Israel
The name Israel means “who prevails with God”
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Jacob was the younger twin son of Isaac and Rebekah. He struggled with his twin brother Esau in the womb and was born holding Esau’s heel (Genesis 25:21–26). God told Rebekah that the boys symbolized two nations and that the older son would serve the younger (Genesis 25:23).
Isaac favored Esau, who loved the outdoors, while Rebekah preferred Jacob, who enjoyed staying at home. One day, Esau came back very hungry from hunting, and Jacob traded him some red stew for his inheritance rights (Genesis 25:27–34; see Hebrews 12:16). Later, Isaac asked Esau to prepare wild game for him to eat so he could bless him (Genesis 27:1–4; compare 25:28). However, Rebekah sent Jacob to trick Isaac into giving him the blessing instead, and her plan worked (Genesis 27:5–29). Jacob's deception was soon discovered (Genesis 27:30–35). But legally, valid blessings were unchangeable promises (27:33). So Isaac gave Esau a lesser blessing (Genesis 27:36–40). Esau planned to kill Jacob (27:41). Rebekah persuaded Isaac to send Jacob to her brother Laban so Jacob could marry within the family (Genesis 27:42–46).
Isaac gave the covenant promises to Jacob and sent him to Haran (Genesis 28:1–5). On the way, God appeared to Jacob in a dream and confirmed the promises of land and descendants given to Abraham and Isaac (Genesis 28:10–15). Jacob worshiped the Lord and named the place Bethel, meaning "house of God."
In Haran, Jacob worked for his uncle Laban (Genesis 29–31). Jacob loved Laban's daughter Rachel and worked seven years to marry her. However, Laban tricked him by giving him his older daughter Leah on the wedding night. Jacob then worked another seven years for Rachel and six more years to build his own flocks (Genesis 30:25–43; see also 31:38–42). Despite many challenges, he had thirteen children and became very wealthy.
After twenty years, God told Jacob to return to Canaan (Genesis 31:3). Jacob feared Laban and his sons (Genesis 31:1–2). So, he organized his caravan and left while Laban was away (31:4–21). Laban chased after him, but God stopped him from harming Jacob (Genesis 31:22–24, 29). Instead, Laban scolded Jacob for leaving secretly and accused him of stealing his idols (Genesis 31:25–30). Jacob allowed Laban to search his tents, but the idols were not found (Genesis 31:33–35). Jacob then became angry (Genesis 31:36–42). Although their conflict was unresolved, the two men made a peace agreement (Genesis 31:43–54). The location became a lasting boundary between Israel and Aram.
Jacob now faced Esau and God. When Esau came with four hundred men, Jacob asked for God's protection and sent gifts to make peace with his brother, whom he had not seen for many years (Genesis 32:3–21). That night, in an event symbolizing his life, Jacob wrestled with a man who dislocated his hip and gave him the blessing he wanted (Genesis 32:22–32). God also changed his name to Israel, meaning "God fights."
In the morning, Jacob met Esau, and they reconciled (Genesis 33:1–11). Esau was kind and forgiving, and Jacob shared some of his blessings. Esau then returned to Seir, while Jacob continued to Canaan. In Shechem, Jacob bought land and built an altar (Genesis 33:18–20). He then moved to Bethel and removed all foreign idols from his household (Genesis 35:1–8). God reaffirmed Jacob's new name, Israel, and renewed his promises of land and descendants (Genesis 35:9–15).
Jacob favored Rachel and her son Joseph (Genesis 37:1–3). Joseph's brothers grew jealous and hated him. Joseph's dreams made them angrier (Genesis 37:4–11), so they sold him as a slave (Genesis 37:12–28). For over twenty years, Jacob thought Joseph was dead. Jacob only learned Joseph was alive after sending Benjamin to Egypt with Judah. Joseph then helped his family during the famine (Genesis 43:1–14; 45:24–28). Jacob felt renewed and moved to Egypt. He joyfully reunited with Joseph in Goshen (Genesis 46:28–30) and thrived for seventeen more years.
When Jacob was near death at age 147, he planned for his family's future. He made Joseph promise to bury him in Canaan (Genesis 47:29–31; 49:29–32). He gave Joseph’s sons his main blessing and placed Ephraim, the younger son, first (Genesis 48:1–20). He assured the family they would return to Canaan (Genesis 48:21–22). Then he blessed each of his sons and predicted the future of their descendants (Genesis 49:1–28). He died and was buried in the cave of Machpelah, accompanied by his sons and a large Egyptian procession (Genesis 49:33–50:13). His death marked the end of the patriarchal age and the start of Israel’s growth as a nation in Egypt until they returned to live in the promised land (see Exodus—Joshua).
The name "Jacob" became another name for the nation of Israel (see Numbers 23:7, 21; 24:5; Hosea 12:2). God called the nation to serve him as their ancestors did (Hosea 12:3–14). He promised Israel the same love he showed Jacob (Malachi 1:2). He also promised that a powerful leader would come from Jacob's descendants (Genesis 49:8–12; Numbers 24:17–19).
Passages for Further Study
Genesis 25:19–34; 27:1–35:29; 37:1–35; 42:1–4, 29–38; 43:1–13; 45:25–50:14; Exodus 1:1–5; Numbers 23:7–10, 20–23; 24:5–9, 17–19; Deuteronomy 26:5; Joshua 24:4, 32; Hosea 12:2–14; Malachi 1:2; John 4:5–6, 12; Acts 7:8–16; Romans 9:10–13; Hebrews 11:8–9, 20–21
Events
- Creation of all things
- Creation of Adam and Eve
- The Fall
- God curses Cain
- God decides to destroy every living thing
- God instructs Noah to build the ark
- God makes a covenant with Noah
- Abrahamic Covenant
- Sodom Destroyed
- Birth of Jacob and Esau
- Lifetime of Jacob
- Birth of Reuben
- Birth of Simeon
- Birth of Levi
- Birth of Judah
- Birth of Dan
- Birth of Naphtali
- Birth of Gad
- Birth of Asher
- Birth of Issachar
- Birth of Zebulon
- Birth of Dinah
- Birth of Joseph
- Rachel dies giving birth to Benjamin
- Joseph sold to Egypt
- Joseph imprisoned
- 7 years of famine
- Joseph's brothers return to Egypt
- Death of Jacob
- Ten Commandments Given
- The Holy Spirit is promised
- Jesus ascends to Heaven
- The Holy Spirit comes
- Believers pray for boldnessc. AD 30
- Ananias and Sapphira lie to Godc. AD 30
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Alternative names
- ἸακώβJacobmeans “that supplants, undermines; the heel”
- ἸσραήλIsrael
- ἸσραηλίτηςIsrael
- יַעֲקֹבJacobmeans “that supplants, undermines; the heel”
- יִשְׂרָאֵלGod
- יִשְׂרָאֵלIsrael
- יִשְׂרְאֵלִיIsrael
- יִשְׂרְאֵלִיתIsrael
- יְשֻׁרוּןJeshurun
Mentions
Includes 926 verses that refer to Israel without naming them, as “he”, “she”, or the subject of a verb.
- Leviticus 12:2יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel“Say to the Israelites, ‘A woman who becomes pregnant and gives birth to a son will be unclean for seven days, as she is during the days of her menstruation.
- Leviticus 15:2יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel“Say to the Israelites, ‘When any man has a bodily discharge, the discharge is unclean.
- Leviticus 15:31יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelYou must keep the children of Israel separate from their uncleanness, so that they do not die by defiling My tabernacle, which is among them.
- Leviticus 16:5יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelAnd he shall take from the congregation of Israel two male goats for a sin offering and one ram for a burnt offering.
- Leviticus 16:16יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelSo he shall make atonement for the Most Holy Place because of the impurities and rebellious acts of the Israelites in regard to all their sins. He is to do the same for the Tent of Meeting which abides among them in the midst of their impurities.
- Leviticus 16:17יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelNo one may be in the Tent of Meeting from the time Aaron goes in to make atonement in the Most Holy Place until he leaves, after he has made atonement for himself, his household, and the whole assembly of Israel.
- Leviticus 16:19יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelHe is to sprinkle some of the blood on it with his finger seven times to cleanse it and consecrate it from the uncleanness of the Israelites.
- Leviticus 16:21יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelThen he is to lay both hands on the head of the live goat and confess over it all the iniquities and rebellious acts of the Israelites in regard to all their sins. He is to put them on the goat’s head and send it away into the wilderness by the hand of a man appointed for the task.
