And it shall be, the remnant in Zion, and the remainder in Jerusalem, it shall be said of him: He is holy, every one who is written among the living in Jerusalem;
And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel in the place of every first-born opening a womb from the sons of Israel; and the Levites have become Mine.
And you shall take the Levites for Me, I am Jehovah, instead of every first-born among the sons of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of every firstling among the livestock of the sons of Israel.
Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the sons of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle. And the Levites shall be Mine; I am Jehovah.
And I also ask you, true yoke-fellow, together help with them, women who struggled along with me and with Clement in the gospel, and the rest, fellow-workers with me, whose names are in the Book of Life.
However, the foundation of God stands firm, having this seal, “The Lord knows the ones being His.” Also, Let every one naming the name of Christ stand away from unrighteousness.
and to a festal gathering and an assembly of the first-born ones having been enrolled in Heaven; and to God the Judge of all, and to spirits of just ones who have been perfected;
These are the ones who were not defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are the ones following the Lamb wherever He may go. These were redeemed from among men as a firstfruit to God and to the Lamb.
The one overcoming, this one shall be clothed in white garments, and I will not blot his name out of the Book of Life, not ever! And I will acknowledge his name before My Father, and before His angels.