Numbers 3:12

Catholic Public Domain Version

"I have taken the Levites from the sons of Israel. For the Levites, and all the firstborn who open the womb among the sons of Israel, shall be mine.

Cross References

Exodus 13:2

"Sanctify to me every firstborn which opens the womb among the sons of Israel, as much of men as of cattle. For they are all mine."

Numbers 18:6

I have given your brothers, the Levites, to you from the midst of the sons of Israel, and I have delivered them as a gift to the Lord, in order to serve in the ministries of his tabernacle.

Numbers 3:11

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

Numbers 3:41

And you shall bring the Levites to me, in place of all the firstborn of the sons of Israel, and you shall bring their cattle to me, in place of all the firstborn of the cattle of the sons of Israel. I am the Lord."

Numbers 3:45

"Take the Levites, in place of the firstborn of the sons of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites, in place of their cattle, and so the Levites shall be mine. I am the Lord.

Numbers 8:14

and you shall separate them from the midst of the sons of Israel, so that they may be for me.

Numbers 8:16

I have accepted them in place of the firstborn which open every womb in Israel.

Numbers 8:18

And I have taken the Levites in place of all the firstborn of the sons of Israel.