Numbers 3:41

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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' firstborn livestock.”

Cross References

Numbers 3:45

“The Levites will belong to me and will take the place of the firstborn sons; their livestock will take the place of the Israelites' firstborn livestock.

1 Timothy 2:6

God showed us this at the right time.

Matthew 20:28

The Son of Man did not come to be a slave master, but a slave who will give his life to rescue many people.

Numbers 18:15

The firstborn son in every Israelite family, as well as the firstborn males of their flocks and herds, belong to me. But a firstborn son and every firstborn donkey must be bought back from me.

Numbers 8:16

They are mine and will take the place of the firstborn Israelite sons.

Numbers 3:42

Moses obeyed the LORD and counted the firstborn sons;