Numbers 3:12

New Century Version

“I am choosing the Levites from all the Israelites to take the place of all the firstborn children of Israel. The Levites will be mine,

Cross References

Exodus 13:2

“Give every firstborn male to me. Every firstborn male among the Israelites belongs to me, whether human or animal.”

Numbers 18:6

I myself chose your fellow Levites from among the Israelites as a gift given for you to the Lord, to work at the Meeting Tent.

Numbers 3:11

The Lord also said to Moses,

Numbers 3:41

Take the Levites for me instead of the firstborn sons of Israel; take the animals of the Levites instead of the firstborn animals from the rest of Israel. I am the Lord.”

Numbers 3:45

“Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn sons of the Israelites, and take the animals of the Levites instead of the animals of the other people. The Levites are mine. I am the Lord.

Numbers 8:14

In this way you must set apart the Levites from the other Israelites; the Levites will be mine.

Numbers 8:16

They will be given completely to me from the Israelites; I have taken them for myself instead of the firstborn of every Israelite woman.

Numbers 8:18

But I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn in Israel.