- Leviticus 16:34יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelThis is to be a permanent statute for you, to make atonement once a year for the Israelites because of all their sins.” And all this was done as the LORD had commanded Moses.
- Leviticus 17:2יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel“Speak to Aaron, his sons, and all the Israelites and tell them this is what the LORD has commanded:
- Leviticus 17:3יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel‘Anyone from the house of Israel who slaughters an ox, a lamb, or a goat in the camp or outside of it
- Leviticus 17:5יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelFor this reason the Israelites will bring to the LORD the sacrifices they have been offering in the open fields. They are to bring them to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and offer them as sacrifices of peace offerings to the LORD.
- Leviticus 17:8יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelTell them that if anyone from the house of Israel or any foreigner living among them offers a burnt offering or a sacrifice
- Leviticus 17:10יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelIf anyone from the house of Israel or a foreigner living among them eats any blood, I will set My face against that person and cut him off from among his people.
- Leviticus 17:12יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelTherefore I say to the Israelites, ‘None of you may eat blood, nor may any foreigner living among you eat blood.’
- Leviticus 17:13יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelAnd if any Israelite or foreigner living among them hunts down a wild animal or bird that may be eaten, he must drain its blood and cover it with dirt.
- Leviticus 17:14יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelFor the life of all flesh is its blood. Therefore I have told the Israelites, ‘You must not eat the blood of any living thing, because the life of all flesh is its blood; whoever eats it must be cut off.’
- Leviticus 18:2יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: I am the LORD your God.
- Leviticus 19:2יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel“Speak to the whole congregation of Israel and tell them: Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy.
- Leviticus 20:2יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel“Tell the Israelites, ‘Any Israelite or foreigner living in Israel who gives any of his children to Molech must be put to death. The people of the land are to stone him.
- Leviticus 20:7Referred to, not namedConsecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am the LORD your God.
- Leviticus 20:8Referred to, not namedAnd you shall keep My statutes and practice them. I am the LORD who sanctifies you.
- Leviticus 20:14Referred to, not namedIf a man marries both a woman and her mother, it is depraved. Both he and they must be burned in the fire, so that there will be no depravity among you.
- Leviticus 20:15Referred to, not namedIf a man lies carnally with an animal, he must be put to death. And you are also to kill the animal.
- Leviticus 20:16Referred to, not namedIf a woman approaches any animal to mate with it, you must kill both the woman and the animal. They must surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.
- Leviticus 20:19Referred to, not namedYou must not have sexual relations with the sister of your mother or your father, for it is exposing one’s own kin; both shall bear their iniquity.
- Leviticus 20:22Referred to, not namedYou are therefore to keep all My statutes and ordinances, so that the land where I am bringing you to live will not vomit you out.
- Leviticus 20:23Referred to, not namedYou must not follow the statutes of the nations I am driving out before you. Because they did all these things, I abhorred them.
- Leviticus 20:24Referred to, not namedBut I have told you that you will inherit their land, since I will give it to you as an inheritance—a land flowing with milk and honey. I am the LORD your God, who has set you apart from the peoples.
- Leviticus 20:25Referred to, not namedYou are therefore to distinguish between clean and unclean animals and birds. Do not become contaminated by any animal or bird, or by anything that crawls on the ground; I have set these apart as unclean for you.
- Leviticus 20:26Referred to, not namedYou are to be holy to Me because I, the LORD, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be My own.
- Leviticus 21:8Referred to, not namedYou are to regard him as holy, since he presents the food of your God. He shall be holy to you, because I the LORD am holy—I who set you apart.
- Leviticus 21:24יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelMoses told this to Aaron and his sons and to all the Israelites.
- Leviticus 22:2יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel“Tell Aaron and his sons to treat with respect the sacred offerings that the Israelites have consecrated to Me, so that they do not profane My holy name. I am the LORD.
- Leviticus 22:3יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelTell them that for the generations to come, if any of their descendants in a state of uncleanness approaches the sacred offerings that the Israelites consecrate to the LORD, that person must be cut off from My presence. I am the LORD.
- Leviticus 22:15יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelThe priests must not profane the sacred offerings that the Israelites present to the LORD
- Leviticus 22:18יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel“Speak to Aaron and his sons and all the Israelites and tell them, ‘Any man of the house of Israel or any foreign resident who presents a gift for a burnt offering to the LORD, whether to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering,
- Leviticus 22:19Referred to, not named…must offer an unblemished male from the cattle, sheep, or goats in order for it to be accepted on your behalf.
