Numbers 3:13
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“Because all the firstborn are mine; for on the day that I smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I hallowed unto me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast: mine shall they be: I am the Lord.”
הָיָה
I AM. Hayah. The self-existent one. When Moses asked God His name God said I AM THAT I AM. Not I was or I will be but I AM. Always present always existing always enough. Jesus used the same words: before Abraham was I AM.
קָדַשׁ
I set apart
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קָדַשׁ
To set apart, to sanctify. Qadash. God sanctified the Sabbath. He sanctifies His people. To be holy is to be entirely His.
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יְהֹוָה
am Yahweh
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יְהֹוָה
LORD. Yahweh. The covenant name of God. I AM WHO I AM. The self-existent eternal One who was is and always will be.
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כֹּל
every
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כֹּל
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
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נָכָה
struck/ I
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נָכָה
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
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מִצְרַיִם
Egypt
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מִצְרַיִם
Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
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בְּכוֹר
firstborn
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בְּכוֹר
firstborn; hence, chief
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