Numbers 8:16

New American Standard Bible 2020

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.

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 3:12

“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.

Numbers 3:13

For all the firstborn are Mine; on the day that I fatally struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I sanctified to Myself all the firstborn in Israel, from the human firstborn to animals. They shall be Mine; I am the Lord.”

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 3:6

“Bring the tribe of Levi forward and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may serve him.

Numbers 3:9

So you shall assign the Levites to Aaron and to his sons; they are exclusively assigned to him from the sons of Israel.