Numbers 3:12

God's Word

“Out of all the Israelites, I have taken the Levites to be substitutes for every firstborn male offspring among them. The Levites are mine,

Cross References

Exodus 13:2

“Set apart every firstborn male for me. Every firstborn male offspring among the Israelites is mine, whether human or animal.”

Numbers 18:6

I have chosen the other Levites from among the Israelites to help you. They are a gift given to the Lord to do whatever work is necessary at the tent of meeting.

Numbers 3:11

The Lord said to Moses,

Numbers 3:41

I am the Lord. Take the Levites for me to be substitutes for all firstborn Israelites. Also take the animals of the Levites to be substitutes for all firstborn animals of the Israelites.”

Numbers 3:45

“Take the Levites to be substitutes for all the firstborn Israelites and the animals of the Levites to be substitutes for their animals. The Levites will be mine. I am the Lord.

Numbers 8:14

In this way you will separate the Levites from the other Israelites, and the Levites will be mine.

Numbers 8:16

They will be the only Israelites given to me. I have taken them to be mine as substitutes for every firstborn male offspring of the Israelites.

Numbers 8:18

So I have taken the Levites as substitutes for all the firstborn sons of the Israelites.