Numbers 18:6

New American Bible - revised edition

I hereby take your kinsmen, the Levites, from among the Israelites; they are a gift to you, dedicated to the Lord for the labor they perform for the tent of meeting.

Cross References

Genesis 6:17

I, on my part, am about to bring the flood waters on the earth, to destroy all creatures under the sky in which there is the breath of life; everything on earth shall perish.

Genesis 9:9

See, I am now establishing my covenant with you and your descendants after you

Exodus 14:17

But I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they will go in after them, and I will receive glory through Pharaoh and all his army, his chariots and his horsemen.

Exodus 31:6

As his assistant I myself have appointed Oholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. I have also endowed all the experts with the necessary skill to make all the things I have commanded you:

Isaiah 48:15

I myself have spoken, I have summoned him, I have brought him, and his way succeeds!

Isaiah 51:12

I, it is I who comfort you. Can you then fear mortals who die, human beings who are just grass,

Ezekiel 34:11

For thus says the Lord God: Look! I myself will search for my sheep and examine them.

Ezekiel 34:20

Therefore thus says the Lord God: Now I will judge between the fat and the lean.

Numbers 3:12

I hereby take the Levites from the Israelites in place of every firstborn that opens the womb among the Israelites. The Levites, therefore, are mine,

Numbers 3:13

because every firstborn is mine. When I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I consecrated to me every firstborn in Israel, human being and beast alike. They belong to me; I am the Lord. Census of the Levites.

Numbers 3:45

Take the Levites in place of all the firstborn of the Israelites, and the Levites’ cattle in place of their cattle, that the Levites may belong to me. I am the Lord.

Numbers 3:6

Summon the tribe of Levi and station them before Aaron the priest to serve him.

Numbers 3:9

You shall assign the Levites to Aaron and his sons; they have been assigned unconditionally to him from among the Israelites.