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Lexicon :: Strong's H3478 - yiśrā'ēl

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יִשְׂרָאֵל
Transliteration
yiśrā'ēl
Pronunciation
yis-raw-ale'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

יִשְׂרָאֵל Yisrâʼêl, yis-raw-ale'; from H8280 and H410; he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity:—Israel.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2,505x

The KJV translates Strong's H3478 in the following manner: Israel (2,489x), Israelites (16x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2,505x
The KJV translates Strong's H3478 in the following manner: Israel (2,489x), Israelites (16x).

  1. Israel = "God prevails"

    1. the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel

    2. the name of the descendants and the nation of the descendants of Jacob

      1. the name of the nation until the death of Solomon and the split

      2. the name used and given to the northern kingdom consisting of the 10 tribes under Jeroboam; the southern kingdom was known as Judah

      3. the name of the nation after the return from exile

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יִשְׂרָאֵל Yisrâʼêl, yis-raw-ale'; from H8280 and H410; he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity:—Israel.
STRONGS H3478: Abbreviations
יִשְׂרָאֵל 2507 proper name, masculine and of a people Israel (Ēl persisteth, persevereth (or jussive Let Ēl persist) [usually contendeth (NesEg.60 ff.) or Let Ēl contend (GrayProp. N. 218), but see DrHast. DB JACOB 530]; on vocalization see LagBN 131 f. Kit 1 Chronicles 4:16 (Hpt); MI5, + 5 times ישראל; in Egyptian Y-si-r-'l SteindZAW xvi (1896), 331, compare BreastedBib. World ix (1897), 62 ff. PatonSyr. and Pal. 134; Assyrian Sir-'-lai (= יִשְׂרְאֵלִי) SchrKG 356 ff., 364; COT Genesis 36:31; 1 Kings 16:29. — On a possibly relation of יִשׂ׳ to proper name שָׂרַי, שָׂרָה see RSK 257, 2nd ed. 34; — compare שְׂרָיָה(וּ); — Ισραηλ:
1. proper name, masculine. second name of Jacob Genesis 32:29 + 28 times Genesis (JE), Exodus 32:13 (JE), Hosea 12:13; Judges 18:29; Exodus 6:14; Numbers 1:20; Numbers 26:5 (all P), 2 Kings 17:34; 1 Chronicles 1:34 + 8 times Chronicles, Psalm 105:23; בֵּית יִשׂ׳ Ruth 4:11; בְּנֵי יִשׂ׳ (literal) Genesis 42:5 + 3 times E, + 2 times P + Exodus 1:7 (P; transition to wider use), 1 Kings 18:31; 1 Chronicles 2:1 +; = 12 tribes Exodus 28:9 + 7 times P; אֱלֹהֵי אַבְרָהָם יִצְחָק וְיִשׂ׳ 1 Kings 18:36; 1 Chronicles 29:18; 2 Chronicles 30:6.
2. proper name, of a people (usually masculineJudges 11:17 f but feminine 1 Samuel 17:21; 2 Samuel 24:9 [not || 1 Chronicles 21:5], compare Dron the passage AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 57 f.): name of Hebrew nation; usually derived from 1, but יִשׂ׳ more common in early usage than בְּנֵי יִשׂ׳ (see בֵּן):
a.
