Numbers 8:16

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

For they are wholly given to Me from among the Israelites; instead of all who open the womb, the firstborn of all the Israelites, I have taken the Levites for Myself.

Cross References

Exodus 13:2

Sanctify (consecrate, set apart) to Me all the firstborn [males]; whatever is first to open the womb among the Israelites, both of man and of beast, is Mine.

Numbers 3:12

Behold, I have taken the Levites from among the Israelites instead of every firstborn who opens the womb among the Israelites; and the Levites shall be Mine,

Numbers 3:13

For all the firstborn are Mine. On the day that I slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I consecrated for Myself all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast; Mine they shall be. I am the Lord.

Numbers 3:45

Take the Levites [for Me] instead of all the firstborn Israelites, and the Levites' cattle instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be Mine. I am the Lord.

Numbers 3:6

Bring the tribe of Levi near and set them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister to him.

Numbers 3:9

And you shall give the Levites [as servants and helpers] to Aaron and his sons; they are wholly given to him from among the Israelites.