Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Numbers 8:16:

• Kupsabiny: “It is like that because the clan of Levi has been given to be mine completely from the people of Israel. I have taken those people to be mine in place of all the firstborns of Israel.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “They have been dedicated to me from among the Israelites. I have taken them in place of all the first-born Israelites who come first from the womb.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “They are the Israelinhon that were-set-apart for myself only in exchange/in-place of all the first-born male of the Israelinhon.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “They will belong to me. They will work for me as substitutes for the firstborn males of all the Israelis, who also belong to me.” (Source: Translation for Translators)