Take
laqach (law-kakh')
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
the Levites
Leviyiy (lay-vee-ee')
a Levite or descendant of Levi -- Leviite.
instead of all the firstborn
bkowr (bek-ore')
firstborn; hence, chief -- eldest (son), firstborn(-ling).
among the children
ben (bane)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc.
of Israel
Yisra'el (yis-raw-ale')
he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
and the cattle
bhemah (be-hay-maw')
a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective) -- beast, cattle.
of the Levites
Leviyiy (lay-vee-ee')
a Levite or descendant of Levi -- Leviite.
instead of their cattle
bhemah (be-hay-maw')
a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective) -- beast, cattle.
and the Levites
Leviyiy (lay-vee-ee')
a Levite or descendant of Levi -- Leviite.
shall be mine I am the LORD
Yhovah (yeh-ho-vaw')
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God -- Jehovah, the Lord.