Numbers 8:16

Legacy Standard Bible

for they are wholly given to Me from among the sons of Israel. I have taken them for Myself instead of every first issue of the womb, the firstborn of all the sons of Israel.

Cross References

Exodus 13:2

“Sanctify to Me every firstborn, the first offspring of every womb among the sons of Israel, both of man and beast; it belongs to Me.”

Numbers 3:12

“Now, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the sons of Israel instead of every firstborn, the first offspring of the womb among the sons of Israel. So the Levites shall be Mine.

Numbers 3:13

For all the firstborn are Mine; on the day that I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I sanctified to Myself all the firstborn in Israel, from man to beast. They shall be Mine; I am Yahweh.”

Numbers 3:45

“Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the sons of Israel and the cattle of the Levites. And the Levites shall be Mine; I am Yahweh.

Numbers 3:6

“Bring the tribe of Levi near and have them stand before Aaron the priest, that they may minister to him.

Numbers 3:9

You shall thus give the Levites to Aaron and to his sons; they are wholly given to him from among the sons of Israel.