Num 3:41, 45, 8:16, 18, 18:6 | ESV | STEP | And you shall take the Levites for me—I am the Lord — instead of all the firstborn among the people of Israel , and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the cattle of the people of Israel .

Numbers 3:41

41 ^aAnd you shall take the Levites for me—I am the Lord—instead of all the firstborn among the people of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the cattle of the people of Israel.”

Numbers 3:45

45 ^b“Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the people of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle. The Levites shall be mine: I am the Lord.

Numbers 8:16

16 For they are ^cwholly given to me from among the people of Israel. ^dInstead of all who open the womb, the firstborn of all the people of Israel, I have taken them for myself.

Numbers 8:18

18 and I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the people of Israel.

Numbers 18:6

6 ^eAnd behold, I have taken your brothers the Levites from among the people of Israel. ^fThey are a gift to you, given to the Lord, to do the service of the tent of meeting.