Numbers 3:45

New Century Version

“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.

Cross References

Exodus 34:20

You may buy back a donkey by paying for it with a lamb, but if you don’t want to buy back a donkey, you must break its neck. You must buy back all your firstborn sons. “No one is to come before me without a gift.

Malachi 2:4

Then you will know that I am giving you this command so my agreement with Levi will continue,” says the Lord All-Powerful.

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 3:12

“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 3:44

The Lord also said to Moses,

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.