- Leviticus 22:20Referred to, not namedYou must not present anything with a defect, because it will not be accepted on your behalf.
- Leviticus 22:22Referred to, not namedYou are not to present to the LORD any animal that is blind, injured, or maimed, or anything with a running sore, a festering rash, or a scab; you must not put any of these on the altar as a food offering to the LORD.
- Leviticus 22:23Referred to, not namedYou may present as a freewill offering an ox or sheep that has a deformed or stunted limb, but it is not acceptable in fulfillment of a vow.
- Leviticus 22:24Referred to, not namedYou are not to present to the LORD an animal whose testicles are bruised, crushed, torn, or cut; you are not to sacrifice them in your land.
- Leviticus 22:25Referred to, not namedNeither you nor a foreigner shall present food to your God from any such animal. They will not be accepted on your behalf, because they are deformed and flawed.’”
- Leviticus 22:28Referred to, not namedBut you must not slaughter an ox or a sheep on the same day as its young.
- Leviticus 22:29Referred to, not namedWhen you sacrifice a thank offering to the LORD, offer it so that it may be acceptable on your behalf.
- Leviticus 22:30Referred to, not namedIt must be eaten that same day. Do not leave any of it until morning. I am the LORD.
- Leviticus 22:31Referred to, not namedYou are to keep My commandments and practice them. I am the LORD.
- Leviticus 22:32יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelYou must not profane My holy name. I must be acknowledged as holy among the Israelites. I am the LORD who sanctifies you,
- Leviticus 23:2יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel“Speak to the Israelites and say to them, ‘These are My appointed feasts, the feasts of the LORD that you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies.
- Leviticus 23:10יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel“Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘When you enter the land that I am giving you and you reap its harvest, you are to bring to the priest a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest.
- Leviticus 23:24יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel“Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘On the first day of the seventh month you are to have a day of rest, a sacred assembly announced by trumpet blasts.
- Leviticus 23:34יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel“Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh month the Feast of Tabernacles to the LORD begins, and it continues for seven days.
- Leviticus 23:42יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelYou are to dwell in booths for seven days. All the native-born of Israel must dwell in booths,
- Leviticus 23:43יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel…so that your descendants may know that I made the Israelites dwell in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.’”
- Leviticus 23:44יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelSo Moses announced to the Israelites the appointed feasts of the LORD.
- Leviticus 24:2יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel“Command the Israelites to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually.
- Leviticus 24:8יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelEvery Sabbath day the bread is to be set out before the LORD on behalf of the Israelites as a permanent covenant.
- Leviticus 24:10יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel; יִשְׂרְאֵלִי · Israel; יִשְׂרְאֵלִית · IsraelNow the son of an Israelite mother and an Egyptian father went out among the Israelites, and a fight broke out in the camp between him and an Israelite.
- Leviticus 24:11יִשְׂרְאֵלִית · IsraelThe son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the Name with a curse. So they brought him to Moses. (His mother’s name was Shelomith daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.)
- Leviticus 24:15יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelAnd you are to tell the Israelites, ‘If anyone curses his God, he shall bear the consequences of his sin.
- Leviticus 24:23יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelThen Moses spoke to the Israelites, and they took the blasphemer outside the camp and stoned him. So the Israelites did as the LORD had commanded Moses.
- Leviticus 25:2יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel“Speak to the Israelites and say to them: When you enter the land that I am giving you, the land itself must observe a Sabbath to the LORD.
- Leviticus 25:33יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelSo whatever belongs to the Levites may be redeemed—a house sold in a city they possess—and must be released in the Jubilee, because the houses in the cities of the Levites are their possession among the Israelites.
- Leviticus 25:46יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelYou may leave them to your sons after you to inherit as property; you can make them slaves for life. But as for your brothers, the Israelites, no man may rule harshly over his brother.
- Leviticus 25:55יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelFor the Israelites are My servants. They are My servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.
- Leviticus 26:42יַעֲקֹב · Jacob…then I will remember My covenant with Jacob and My covenant with Isaac and My covenant with Abraham, and I will remember the land.
- Leviticus 26:46יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelThese are the statutes, ordinances, and laws that the LORD established between Himself and the Israelites through Moses on Mount Sinai.
