Numbers 8:16

Modern English Version

For they are completely set aside for Me by the Israelites. Instead of all who open the womb, instead of the firstborn of all the Israelites, I have taken them for Myself.

Cross References

Exodus 13:2

Sanctify unto Me all the firstborn, the firstborn of every womb among the Israelites, both of man and of beast. It is Mine.

Numbers 3:12

Behold, I have taken the Levites from among the Israelites instead of all the firstborn that open the womb among the Israelites. The Levites shall be Mine,

Numbers 3:13

because all the firstborn are Mine, for on the day that I struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I set apart to Me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast. They shall be Mine. I am the Lord.

Numbers 3:45

Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the Israelites, and the livestock of the Levites instead of their livestock, and the Levites will be Mine. I am the Lord.

Numbers 3:6

Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, and they will minister to him.

Numbers 3:9

You will give the Levites to Aaron and to his sons. They are wholly given to him from the Israelites.