Numbers 8:18

Modern English Version

I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn of the Israelites.

Cross References

Genesis 48:14

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, crossing his hands, for Manasseh was the firstborn.

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 3:9

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

Numbers 8:17

For all the firstborn of the Israelites are Mine, both man and animal. On the day that I struck every firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for Myself.

Numbers 8:19

I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the Israelites, to serve the service of the Israelites in the tent of meeting and to make an atonement for the Israelites, so there will be no plague among the Israelites when the Israelites approach the sanctuary.