Numbers 8:16

New Messianic Version Bible

For they [are] wholly given unto me from among the people of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God]; instead of such as open every womb, [even instead of] the firstborn of all the people of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], have I taken them unto me.

Cross References

Numbers 3:12

And I, behold, I have taken the Levi’im (Levites) [Joined to] from among the people of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] instead of all the firstborn that opens the womb among the people of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God]: therefore the Levi’im (Levites) [Joined to] shall be my;

Numbers 3:45

Take the Levi’im (Levites) [Joined to] instead of all the firstborn among the people of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], and the cattle of the Levi’im (Levites) [Joined to] instead of their cattle; and the Levi’im (Levites) [Joined to] shall be my: I [am] the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate).

Numbers 3:9

And youi shall give the Levi’im (Levites) [Joined to] unto Aharon [Bright, Very High] and to his sons: they [are] wholly given unto him out of the people of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God].

Exodus 13:2

Sanctify (make holy; set apart for God’s use) unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever opens the womb among the people of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], [both] of man and of beast: it [is] my.

Numbers 3:6

Bring the tribe of Levi (Levite) [Adhesion, Joiner] near, and present them before Aharon [Bright, Very High] the priest, that they may minister unto him.

Numbers 3:13

Because all the firstborn [are] my; [for] on the day that I struck all the firstborn in the land of Mitzrayim [Egypt - The Narrow Place] I consecrated unto me all the firstborn in Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], both man and beast: my shall they be: I [am] the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate).