Numbers 8:18

New English Translation

So I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn sons among the Israelites.

Cross References

Genesis 48:14

Israel stretched out his right hand and placed it on Ephraim’s head, although he was the younger. Crossing his hands, he put his left hand on Manasseh’s head, for Manasseh was the firstborn.

Numbers 3:12

“Look, I myself have taken the Levites from among the Israelites instead of every firstborn who opens the womb among the Israelites. So the Levites belong to me,

Numbers 3:9

You are to assign the Levites to Aaron and his sons; they will be assigned exclusively to him out of all the Israelites.

Numbers 8:17

For all the firstborn males among the Israelites are mine, both humans and animals; when I destroyed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I set them apart for myself.

Numbers 8:19

I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and his sons from among the Israelites, to do the work for the Israelites in the tent of meeting, and to make atonement for the Israelites, so there will be no plague among the Israelites when the Israelites come near the sanctuary.”