Numbers 3:45

Authorized King James Version (1611)

Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I [am] the LORD.

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Referenced Verses

  • Num 3:12 : 12 And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine;
  • Num 3:40-41 : 40 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, Number all the firstborn of the males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names. 41 And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I [am] the LORD) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel.

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  • Num 3:40-42
    3 verses
    94%

    40¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, Number all the firstborn of the males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names.

    41And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I [am] the LORD) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel.

    42And Moses numbered, as the LORD commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel.

  • Num 3:11-15
    5 verses
    91%

    11And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

    12And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine;

    13Because all the firstborn [are] mine; [for] on the day that I smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I hallowed unto me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast: mine shall they be: I [am] the LORD.

    14¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,

    15Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, by their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them.

  • Num 8:13-20
    8 verses
    88%

    13And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them [for] an offering unto the LORD.

    14Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine.

    15And after that shall the Levites go in to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt cleanse them, and offer them [for] an offering.

    16For they [are] wholly given unto me from among the children of Israel; instead of such as open every womb, [even instead of] the firstborn of all the children of Israel, have I taken them unto me.

    17For all the firstborn of the children of Israel [are] mine, [both] man and beast: on the day that I smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for myself.

    18And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel.

    19And I have given the Levites [as] a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of the congregation, and to make an atonement for the children of Israel: that there be no plague among the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come nigh unto the sanctuary.

    20And Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel, did to the Levites according unto all that the LORD commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did the children of Israel unto them.

  • Num 3:44
    84%

    44And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

  • Num 3:46
    82%

    46And for those that are to be redeemed of the two hundred and threescore and thirteen of the firstborn of the children of Israel, which are more than the Levites;

  • Exod 13:1-2
    2 verses
    82%

    1¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

    2Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, [both] of man and of beast: it [is] mine.

  • Lev 27:26
    76%

    26¶ Only the firstling of the beasts, which should be the LORD'S firstling, no man shall sanctify it; whether [it be] ox, or sheep: it [is] the LORD'S.

  • Num 18:6
    75%

    6And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel: to you [they are] given [as] a gift for the LORD, to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.

  • Num 18:15
    75%

    15Every thing that openeth the matrix in all flesh, which they bring unto the LORD, [whether it be] of men or beasts, shall be thine: nevertheless the firstborn of man shalt thou surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem.

  • Exod 13:12
    75%

    12That thou shalt set apart unto the LORD all that openeth the matrix, and every firstling that cometh of a beast which thou hast; the males [shall be] the LORD'S.

  • Num 8:6
    75%

    6Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them.

  • Num 3:49-51
    3 verses
    75%

    49And Moses took the redemption money of them that were over and above them that were redeemed by the Levites:

    50Of the firstborn of the children of Israel took he the money; a thousand three hundred and threescore and five [shekels], after the shekel of the sanctuary:

    51And Moses gave the money of them that were redeemed unto Aaron and to his sons, according to the word of the LORD, as the LORD commanded Moses.

  • Num 31:29-30
    2 verses
    74%

    29Take [it] of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, [for] an heave offering of the LORD.

    30And of the children of Israel's half, thou shalt take one portion of fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, of the asses, and of the flocks, of all manner of beasts, and give them unto the Levites, which keep the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD.

  • Num 18:24-25
    2 verses
    74%

    24But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer [as] an heave offering unto the LORD, I have given to the Levites to inherit: therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.

    25And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

  • Num 3:9
    73%

    9And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons: they [are] wholly given unto him out of the children of Israel.

  • Exod 34:19
    73%

    19All that openeth the matrix [is] mine; and every firstling among thy cattle, [whether] ox or sheep, [that is male].

  • Num 8:11
    73%

    11And Aaron shall offer the Levites before the LORD [for] an offering of the children of Israel, that they may execute the service of the LORD.

  • Num 7:5
    73%

    5Take [it] of them, that they may be to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; and thou shalt give them unto the Levites, to every man according to his service.

  • Lev 25:55
    73%

    55For unto me the children of Israel [are] servants; they [are] my servants whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: I [am] the LORD your God.

  • Num 18:21
    73%

    21And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, [even] the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.

  • Num 31:47
    73%

    47Even of the children of Israel's half, Moses took one portion of fifty, [both] of man and of beast, and gave them unto the Levites, which kept the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.

  • Deut 10:9
    72%

    9Wherefore Levi hath no part nor inheritance with his brethren; the LORD [is] his inheritance, according as the LORD thy God promised him.

  • Num 1:48
    72%

    48For the LORD had spoken unto Moses, saying,

  • Exod 13:15
    72%

    15And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that the LORD slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all that openeth the matrix, being males; but all the firstborn of my children I redeem.

  • Exod 22:29-30
    2 verses
    72%

    29Thou shalt not delay [to offer] the first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors: the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.

    30Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, [and] with thy sheep: seven days it shall be with his dam; on the eighth day thou shalt give it me.

  • Lev 22:1
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    1¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

  • Num 2:33
    71%

    33But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses.

  • Lev 22:17
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    17¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

  • Num 8:23
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    23And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

  • Isa 66:21
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    21And I will also take of them for priests [and] for Levites, saith the LORD.

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