Numbers 3:45

Good News Translation

“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.

Cross References

Exodus 34:20

but you are to buy back every first-born donkey by offering a lamb in its place. If you do not buy it back, break its neck. Buy back every first-born son. “No one is to appear before me without an offering.

Malachi 2:4

Then you will know that I have given you this command, so that my covenant with the priests, the descendants of Levi, will not be broken.

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 3:12

“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.”

Numbers 3:44

The Lord said to Moses,

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.