Numbers 8:16

Julia E. Smith Translation 1876

For being given, they were given to me from the midst of the sons of Israel; instead of the first-born cleaving every womb, every one from the sons of Israel, have I taken them to me.

Cross References

Exodus 13:2

Consecrate to me every first-born bursting open every womb among the sons of Israel, of man and of cattle: it is to me.

Numbers 3:12

And I, behold, I took the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel, instead of all the first-born cleaving the womb from the sons of Israel: and the Levites were to me.

Numbers 3:13

For to me all the first-born: in the day I struck all the first-born in the land of Egypt, I consecrated to me every first-born in Israel, from man to cattle: to me they shall be: I am Jehovah.

Numbers 3:45

Take the Levites instead of all the first-born of the sons of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be to me: I Jehovah.

Numbers 3:6

Bring near the tribe of Levi, and make it stand before Aaron the priest; and they served him.

Numbers 3:9

And give the Levites to Aaron and to his sons; being given they were given to him from the sons of Israel.