Numbers 8:18

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

but I have taken the Levites in place of all the firstborn among the Israelites.

Cross References

Genesis 48:14

But Israel stretched out his right hand and laid it on the head of Ephraim, who was the younger, and his left hand on the head of Manasseh, crossing his hands, for Manasseh was the firstborn.

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 3:9

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

Numbers 8:17

For all the firstborn among the Israelites are mine, both human and animal. On the day that I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I consecrated them for myself,

Numbers 8:19

Moreover, I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and his sons from among the Israelites, to do the service for the Israelites at the tent of meeting and to make atonement for the Israelites, in order that there may be no plague among the Israelites for coming too close to the sanctuary.”