KJV:
And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine;
NASB:
"Now, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the sons of Israel instead of every firstborn, the first issue of the womb among the sons of Israel. So the Levites shall be Mine.
KJV:
Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers,
NASB:
"Take a census of the descendants of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, by their families, by their fathers' households,
KJV:
Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites:
NASB:
"Do not let the tribe of the families of the Kohathites be cut off from among the Levites.
KJV:
Both male and female shall ye put out, without the camp shall ye put them; that they defile not their camps, in the midst whereof I dwell.
NASB:
"You shall send away both male and female; you shall send them outside the camp so that they will not defile their camp where I dwell in their midst."
KJV:
Then the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman, The LORD make thee a curse and an oath among thy people, when the LORD doth make thy thigh to rot, and thy belly to swell;
NASB:
(then the priest shall have the woman swear with the oath of the curse, and the priest shall say to the woman), "the LORD make you a curse and an oath among your people by the LORD'S making your thigh waste away and your abdomen swell;
KJV:
Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them.
NASB:
"Take the Levites from among the sons of Israel and cleanse them.
KJV:
Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine.
NASB:
"Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the sons of Israel, and the Levites shall be Mine.
KJV:
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.
NASB:
for they are wholly given to Me from among the sons of Israel. I have taken them for Myself instead of every first issue of the womb, the firstborn of all the sons of Israel.
KJV:
And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of the congregation, and to make an atonement for the children of Israel: that there be no plague among the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come nigh unto the sanctuary.
NASB:
"I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the sons of Israel, to perform the service of the sons of Israel at the tent of meeting and to make atonement on behalf of the sons of Israel, so that there will be no plague among the sons of Israel by their coming near to the sanctuary."
KJV:
And those men said unto him, We are defiled by the dead body of a man: wherefore are we kept back, that we may not offer an offering of the LORD in his appointed season among the children of Israel?
NASB:
Those men said to him, "Though we are unclean because of the dead person, why are we restrained from presenting the offering of the LORD at its appointed time among the sons of Israel?"