Numbers 8:18

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

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  • Num 8:13-17
    5 verses
    90%

    13You shall present the Levites before Aaron and his sons and wave them as a wave offering before the LORD.

    14In this way, you are to set the Levites apart from the Israelites, and the Levites will be mine.

    15After this, the Levites may go in to serve at the tent of meeting. You shall purify them and present them as a wave offering.

    16For they are entirely given to me from among the Israelites. I have taken them in place of every firstborn that opens the womb among the Israelites.

    17For every firstborn among the Israelites is mine, whether human or animal. On the day I struck down every firstborn in the land of Egypt, I set them apart for myself.

  • Num 3:11-14
    4 verses
    90%

    11The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

    12I 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.

    13For all the firstborn are mine. On the day that I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I consecrated for myself all the firstborn in Israel, both of humans and of animals. They shall be mine. I am the LORD.

    14The LORD spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying:

  • Num 3:44-46
    3 verses
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    44The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

    45Take the Levites in place of all the firstborn males among the Israelites, and the livestock of the Levites in place of the livestock of the Israelites. The Levites shall be mine. I am the LORD.

    46For the redemption price of the 273 firstborn Israelites who exceed the number of the Levites,

  • Num 3:40-42
    3 verses
    87%

    40The LORD said to Moses, "Take a census of all the firstborn males of the people of Israel, a month old and upward, and count their names."

    41"And you shall take the Levites for me—I am the LORD—in place of all the firstborn among the people of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites in place of all the firstborn of the livestock of the people of Israel."

    42So Moses counted all the firstborn among the people of Israel as the LORD commanded him.

  • Num 8:19-20
    2 verses
    82%

    19I have given the Levites as gifts to Aaron and his sons from among the Israelites to do the work of the Israelites in the tent of meeting and to make atonement for them, so that no plague will come upon the Israelites when they approach the sanctuary.

    20Moses, Aaron, and the entire Israelite community did with the Levites everything the LORD commanded Moses concerning them.

  • Num 18:6
    81%

    6I myself have chosen your brothers, the Levites, from among the Israelites as a gift to you, dedicated to the LORD for their service at the tent of meeting.

  • Exod 13:1-2
    2 verses
    79%

    1Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

    2Set apart to me every firstborn, the first male offspring of every womb among the Israelites, whether human or animal; it belongs to me.

  • Num 18:21
    78%

    21To the Levites, I have given every tithe in Israel as their inheritance in return for the work they do while serving at the tent of meeting.

  • Num 8:6
    76%

    6Take the Levites from among the Israelites and purify them.

  • Num 8:9-11
    3 verses
    76%

    9Bring the Levites to the front of the tent of meeting and assemble the entire Israelite community.

    10You shall bring the Levites before the LORD, and the Israelites shall lay their hands on them.

    11Aaron is to present the Levites before the LORD as a wave offering from the Israelites so that they may perform the service of the LORD.

  • Num 18:23-26
    4 verses
    75%

    23The Levites shall perform the duties of the tent of meeting and bear the responsibility for their sins. This is a perpetual ordinance for your generations, but they shall not have any inheritance among the Israelites.

    24For I have given the Levites the tithes that the Israelites present as a contribution to the LORD as their inheritance. That is why I told them they shall have no inheritance among the Israelites.

    25The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

    26Speak to the Levites and say to them: When you receive from the Israelites the tithe I have given you as your inheritance, you must present a contribution from it to the LORD—a tithe of the tithe.

  • Num 3:9
    74%

    9You shall give the Levites to Aaron and his sons; they are wholly given to him from among the people of Israel.

  • Num 18:8
    74%

    8The LORD said to Aaron, 'See, I have placed you in charge of the contributions given to me and all the sacred offerings of the Israelites. I give them to you and your sons as a portion, a permanent statute.'

  • Num 18:14-15
    2 verses
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    14'Everything in Israel that is devoted to the LORD shall be yours.'

    15Every firstborn that opens the womb, of all flesh offered to the LORD, whether human or animal, shall belong to you. However, you must surely redeem the firstborn of humans and redeem the firstborn of unclean animals.

  • Num 8:22-23
    2 verses
    73%

    22Afterwards, the Levites came to perform their duties in the tent of meeting under the supervision of Aaron and his sons. They did as the LORD commanded Moses concerning the Levites.

    23The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Num 3:49-50
    2 verses
    73%

    49So Moses collected the redemption silver from those who exceeded the number of the Levites.

    50From the firstborn of the Israelites, he collected a total of 1,365 shekels, measured by the sanctuary shekel.

  • Exod 13:15
    72%

    15When Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the LORD killed every firstborn in Egypt, both human and animal. This is why I sacrifice to the LORD every male that first opens the womb and redeem every firstborn of my sons.'

  • Deut 18:5
    72%

    5For the LORD your God has chosen him and his sons out of all your tribes to stand and minister in the name of the LORD forever.

  • Num 7:5
    71%

    5“Accept these from them so that they may be used for the work of the Tent of Meeting. Assign them to the Levites according to their roles of service.”

  • Deut 10:9
    71%

    9That is why the Levites have no share or inheritance among their brothers; the LORD Himself is their inheritance, as He promised them.

  • Deut 18:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1The priests, the Levites—all the tribe of Levi—shall have no portion or inheritance with Israel. They shall eat the offerings made by fire to the LORD and His allotted inheritance.

    2They shall have no inheritance among their brothers; the LORD is their inheritance, as He promised them.

  • Exod 13:12
    71%

    12you shall set apart to the LORD all that first opens the womb. Every firstborn male of your livestock belongs to the LORD.

  • Num 1:48
    71%

    48The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

  • Num 31:30
    71%

    30From the Israelites' half, take one out of every fifty people, cattle, donkeys, sheep, or other animals. Give them to the Levites, who are responsible for the care of the LORD's tabernacle.

  • Lev 7:34
    71%

    34From the Israelites' peace offerings, I have taken the breast that is waved and the thigh that is contributed, and I have given them to Aaron the priest and his sons as a perpetual share from the Israelites.

  • Exod 34:19
    71%

    19The firstborn of every womb belongs to Me, including the firstborn males of your livestock, whether ox or sheep.

  • Num 2:33
    71%

    33The Levites were not counted among the Israelites, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

  • Isa 66:21
    71%

    21And I will also take some of them as priests and Levites, says the Lord.