(1) undivided kingdom; יִשׂ׳ Genesis 47:27 (J), Genesis 49:7 (poem in J) + 108 times J E, Deuteronomy 1:1; Deuteronomy 18:6; Deuteronomy 33:10 (poem) + 76 times D, Genesis 34:7; Exodus 12:15 + 42 times P; Judges 5:2, 7 (twice in verse) + 104 times Judges; often 1 and 2 Samuel; 1 Kings 1-12; כָּליִֿשׂ׳ of whole people 2 Samuel 8:15 +, of whole army 2 Samuel 11:1 +, opposed to Judah 2 Samuel 2:9 + (so also later).
(2) יִשׂ׳ = Northern tribes, distinguished from Judah, even before disruption, 2 Samuel 2:9, compare 2 Samuel 2:10; 2 Samuel 3:10; 2 Samuel 4:1; 2 Samuel 5:5; 2 Samuel 12:7; 2 Samuel 20:1; 1 Kings 1:35; 1 Kings 4:20; 1 Kings 5:5 +; so at disruption 1 Kings 12:16 (3 times in verse); 1 Kings 12:18, 19; then usually of Northern kingdom, till its fall, 1 Kings 12:28; 1Ki 24:7; 1Ki 24:10 + very often Kings, Amos 1:1; Amos 2:6; Amos 3:14 +, Hosea 1:5; Hosea 4:15 (twice in verse); Hosea 5:3 (twice in verse); Hosea 5:5 +, Micah 1:13, etc.
(3) יִשׂ׳ of Southern kingdom, Judah, rarely before fall of Samaria Isaiah 1:3; Isaiah 8:18; Micah 1:14, 15, so בְּנֵי יִשׂ׳ 1 Kings 12:17; after fall of Samaria, יִשׂ׳ (less often בְּנֵי יִשׂ׳) occurs of entire people, in reference to past or future 2 Kings 21:8; 2 Kings 23:22; Isaiah 17:9; Psalm 103:7; Jeremiah 2:3; Jeremiah 50:17, 19 +; יִשׂ׳ also = Judah Jeremiah 2:14, 31; Jeremiah 4:1 +, Ezekiel 13:2, 4, 16; Ezekiel 14:1, 7, 9 +, Isaiah 40:27; Isaiah 41:8; Isaiah 42:24 +, Ezra 2:59 = Nehemiah 7:61; Ezra 2:70; Ezra 3:11 +, Nehemiah 10:34; Nehemiah 10:3 +, Psalm 14:7 (twice in verse) = Psalm 53:7 [Psalm 53:6] (twice in verse), Psalm 147:2; Psalm 149:2 +, etc.
(4) usage in Chronicles: יִשׂ׳ of whole people 1 Chronicles 2:7 + 110 times, of Northern kingdom 2 Chronicles 11:1 + 16 times, of Judah 2 Chronicles 12:6; 19:8 + 9 times
(5) יִשׂ׳ personified as עֶבֶד י׳, Isaiah 44:1, 21; Isaiah 49:3.
b. בְּנֵי יִשׂ׳,
(1) of undivided people Exodus 1:12 (J), Exodus 3:9 (E) + 72 times J E, Deuteronomy 3:18; Deuteronomy 10:6 + 25 times D, Genesis 32:33 [Genesis 32:32] + 327 times P; Judges 1:1 + 60 times Judges; seldom 1 and 2 Samuel, 1 Kings 1-12; in 1 Kings 13—2 Kings 25 passive in reference to older history (rarely otherwise).
(2) seldom of Northern kingdom Amos 2:11 + 9 times Amos, Hosea; 2 Chronicles 13:12 + 7 times Chronicles.
(3) of Judah (late) Ezekiel 2:3; Nehemiah 1:6 (twice in verse); Ezra 3:1; Joel 4:16 +, 2 Chronicles 31:5.
c. בֵּית יִשׂ׳ Exodus 16:31; Exodus 40:38 + 142 times (see בַּיִת 5d (δ); + 81 times Ezekiel, where = Judah; see especially Exodus 37:16); שְׁנֵי בָֽתֵּי יִשׂ׳ Isaiah 8:14.
d. other phrases, see sub אִישׁ, אֶרֶץ, בַּת, בְּתוּלָה, גְּבוּל, הַר, כִּסֵּא, מֶלֶךְ, (נטה) מַטֶּה, (יעד) עֵדָה, עַם, שֵׁבֶט; also (in epithet of י׳) below אָבִיר, אוֺר, אֱלֹחִים, I. גָּוֺאל, מֶלֶךְ, מִקְוֶה (I. קוה), I. צוּר (V. צור), קָדוֺשׁ, I. רָעָה 1d (3).
†e. יִשׂ׳ = the laity, opposed to priests, etc. (late): Ezra 10:25; Nehemiah 11:3; 1 Chronicles 9:2; כָּליִֿשׂ׳ Ezra 2:70; Ezra 10:5; הָעָם יִשׂ׳ Ezra 9:1; בְּנֵי יִשׂ׳ Nehemiah 10:40, compare שְׁאָר יִשׂ׳ Nehemiah 11:20.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H3479.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

