Numbers 3:12

New International Version

“I have taken the Levites from among the Israelites in place of the first male offspring of every Israelite woman. The Levites are mine,

Cross References

Exodus 13:2

“Consecrate to me every firstborn male. The first offspring of every womb among the Israelites belongs to me, whether human or animal.”

Numbers 18:6

I myself have selected your fellow Levites from among the Israelites as a gift to you, dedicated to the Lord to do the work at the tent of meeting.

Numbers 3:11

The Lord also said to Moses,

Numbers 3:41

Take the Levites for me in place of all the firstborn of the Israelites, and the livestock of the Levites in place of all the firstborn of the livestock of the Israelites. I am the Lord.”

Numbers 3:45

“Take the Levites in place of all the firstborn of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites in place of their livestock. The Levites are to be mine. I am the Lord.

Numbers 8:14

In this way you are to set the Levites apart from the other Israelites, and the Levites will be mine.

Numbers 8:16

They are the Israelites who are to be given wholly to me. I have taken them as my own in place of the firstborn, the first male offspring from every Israelite woman.

Numbers 8:18

And I have taken the Levites in place of all the firstborn sons in Israel.