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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
כי בו בחר יהוה אלהיך--מכל שבטיך לעמד לשרת בשם יהוה הוא ובניו כל הימים
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
ky bv bKHr yhvh Alhyk--mkl SHbtyk l`md lSHrt bSHm yhvh hvA vbnyv kl hymym

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
ipsum enim elegit Dominus Deus tuus de cunctis tribubus tuis ut stet et ministret nomini Domini ipse et filii eius in sempiternum

King James Variants
American King James Version   
For the LORD your God has chosen him out of all your tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the LORD, him and his sons for ever.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
For the LORD your God has chosen him out of all your tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the LORD, him and his sons forever.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
For the LORD thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the LORD, him and his sons for ever.
Authorized (King James) Version   
For the Lord thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the Lord, him and his sons for ever.
New King James Version   
For the Lord your God has chosen him out of all your tribes to stand to minister in the name of the Lord, him and his sons forever.
21st Century King James Version   
For the Lord thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes to stand to minister in the name of the Lord, him and his sons for ever.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
For Jehovah thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the name of Jehovah, him and his sons for ever.
Darby Bible Translation   
for Jehovah thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, that he may stand to serve in the name of Jehovah, he and his sons continually.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
For the Lord thy God hath chosen him of all thy tribes, to stand and to minister to the name of the Lord, him and his sons for ever.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
For the LORD thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the LORD, him and his sons for ever.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
For the LORD your God has chosen him out of all your tribes to stand and minister in the name of the LORD, him and his sons for all time.
God's Word   
Out of all your tribes, the LORD your God has chosen the Levites and their descendants to do the work of serving in the name of the LORD forever.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
For Yahweh your God has chosen him and his sons from all your tribes to stand and minister in His name from now on.
International Standard Version   
For the LORD your God has chosen them and their descendants from among your tribes to stand and serve in the name of the LORD all their lives."
NET Bible   
For the LORD your God has chosen them and their sons from all your tribes to stand and serve in his name permanently.
New American Standard Bible   
"For the LORD your God has chosen him and his sons from all your tribes, to stand and serve in the name of the LORD forever.
New International Version   
for the LORD your God has chosen them and their descendants out of all your tribes to stand and minister in the LORD's name always.
New Living Translation   
For the LORD your God chose the tribe of Levi out of all your tribes to minister in the LORD's name forever.
Webster's Bible Translation   
For the LORD thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the LORD, him and his sons for ever.
The World English Bible   
For Yahweh your God has chosen him out of all your tribes, to stand to minister in the name of Yahweh, him and his sons for ever.
EasyEnglish Bible   
Do this because the Lord your God has chosen the Levites to serve him from among all your tribes. He wants them and their descendants to be ready to serve him at all times, for ever.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
for on him hath Jehovah thy God fixed, out of all thy tribes, to stand to serve in the name of Jehovah, He and his sons continually.
New Life Version   
For the Lord your God has chosen him and his sons from all your families, to stand and serve in the name of the Lord forever.
The Voice Bible   
because the Eternal your God chose Levi and his descendants, out of all of your tribes, to stand in His presence and to serve in His name at all times.
Living Bible   
For the Lord your God has chosen the tribe of Levi, of all the tribes, to minister to the Lord from generation to generation.
New Catholic Bible   
for the Lord, your God, has chosen him and his sons out of all of the tribes to minister in the Lord’s name forever.
Legacy Standard Bible   
For Yahweh your God has chosen him and his sons from all your tribes, to stand to minister in the name of Yahweh all the days.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
for the LORD thy God has chosen him out of all thy tribes to stand to minister unto the name of the LORD, him and his sons all the days.
Christian Standard Bible   
For the Lord your God has chosen him and his sons from all your tribes to stand and minister in his name from now on.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
For the Lord your God has chosen him out of all your tribes to stand to minister in the name [and presence] of the Lord, him and his sons forever.
