Numbers 8:16

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

For they are unreservedly given to me from among the Israelites; I have taken them for myself, in place of all that open the womb, the firstborn of all the Israelites.

Cross References

Exodus 13:2

“Consecrate to me all the firstborn; whatever is the first to open the womb among the Israelites, of human beings and animals, is mine.”

Numbers 3:12

“I hereby take the Levites from among the Israelites as substitutes for all the firstborn that open the womb among the Israelites. The Levites shall be mine,

Numbers 3:13

for all the firstborn are mine; when I killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I consecrated for my own all the firstborn in Israel, both human and animal; they shall be mine. I am the Lord.”

Numbers 3:45

“Take the Levites as substitutes for all the firstborn among the Israelites and the livestock of the Levites as substitutes for their livestock, and the Levites shall be mine. I am the Lord.

Numbers 3:6

“Bring the tribe of Levi near and set them before Aaron the priest, so that they may assist him.

Numbers 3:9

You shall give the Levites to Aaron and his descendants; they are unreservedly given to him from among the Israelites.