32:29; 32:32; 34:7; 36:31; 42:5; 47:27; 49:7

Exodus

1:7; 1:12; 3:9; 6:14; 12:15; 16:31; 28:9; 32:13; 37:16; 40:38

Numbers

1:20; 26:5

Deuteronomy

1:1; 3:18; 10:6; 18:6; 33:10

Judges

1:1; 5:2; 5:7; 11:17; 18:29

Ruth

4:11

1 Samuel

17:21

2 Samuel

2:9; 2:9; 2:10; 3:10; 4:1; 5:5; 8:15; 11:1; 12:7; 20:1; 24:9

1 Kings

1:35; 4:20; 5:5; 12:16; 12:17; 12:18; 12:19; 12:28; 16:29; 18:31; 18:36

2 Kings

17:34; 21:8; 23:22

1 Chronicles

1:34; 2:1; 2:7; 4:16; 9:2; 21:5; 29:18

2 Chronicles

11:1; 12:6; 13:12; 19:8; 30:6; 31:5

Ezra

2:59; 2:70; 2:70; 3:1; 3:11; 9:1; 10:5; 10:25

Nehemiah

1:6; 7:61; 10:3; 10:34; 11:3; 11:20

Psalms

14:7; 53:6; 103:7; 105:23; 147:2; 149:2

Isaiah

1:3; 8:14; 8:18; 17:9; 40:27; 41:8; 42:24; 44:1; 44:21; 49:3

Jeremiah

2:3; 2:14; 2:31; 4:1; 50:17; 50:19

Ezekiel

2:3; 13:2; 13:4; 13:16; 14:1; 14:7; 14:9

Hosea

1:5; 4:15; 5:3; 5:5; 12:13

Amos

1:1; 2:6; 2:11; 3:14

Micah

1:13; 1:14; 1:15

H3478

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Strong's Number H3478 matches the Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל (yiśrā'ēl),
which occurs 237 times in 209 verses in 'Num' in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 5 (Num 1:2–Num 9:7)

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:2 - “Take a [fn]census of all the congregation of the sons of Israel H3478, by their families, by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, every male, head by head

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:3 - from twenty years old and upward, whoever is able to go to war in Israel H3478. You and Aaron shall [fn]count them by their armies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:16 - “These are the men who were called from the congregation, the leaders of their fathers’ tribes; they were the heads of [fn]divisions of Israel H3478.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:20 -

Now the sons of Reuben, Israel’s H3478 firstborn, their descendants by their families, by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, head by head, every male from twenty years old and upward, whoever was able to go to war,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:44 -

These are the ones who were numbered, whom Moses and Aaron counted, with the leaders of Israel H3478, twelve men, each of whom was of his father’s household.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:45

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:45 - So all the numbered men of the sons of Israel H3478 by their fathers’ households, from twenty years old and upward, whoever was able to go to war in Israel H3478,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:49

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:49 - “Only the tribe of Levi you shall not count, nor shall you take their [fn]census among the sons of Israel H3478.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:52

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:52 - “So the sons of Israel H3478 shall camp, each man by his own camp, and each man by his own [fn]flag, according to their armies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:53

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:53 - “But the Levites shall camp around the tabernacle of the testimony, so that there will be no divine wrath against the congregation of the sons of Israel H3478. So the Levites shall be responsible for service to the tabernacle of the testimony.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:54

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:54 - And the sons of Israel H3478 did so; in accordance with all that the LORD had commanded Moses, so they did.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:2 - “The sons of Israel H3478 shall camp, each by his own [fn]flag, with the banners of their fathers’ households; they shall camp around the tent of meeting [fn]at a distance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:32 -

These are the numbered men of the sons of Israel H3478 by their fathers’ households; the total of the numbered men of the camps by their armies, 603,550.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:33 - The Levites, however, were not counted among the sons of Israel H3478, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:34

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:34 - So the sons of Israel H3478 did all this; according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so they camped by their flags, and so they set out, everyone by his family according to his father’s household.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:8 - “They shall also take care of all the furnishings of the tent of meeting, along with the duties of the sons of Israel H3478, to do the service of the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:9 - “So you shall assign the Levites to Aaron and to his sons; they are exclusively assigned to him from the sons of Israel H3478.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:12 - “Now, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the sons of Israel H3478 instead of every firstborn, the firstborn of the womb among the sons of Israel H3478. So the Levites shall be Mine.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:13 - “For all the firstborn are Mine; on the day that I fatally struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I sanctified to Myself all the firstborn in Israel H3478, from the human firstborn to animals. They shall be Mine; I am the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:38

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:38 -

Now those who were to camp in front of the tabernacle eastward, in front of the tent of meeting toward the sunrise, were Moses and Aaron and his sons, performing the duties of the sanctuary for the obligation of the sons of Israel H3478; but the [fn]layman coming near was to be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:40 -

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Count every firstborn male of the sons of Israel H3478 from a month old and upward, and [fn]make a list of their names.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:41

