Numbers 8:16
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
For the Levites have been wholly given to Me from among the sons of Israel. I have taken them for Myself in place of all who come first from the womb, the firstborn of all the sons of Israel.

Young's Literal Translation
‘For they are certainly given to Me out of the midst of the sons of Israel, instead of him who openeth any womb—the first-born of all—from the sons of Israel I have taken them to Myself;

King James Bible
For they [are] wholly given unto me from among the children of Israel; instead of such as open every womb, [even instead of] the firstborn of all the children of Israel, have I taken them unto me.

Hebrew
For
כִּי֩ (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

[the Levites]
הֵ֙מָּה֙ (hêm·māh)
Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's 1992: They

have been wholly given
נְתֻנִ֨ים (nə·ṯu·nîm)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine plural
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

to Me
לִ֔י (lî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew

from among
מִתּ֖וֹךְ (mit·tō·wḵ)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 8432: A bisection, the centre

the sons
בְּנֵ֣י (bə·nê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1121: A son

of Israel.
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc

I have taken
לָקַ֥חְתִּי (lā·qaḥ·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 3947: To take

them for Myself
אֹתָ֖ם (’ō·ṯām)
Direct object marker | third person masculine plural
Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

in place of
תַּחַת֩ (ta·ḥaṯ)
Preposition
Strong's 8478: The bottom, below, in lieu of

all
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

who come first
פִּטְרַ֨ת (piṭ·raṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 6363: That which separates or first opens

from the womb,
רֶ֜חֶם (re·ḥem)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7358: The womb

the firstborn
בְּכ֥וֹר (bə·ḵō·wr)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1060: Firstborn, chief

of all
כֹּל֙ (kōl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

the sons
מִבְּנֵ֣י (mib·bə·nê)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1121: A son

of Israel.
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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