Numbers 3:12

Modern King James Version

And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the sons of Israel instead of all the first-born that open the womb from the sons of Israel. Therefore the Levites shall be Mine.

Cross References

Exodus 13:2

Sanctify all the first-born to Me, whatever opens the womb among the sons of Israel, of man and of beast. It is Mine.

Numbers 18:6

And I, behold, I have taken your brothers the Levites from among the sons of Israel. They are given to you as a gift by Jehovah, to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.

Numbers 3:11

And Jehovah spoke to Moses saying,

Numbers 3:41

You shall take the Levites for Me, I am Jehovah, in the place of all the first-born among the sons of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the sons of Israel.

Numbers 3:45

Take the Levites instead of all the first-born among the sons of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle. And the Levites shall be Mine. I am Jehovah.

Numbers 8:14

So you shall separate the Levites from among the sons of Israel. And the Levites shall be Mine.

Numbers 8:16

For they are wholly given to Me from among the sons of Israel, instead of those that open every womb. The first-born of all the sons of Israel, I have taken them to Me.

Numbers 8:18

And I have taken the Levites for all the first-born of the sons of Israel.