Numbers 8:18

Lighthouse Bible 2006

And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel.

Cross References

Genesis 48:14

And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it on Ephraim’s head, who was the younger, and his left hand on Manasseh’s head, guiding his hands knowingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn.

Numbers 3:12

And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that open the womb among the children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine;

Numbers 3:9

And you shall give the Levites to Aaron and to his sons: they are wholly given to him out of the children of Israel.

Numbers 8:17

For all the firstborn of the children of Israel are mine, both man and beast: on the day that I struck down every firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for myself.

Numbers 8:19

And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of the congregation, and to make an atonement for the children of Israel: that there be no plague among the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come near to the sanctuary.