NUM 3:9 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

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. )

BrTr 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.

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 Moses, assign those who descended from Levi to serve Aaron and those who descend from him. Out of all the Israelites, I have assigned exclusively those who descended from Levi to serve Aaron and his family .

BSB Assign the Levites to Aaron and his sons; they have been given exclusively to him[fn] from among the Israelites

3:9 Most MT manuscripts; some MT manuscripts, SP, and LXX (see also Numbers 8:16) to Me

OEB No OEB NUM book available

WEBBE 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.

WMBB (Same as above)

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 No LEB NUM book available

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

Moff No Moff 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.

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

SLT And give the Levites to Aaron and to his sons; being given they were given to him from the sons of Israel.

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

KJB-1769 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/shall give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons: they are wholly given unto him out of the children of Israel. )

KJB-1611 And thou shalt giue the Leuites vnto Aaron and to his sonnes: they are wholly giuen vnto him out of the children of Israel.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps No Bshps NUM book available

Gnva 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/shall give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons: for they are given him freely from among the children of Israel. )

Cvdl No Cvdl NUM book available

Wycl No Wycl NUM book available

Luth No Luth NUM book available

ClVg Dabisque dono Levitas
(Dabisque dono Levitas )

RP-GNT No RP-GNT NUM book available

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](../01/03.md).

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](../01/03.md).

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

וּ⁠לְ⁠בָנָ֑י⁠ו

and,to,sons_of,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](../01/02.md).

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