NUM 3:9 Parallel View

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ULT And you shall give the Levites to Aaron and to his sons. They are given, given to him from with the sons of Israel.

UST You shall order the tribe of Levi to serve Aaron and his descendants. Of all the Israelites, the tribe of Levi will alone serve Aaron.

BSB § Assign the Levites to Aaron and his sons; they have been given exclusively to him from among the Israelites.

OEB No OEB NUM book available

WEB You shall give the Levites to Aaron and to his sons. They are wholly given to him on the behalf of the children of Israel.

NET You are to assign the Levites to Aaron and his sons; they will be assigned exclusively to him out of all the Israelites.

LSV and you have given the Levites to Aaron and to his sons; they are surely given to him out of the sons of Israel.

FBV The Levites are to work exclusively for Aaron and his sons of because this is their assignment among the Israelites.

T4T Appoint them to help Aaron and his two sons. I have chosen them from all the Israeli people to do that.

LEB You will give the Levites to Aaron and to his descendants; they are surely assigned to him from among the Israelites.

BBE Give the Levites to Aaron and his sons; so that they may be his without question from among the children of Israel.

MOF No MOF NUM book available

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

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

DRA And thou shalt give the Levites for a gift,

YLT and thou hast given the Levites to Aaron and to his sons; they are surely given to him out of the sons of Israel.

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

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

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

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

BB And thou shalt geue the Leuites vnto Aaron and to his sonnes: for they are geuen and deliuered vnto hym of the chyldren of Israel.
(And thou/you shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons: for they are given and delivered unto him of the children of Israel.)

GNV And thou shalt giue the Leuites vnto Aaron and to his sonnes: for they are giuen him freely from among the children of Israel.
(And thou/you shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons: for they are given him freely from among the children of Israel.)

CB And thou shalt geue ye Leuites vnto Aaron and his sonnes for a gift, vnto euery one his awne, from amonge the children of Israel.
(And thou/you shalt give ye/you_all Levites unto Aaron and his sons for a gift, unto every one his awne, from among the children of Israel.)

WYC And thou schalt yyue bi fre yifte the Leuytis to Aaron and hise sones, to whiche thei ben youun of the sones of Israel.
(And thou/you schalt give by free yifte the Leuytis to Aaron and his sons, to which they been given of the sons of Israel.)

LUT Und sollst die Leviten Aaron und seinen Söhnen zuordnen zum Geschenk von den Kindern Israel.
(And sollst the Leviten Aaron and his Söhnen zuordnen for_the Geschenk from the Kindern Israel.)

CLV Dabisque dono Levitas

BRN And thou shalt give the Levites to Aaron, and to his sons the priests; they are given for a gift to me of the children of Israel.

BrLXX Καὶ δώσεις τοὺς Λευίτας Ἀαρὼν, καὶ τοῖς υἱοῖς αὐτοῦ τοῖς ἱερεῦσι· δεδομένοι δόμα οὗτοί μοι εἰσὶν ἀπὸ τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραήλ.
(Kai dōseis tous Leuitas Aʼarōn, kai tois huiois autou tois hiereusi; dedomenoi doma houtoi moi eisin apo tōn huiōn Israaʸl.)

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וְ⁠נָתַתָּה֙ אֶת־הַ⁠לְוִיִּ֔ם & נְתוּנִ֨ם נְתוּנִ֥ם

and=you(ms)_will_give DOM the,Levites & ones_being_given ones_being_given

Here Yahweh speaks of Moses assigning the Levites to serve Aaron and his family as if the Levites were objects that could be given to Aaron and to his sons. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “And you shall order the Levites to serve … are ordered to serve, ordered to serve”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / yousingular

וְ⁠נָתַתָּה֙

and=you(ms)_will_give

Here, you is singular and refers to Moses. See how you translated the same use of you in 1:3.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / declarative

וְ⁠נָתַתָּה֙

and=you(ms)_will_give

Here, shall indicates a command. See how you translated the same use of shall in 1:3.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

וּ⁠לְ⁠בָנָ֑י⁠ו

and,to,sons,his

Here, sons refers to male descendants. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “and to his male descendants”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

נְתוּנִ֨ם נְתוּנִ֥ם הֵ֨מָּה֙

ones_being_given ones_being_given they(emph)

If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “I have given them, given them”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / reduplication

נְתוּנִ֨ם נְתוּנִ֥ם הֵ֨מָּה֙

ones_being_given ones_being_given they(emph)

Yahweh is repeating the word given in order to intensify the idea that it expresses. If your language can repeat words for intensification, it would be appropriate to do that here in your translation. If not, your language may have another way of expressing the emphasis. Alternate translation: “They are wholly given”

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / pronouns

ל֔⁠וֹ

to=him/it

Here, him refers to Aaron and his descendants. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “to Aaron and his descendants”

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

sons_of Yisrael

See how you translated this phrase in 1:2.

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