כִּי֩ נְתֻנִ֨ים נְתֻנִ֥ים הֵ֙מָּה֙ לִ֔י מִתּ֖וֹךְ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל תַּחַת֩ פִּטְרַ֨ת כָּל־רֶ֜חֶם בְּכ֥וֹר כֹּל֙ מִבְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לָקַ֥חְתִּי אֹתָ֖ם לִֽי׃
Sapagkat sila ay lubos na ibinigay sa Akin mula sa gitna ng mga anak ni Israel; sa halip na ang lahat ng nagbubukas ng sinapupunan, ang panganay ng lahat ng anak ni Israel, ay kinuha Ko sila para sa Akin.
Tze'enah Ure'enah
“For they are formally assigned to Me” [8:16]. The Levites have been given to Me. It says, “assigned” two times. This shows us that the Levites were assigned to carry the Tabernacle and were also assigned to sing in the Tabernacle with good songs.13Rashi, Numbers, 8:16.
Rashi
נתנים נתנים FOR THEY ARE GIVEN, GIVEN ARE THEY [UNTO ME] — i.e., given twice: dedicated for bearing the holy objects and dedicated to sing in chorus in the Sanctuary.
Sforno
כי נתונים נתונים המה לי, they have devoted themselves to me and My service, as the Torah testified in Exodus 32,26 when all of them responded to Moses’ call that whoever was for the Lord should assemble around him. מתוך בני ישראל, they are also “נתונים” by the Children of Israel who will provide them with a livelihood by means of giving them their tithes, i.e. the מעשר ראשון 10% of their harvest after hey had set aside the t’rumah for the priests.
Rav Hirsch
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פטרת means OPENING OF (such that open the womb, i. e. firstborn).