Numbers 8:16

New King James Version

For they are wholly given to Me from among the children of Israel; I have taken them for Myself instead of all who open the womb, the firstborn of all the children of Israel.

Cross References

Exodus 13:2

“Consecrate to Me all the firstborn, whatever opens the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and beast; it is Mine.”

Numbers 3:12

“Now behold, I Myself have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of every firstborn who opens the womb among the children of Israel. Therefore the Levites shall be Mine,

Numbers 3:13

because all the firstborn are Mine. On the day that I struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I sanctified to Myself all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast. They shall be Mine: I am the Lord.”

Numbers 3:45

“Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites instead of their livestock. The Levites shall be Mine: I am the Lord.

Numbers 3:6

“Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may serve him.

Numbers 3:9

And you shall give the Levites to Aaron and his sons; they are given entirely to him from among the children of Israel.