Numbers 8:16

New American Bible - revised edition

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.

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 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.