Numbers 8:18

Bible in Basic English 1965

And in place of the first sons among the children of Israel, I have taken the Levites.

Cross References

Genesis 48:14

And Israel, stretching out his right hand, put it on the head of Ephraim, the younger, and his left hand on the head of Manasseh, crossing his hands on purpose, for Manasseh was the older.

Numbers 3:12

See, I have taken the Levites out of the children of Israel to be mine in place of the first sons of the children of Israel;

Numbers 3:9

Give the Levites to Aaron and his sons; so that they may be his without question from among the children of Israel.

Numbers 8:17

For every mother's first son among the children of Israel is mine, the first male birth of man or beast: on the day when I sent death on all the first sons in the land of Egypt, I made them mine.

Numbers 8:19

And I have given them to Aaron and to his sons, from among the children of Israel, to undertake for them all the work of the Tent of meeting, and to take away sin from the children of Israel so that no evil may come on them when they come near the holy place.