- Leviticus 27:2יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel“Speak to the Israelites and say to them, ‘When someone makes a special vow to the LORD involving the value of persons,
- Leviticus 27:34יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelThese are the commandments that the LORD gave to Moses for the Israelites on Mount Sinai.
- Numbers 1:2יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel“Take a census of the whole congregation of Israel by their clans and families, listing every man by name, one by one.
- Numbers 1:3יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelYou and Aaron are to number those who are twenty years of age or older by their divisions—everyone who can serve in Israel’s army.
- Numbers 1:16יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelThese men were appointed from the congregation; they were the leaders of the tribes of their fathers, the heads of the clans of Israel.
- Numbers 1:20יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelFrom the sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, according to the records of their clans and families, counting one by one the names of every male twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,
- Numbers 1:44יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelThese were the men numbered by Moses and Aaron, with the assistance of the twelve leaders of Israel, each one representing his family.
- Numbers 1:45יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelSo all the Israelites twenty years of age or older who could serve in Israel’s army were counted according to their families.
- Numbers 1:49יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel“Do not number the tribe of Levi in the census with the other Israelites.
- Numbers 1:52יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelThe Israelites are to camp by their divisions, each man in his own camp and under his own standard.
- Numbers 1:53יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelBut the Levites are to camp around the tabernacle of the Testimony and watch over it, so that no wrath will fall on the congregation of Israel. So the Levites are responsible for the tabernacle of the Testimony.”
- Numbers 1:54יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelThus the Israelites did everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
- Numbers 2:2יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel“The Israelites are to camp around the Tent of Meeting at a distance from it, each man under his standard, with the banners of his family.
- Numbers 2:32יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelThese are the Israelites, numbered according to their families. The total of those counted in the camps, by their divisions, was 603,550.
- Numbers 2:33יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelBut the Levites were not counted among the other Israelites, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
- Numbers 2:34יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelSo the Israelites did everything the LORD commanded Moses; they camped under their standards in this way and set out in the same way, each man with his clan and his family.
- Numbers 3:8יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelThey shall take care of all the furnishings of the Tent of Meeting and fulfill obligations for the Israelites by attending to the service of the tabernacle.
- Numbers 3:9יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelAssign the Levites to Aaron and his sons; they have been given exclusively to him from among the Israelites.
- Numbers 3:12יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel“Behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel in place of every firstborn Israelite from the womb. The Levites belong to Me,
- Numbers 3:13יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel…for all the firstborn are Mine. On the day I struck down every firstborn in the land of Egypt, I consecrated to Myself all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast. They are Mine; I am the LORD.”
- Numbers 3:38יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelMoses, Aaron, and Aaron’s sons were to camp to the east of the tabernacle, toward the sunrise, before the Tent of Meeting. They were to perform the duties of the sanctuary as a service on behalf of the Israelites; but any outsider who approached the sanctuary was to be put to death.
- Numbers 3:40יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelThen the LORD said to Moses, “Number every firstborn male of the Israelites a month old or more, and list their names.
- Numbers 3:41יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelYou are to take the Levites for Me—I am the LORD—in place of all the firstborn of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites in place of all the firstborn of the livestock of the Israelites.”
- Numbers 3:42יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelSo Moses numbered all the firstborn of the Israelites, as the LORD had commanded him.
- Numbers 3:45יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel“Take the Levites in place of all the firstborn of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites in place of their livestock. The Levites belong to Me; I am the LORD.
- Numbers 3:46יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelTo redeem the 273 firstborn Israelites who outnumber the Levites,
- Numbers 3:50יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelHe collected the money from the firstborn of the Israelites: 1,365 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel.
- Numbers 4:46יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelSo Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of Israel numbered by their clans and families all the Levites
- Numbers 5:2יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel“Command the Israelites to send away from the camp anyone with a skin disease, anyone who has a bodily discharge, and anyone who is defiled by a dead body.
- Numbers 5:4יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelSo the Israelites did this, sending such people outside the camp. They did just as the LORD had instructed Moses.
- Numbers 5:6יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel“Tell the Israelites that when a man or woman acts unfaithfully against the LORD by committing any sin against another, that person is guilty
- Numbers 5:9יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelEvery sacred contribution the Israelites bring to the priest shall belong to him.
- Numbers 5:12יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel“Speak to the Israelites and tell them that if any man’s wife goes astray and is unfaithful to him