Num 3:12-13 | ESV | STEP | Behold , I have taken the Levites from among the people of Israel instead of every firstborn who opens the womb among the people of Israel . The Levites shall be mine,

Numbers 3:12-13

12 “Behold, ^aI have taken the Levites from among the people of Israel instead of every firstborn who opens the womb among the people of Israel. The Levites shall be mine, 13 for ^ball the firstborn are mine. ^cOn the day that I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I consecrated for my own all the firstborn in Israel, both of man and of beast. They shall be mine: I am the Lord.”