Numbers 3:41

New Century Version

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.”

Cross References

Numbers 18:15

The first one born to any family, whether people or animals, will be offered to the Lord. And that will be yours. But you must make a payment for every firstborn child and every firstborn animal that is unclean.

Numbers 3:12

“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,

Numbers 3:13

because the firstborn are mine. When you were in Egypt, I killed all the firstborn children of the Egyptians and took all the firstborn of Israel to be mine, both animals and children. They are mine. I am the Lord.”

Numbers 3:42

So Moses did what the Lord commanded and counted all the firstborn sons of the Israelites.

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 8:16

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

Matthew 20:28

In the same way, the Son of Man did not come to be served. He came to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many people.”

1 Timothy 2:6

He gave himself as a payment to free all people. He is proof that came at the right time.