Numbers 3:12

New American Standard Bible 2020

“Now, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the sons of Israel instead of every firstborn, the firstborn of the womb among the sons of Israel. So the Levites shall be Mine.

Cross References

Exodus 13:2

“Sanctify to Me every firstborn, the firstborn of every womb among the sons of Israel, among people and animals alike; it belongs to Me.”

Numbers 18:6

Behold, I Myself have taken your fellow Levites from among the sons of Israel; they are a gift to you, dedicated to the Lord, to perform the service for the tent of meeting.

Numbers 3:11

Again the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

Numbers 3:41

And you shall take the Levites for Me—I am the Lord—instead of all the firstborn among the sons of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites in place of all the firstborn among the cattle of the sons of Israel.”

Numbers 3:45

“Take the Levites in place of all the firstborn among the sons of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites in place of their cattle. And the Levites shall be Mine; I am the Lord.

Numbers 8:14

“So you shall single out the Levites from among the sons of Israel, and the Levites shall be Mine.

Numbers 8:16

for they are exclusively given to Me from among the sons of Israel. I have taken them for Myself instead of the firstborn of every womb, the firstborn of all the sons of Israel.

Numbers 8:18

But I have taken the Levites instead of every firstborn among the sons of Israel.