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:41 - “And you shall take the Levites for Me—I am the LORD—instead of all the firstborn among the sons of Israel H3478; and the cattle of the Levites in place of all the firstborn among the cattle of the sons of Israel H3478.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:42

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:42 - So Moses counted all the firstborn among the sons of Israel H3478, just as the LORD had commanded him;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:45

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:45 - “Take the Levites in place of all the firstborn among the sons of Israel H3478, and the cattle of the Levites in place of their cattle. And the Levites shall be Mine; I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:46

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:46 - “And as [fn]a redemption price for the 273 of the firstborn of the sons of Israel H3478 who are in excess of the number of the Levites,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:50

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:50 - from the firstborn of the sons of Israel H3478 he took the money in terms of the shekel of the sanctuary, 1,365.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:46

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:46 -

All the numbered men of the Levites, whom Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of Israel H3478 counted, by their families and by their fathers’ households,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:2 - “Command the sons of Israel H3478 that they send away from the camp everyone with leprosy, everyone having a discharge, and everyone who is unclean because of contact with a dead person.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:4 - And the sons of Israel H3478 did so and sent them outside the camp; just as the LORD had spoken to Moses, that is what the sons of Israel H3478 did.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:6 - “Speak to the sons of Israel H3478: ‘When a man or woman commits any of the sins of mankind, acting unfaithfully against the LORD, and that person is guilty,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:9 - ‘Also every [fn]contribution pertaining to all the holy gifts of the sons of Israel H3478, which they offer to the priest, shall be his.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:12 - “Speak to the sons of Israel H3478 and say to them, ‘If any man’s wife goes astray and is unfaithful to him,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:2 - “Speak to the sons of Israel H3478 and say to them, ‘When a man or woman makes [fn]a special vow, namely, the vow of a [fn]Nazirite, to live as a Nazirite for the LORD,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:23 - “Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, ‘In this way you shall bless the sons of Israel H3478. You are to say to them:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:27 -

“So they shall [fn]invoke My name on the sons of Israel H3478, and then I will bless them.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:2 - Then the leaders of Israel H3478, the heads of their fathers’ households, made an offering (they were the leaders of the tribes; they were the [fn]supervisors over the [fn]numbered men).

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:84 -

This was the dedication offering [fn]for the altar from the leaders of Israel H3478 [fn]when it was anointed: twelve silver dishes, twelve silver bowls, and twelve gold pans,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:6 - “Take the Levites from among the sons of Israel H3478 and cleanse them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:9 - “So you shall present the Levites in front of the tent of meeting. You shall also assemble the whole congregation of the sons of Israel H3478,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:10 - and present the Levites before the LORD; and the sons of Israel H3478 shall lay their hands on the Levites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:11 - “Aaron then shall [fn]present the Levites before the LORD as a wave offering from the sons of Israel H3478, so that they may [fn]qualify to perform the service of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:14 -

“So you shall single out the Levites from among the sons of Israel H3478, and the Levites shall be Mine.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:16 - for they are exclusively given to Me from among the sons of Israel H3478. I have taken them for Myself instead of the firstborn of every womb, the firstborn of all the sons of Israel H3478.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:17 - “For every firstborn among the sons of Israel H3478 is Mine, among the people and among the animals; on the day that I fatally struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I sanctified them for Myself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:18 - “But I have taken the Levites instead of every firstborn among the sons of Israel H3478.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:19 - “And I have given the Levites as [fn]a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the sons of Israel H3478, to perform the service of the sons of Israel H3478 at the tent of meeting and to make atonement on behalf of the sons of Israel H3478, so that there will be no affliction among the sons of Israel H3478 due to [fn]their approaching the sanctuary.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:20 -

So this is what Moses, Aaron, and all the congregation of the sons of Israel H3478 did to the Levites; according to everything that the LORD had commanded Moses regarding the Levites, so the sons of Israel H3478 did to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:2 - “Now the sons of Israel H3478 are to [fn]celebrate the Passover at its appointed time.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:4 - So Moses [fn]told the sons of Israel H3478 to celebrate the Passover.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:5 - And they celebrated the Passover in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, at twilight, in the wilderness of Sinai; in accordance with everything that the LORD had commanded Moses, so the sons of Israel H3478 did.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:7 - Those men said to him, “Though we are unclean because of a [fn]dead person, why are we kept from presenting the offering of the LORD at its appointed time among the sons of Israel H3478?”

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