Numbers 3:12

Good News Translation (US Version)

“The Levites are now to be mine. When I killed all the first-born of the Egyptians, I consecrated as my own the oldest son of each Israelite family and the first-born of every animal. Now, instead of having the first-born sons of Israel as my own, I have the Levites; they will belong to me. I am the Lord.”

Cross References

Numbers 8:16

I have claimed them in the place of all the first-born sons of the Israelites, and they belong to me alone.

Numbers 18:6

I am the one who has chosen your relatives the Levites from among the Israelites as a gift to you. They are dedicated to me, so that they can carry out their duties in the Tent.

Numbers 8:18

I am now taking the Levites instead of all the first-born of the Israelites,

Numbers 3:45

“Now dedicate the Levites as mine in place of all the first-born Israelite sons, and dedicate the livestock of the Levites in place of the first-born of the Israelites' livestock.

Exodus 13:2

“Dedicate all the first-born males to me, for every first-born male Israelite and every first-born male animal belongs to me.”

Numbers 3:11

The Lord said to Moses,

Numbers 8:14

Separate the Levites in this way from the rest of the Israelites, so that they will belong to me.