Numbers 3:45

Revised Standard Version

“Take the Levites instead of all the first-born among the people of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I am the Lord.

Cross References

Exodus 34:20

The firstling of an ass you shall redeem with a lamb, or if you will not redeem it you shall break its neck. All the first-born of your sons you shall redeem. And none shall appear before me empty.

Malachi 2:4

So shall you know that I have sent this command to you, that my covenant with Levi may hold, says the Lord of hosts.

Numbers 18:6

And behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the people of Israel; they are a gift to you, given to the Lord, to do the service of the tent of meeting.

Numbers 3:12

“Behold, I have taken the Levites from among the people of Israel instead of every first-born that opens the womb among the people of Israel. The Levites shall be mine,

Numbers 3:44

And the Lord said to Moses,

Numbers 8:16

For they are wholly given to me from among the people of Israel; instead of all that open the womb, the first-born of all the people of Israel, I have taken them for myself.