New Century Version   
The Lord your God has chosen the priests and their descendants out of all your tribes to stand and serve the Lord always.
The Message   
This is what the priests get from the people from any offering of an ox or a sheep: the shoulder, the two cheeks, and the stomach. You must also give them the firstfruits of your grain, wine, and oil and the first fleece of your sheep, because God, your God, has chosen only them and their children out of all your tribes to be present and serve always in the name of God, your God.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
For the Lord your God has chosen them from all of your tribes to stand in service in the name of the Lord—them and their sons for all time.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
For the Lord your God has chosen Levi out of all your tribes, to stand and minister in the name of the Lord, him and his sons for all time.
Good News Translation®   
The Lord chose from all your tribes the tribe of Levi to serve him as priests forever.
Wycliffe Bible   
For thy Lord God hath chosen him (out) of all thy lineages, that he stand and minister to the name of the Lord (that he stand to minister in the name of the Lord), he and his sons, [into] without end.
Contemporary English Version   
Give these gifts to the priests, because the Lord has chosen them and their descendants out of all the tribes of Israel to be his special servants at the place of worship.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
For the Lord your God has chosen him out of all your tribes, to stand and minister in the name of the Lord, him and his sons for ever.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
For the Lord your God has chosen Levi out of all your tribes to stand and minister in the name of the Lord, him and his sons for all time.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
For the Lord your God has chosen Levi out of all your tribes, to stand and minister in the name of the Lord, him and his sons for all time.
Common English Bible © 2011   
because the Lord your God selected Levi from all of your tribes to stand and minister in the Lord’s name—both him and his descendants for all time.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
For the Lord your God has chosen him, him and his sons from all your tribes, to stand and serve in the name of the Lord forever.
English Standard Version Anglicised   
For the Lord your God has chosen him out of all your tribes to stand and minister in the name of the Lord, him and his sons for all time.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
For the Lord, your God, has chosen him out of all your tribes to be in attendance to minister in the name of the Lord, him and his descendants for all time.
New American Standard Bible   
For the Lord your God has chosen him and his sons from all your tribes, to stand to serve in the name of the Lord always.
The Expanded Bible   
The Lord your God has chosen the priests and their ·descendants [sons] out of all your tribes to stand and serve ·the [L in the name of the] Lord ·always [L all their days; 33:8–11].
Tree of Life Version   
For Adonai your God has chosen him from all your tribes to stand and serve in the Name of Adonai—him and his sons forever.
Revised Standard Version   
For the Lord your God has chosen him out of all your tribes, to stand and minister in the name of the Lord, him and his sons for ever.
New International Reader's Version   
The Lord your God has chosen the Levites and their sons after them to serve him in his name always. He hasn’t chosen priests from any of your other tribes.
BRG Bible   
For the Lord thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the Lord, him and his sons for ever.
Complete Jewish Bible   
For Adonai your God has chosen him from all your tribes to stand and serve in the name of Adonai, him and his sons forever.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
For the Lord your God has chosen Levi out of all your tribes, to stand and minister in the name of the Lord, him and his sons for all time.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
For Hashem Eloheicha hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the Shem of Hashem, he and his banim kol hayamim.
Names of God Bible   
Out of all your tribes, Yahweh your Elohim has chosen the Levites and their descendants to do the work of serving in the name of Yahweh forever.
Modern English Version   
For the Lord your God has chosen him out of all your tribes to stand to minister in the name of the Lord, him and his sons forever.
Easy-to-Read Version   
This is because the Lord your God looked at all your tribes and chose Levi and his descendants to serve him as priests forever.
International Children’s Bible   
The Lord your God has chosen the priests and their descendants out of all your tribes. They are to stand and serve the Lord always.
Lexham English Bible   
For Yahweh your God has chosen him from among all your tribes to stand to minister in the name of Yahweh, he and his sons forever.
New International Version - UK   
for the Lord your God has chosen them and their descendants out of all your tribes to stand and minister in the Lord’s name always.