Numbers 3:45

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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, mber all the firstborn of the males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the mber 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, mber all the firstborn of the males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the mber 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.

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

  • Num 3:11-15
    5 verses
    91%

    11 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

    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;

    13 Because 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,

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

  • Num 8:13-20
    8 verses
    88%

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

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

    15 And 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.

    16 For 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.

    17 For 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.

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

    19 And 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.

    20 And 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%

    44 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

  • Num 3:46
    82%

    46 And 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,

    2 Sanctify 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%

    6 And 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%

    15 Every 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%

    12 That 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%

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

  • Num 3:49-51
    3 verses
    75%

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

    50 Of 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:

    51 And 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%

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

    30 And 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%

    24 But 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.

    25 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

  • Num 3:9
    73%

    9 And 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%

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

  • Num 8:11
    73%

    11 And 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%

    5 Take 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%

    55 For 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%

    21 And, 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%

    47 Even 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%

    9 Wherefore 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%

    48 For the LORD had spoken unto Moses, saying,

  • Exod 13:15
    72%

    15 And 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%

    29 Thou 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.

    30 Likewise 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
    72%

    1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

  • Num 2:33
    71%

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

  • Lev 22:17
    71%

    17 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

  • Num 8:23
    71%

    23 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

  • Isa 66:21
    71%

    21 And I will also take of them for priests and for Levites, saith the LORD.

  • Num 4:1
    71%

    1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,