Numbers 3:12

New American Bible - revised edition

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,

Cross References

Exodus 13:2

Consecrate to me every firstborn; whatever opens the womb among the Israelites, whether of human being or beast, belongs to me.

Numbers 18:6

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.

Numbers 3:11

The Lord said to Moses:

Numbers 3:41

Then take the Levites for me—I am the Lord—in place of all the firstborn of the Israelites, as well as the Levites’ cattle, in place of all the firstborn among the cattle of the Israelites.

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 8:14

thus you shall separate the Levites from the rest of the Israelites, and the Levites shall belong to me.

Numbers 8:16

For they, among the Israelites, are totally dedicated to me; I have taken them for myself in place of everyone that opens the womb, the firstborn of all the Israelites.

Numbers 8:18

But I have taken the Levites in place of all the firstborn Israelites;