Numbers 8:18

World Messianic Bible British Edition

I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn amongst the children of Israel.

Cross References

Genesis 48:14

Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it on Ephraim’s head, who was the younger, and his left hand on Manasseh’s head, guiding his hands knowingly, for Manasseh was the firstborn.

Numbers 3:12

“Behold, I have taken the Levites from amongst the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn who open the womb amongst the children of Israel; and the Levites shall be mine,

Numbers 3:9

You shall give the Levites to Aaron and to his sons. They are wholly given to him on the behalf of the children of Israel.

Numbers 8:17

For all the firstborn amongst the children of Israel are mine, both man and animal. On the day that I struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I sanctified them for myself.

Numbers 8:19

I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from amongst the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the Tent of Meeting, and to make atonement for the children of Israel, so that there will be no plague amongst the children of Israel when the children of Israel come near to the sanctuary.”