from among the Israelites in place of the first male offspring of every Israelite woman. The Levites are mine,

Such a high priest truly meets our need— one who is holy, blameless, pure, set apart from sinners, exalted above the heavens.

At that time the Lord set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the covenant of the Lord, to stand before the Lord to minister and to pronounce blessings in his name, as they still do today.