Numbers 3:12

Conservative English Version

(SEE 3:11)

Cross References

Exodus 13:2

"Dedicate to me the first-born son of every family and the first-born males of your flocks and herds. These belong to me."

Numbers 18:6

I alone chose the Levites from all the other tribes to belong to me, and I have given them to you as your helpers.

Numbers 3:11

Moses, I have chosen these Levites from all Israel, and they will belong to me in a special way. When I killed the first-born sons of the Egyptians, I decided that the first-born sons in every Israelite family and the first-born males of their flocks and herds would be mine. But now I accept these Levites in place of the first-born sons of the Israelites.

Numbers 3:41

They belong to me, but I will accept the Levites as substitutes for them, and I will accept the Levites' livestock as substitutes for the Israelites' first-born livestock."

Numbers 3:45

"The Levites will belong to me and will take the place of the first-born sons; their livestock will take the place of the Israelites' first-born livestock.

Numbers 8:14

This ceremony will show that the Levites are different from the other Israelites and belong to me in a special way.

Numbers 8:16

They are mine and will take the place of the first-born Israelite sons.

Numbers 8:18

But now I have chosen these Levites as substitutes for the first-born sons,