Numbers 3:45
“Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn males among the Israelites, and the livestock of the Levites instead of their livestock. And the Levites will be mine. I am the LORD.
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- Num 3:12 : 12 “Look, I myself have taken the Levites from among the Israelites instead of every firstborn who opens the womb among the Israelites. So the Levites belong to me,
- Num 3:40-41 : 40 The Substitution for the Firstborn Then the LORD said to Moses,“Number all the firstborn males of the Israelites from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names. 41 And take the Levites for me– I am the LORD– instead of all the firstborn males among the Israelites, and the livestock of the Levites instead of all the firstborn of the livestock of the Israelites.”
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- Num 3:40-423 verses94%
40The Substitution for the Firstborn Then the LORD said to Moses,“Number all the firstborn males of the Israelites from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names.
41And take the Levites for me– I am the LORD– instead of all the firstborn males among the Israelites, and the livestock of the Levites instead of all the firstborn of the livestock of the Israelites.”
42So Moses numbered all the firstborn males among the Israelites, as the LORD had commanded him.
- Num 3:11-155 verses91%
11Then the LORD spoke to Moses:
12“Look, I myself have taken the Levites from among the Israelites instead of every firstborn who opens the womb among the Israelites. So the Levites belong to me,
13because all the firstborn are mine. When I destroyed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I set apart for myself all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast. They belong to me. I am the LORD.”
14The Numbering of the Levites Then the LORD spoke to Moses in the desert of Sinai:
15“Number the Levites by their clans and their families; every male from a month old and upward you are to number.”
- Num 8:13-208 verses88%
13You are to have the Levites stand before Aaron and his sons, and then offer them as a wave offering to the LORD.
14And so you are to separate the Levites from among the Israelites, and the Levites will be mine.
15“After this, the Levites will go in to do the work of the tent of meeting. So you must cleanse them and offer them like a wave offering.
16For they are entirely given to me from among the Israelites. I have taken them for myself instead of all who open the womb, the firstborn sons of all the Israelites.
17For all the firstborn males among the Israelites are mine, both humans and animals; when I destroyed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I set them apart for myself.
18So I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn sons among the Israelites.
19I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and his sons from among the Israelites, to do the work for the Israelites in the tent of meeting, and to make atonement for the Israelites, so there will be no plague among the Israelites when the Israelites come near the sanctuary.”
20So Moses and Aaron and the entire community of the Israelites did this with the Levites. According to all that the LORD commanded Moses concerning the Levites, this is what the Israelites did with them.
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44Then the LORD spoke to Moses:
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46And for the redemption of the 273 firstborn males of the Israelites who exceed the number of the Levites,
- Exod 13:1-22 verses82%
1The Law of the Firstborn The LORD spoke to Moses:
2“Set apart to me every firstborn male– the first offspring of every womb among the Israelites, whether human or animal; it is mine.”
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26Redemption of the Firstborn“‘Surely no man may consecrate a firstborn that already belongs to the LORD as a firstborn among the animals; whether it is an ox or a sheep, it belongs to the LORD.
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6I myself have chosen your brothers the Levites from among the Israelites. They are given to you as a gift from the LORD, to perform the duties of the tent of meeting.
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15The firstborn of every womb which they present to the LORD, whether human or animal, will be yours. Nevertheless, the firstborn sons you must redeem, and the firstborn males of unclean animals you must redeem.
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12then you must give over to the LORD the first offspring of every womb. Every firstling of a beast that you have– the males will be the LORD’s.
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6“Take the Levites from among the Israelites and purify them.
- Num 3:49-513 verses75%
49So Moses took the redemption money from those who were in excess of those redeemed by the Levites.
50From the firstborn males of the Israelites he collected the money, 1,365 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel.
51Moses gave the redemption money to Aaron and his sons, according to the word of the LORD, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
- Num 31:29-302 verses74%
29You are to take it from their half-share and give it to Eleazar the priest for a raised offering to the LORD.
30From the Israelites’ half-share you are to take one portion out of fifty of the people, the cattle, the donkeys, and the sheep– from every kind of animal– and you are to give them to the Levites, who are responsible for the care of the LORD’s tabernacle.”
- Num 18:24-252 verses74%
24But I have given to the Levites for an inheritance the tithes of the Israelites that are offered to the LORD as a raised offering. That is why I said to them that among the Israelites they are to have no inheritance.”
25Instructions for the Levites The LORD spoke to Moses:
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9You are to assign the Levites to Aaron and his sons; they will be assigned exclusively to him out of all the Israelites.
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19“Every firstborn of the womb belongs to me, even every firstborn of your cattle that is a male, whether ox or sheep.
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11and Aaron is to offer the Levites before the LORD as a wave offering from the Israelites, that they may do the work of the LORD.
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5“Receive these gifts from them, that they may be used in doing the work of the tent of meeting; and you must give them to the Levites, to every man as his service requires.”
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55because the Israelites are my own servants; they are my servants whom I brought out from the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.
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21See, I have given the Levites all the tithes in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they perform– the service of the tent of meeting.
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47From the Israelites’ share Moses took one of every fifty people and animals and gave them to the Levites who were responsible for the care of the LORD’s tabernacle, just as the LORD commanded Moses.
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9Therefore Levi has no allotment or inheritance among his brothers; the LORD is his inheritance just as the LORD your God told him.
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48The LORD had said to Moses,
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15When Pharaoh stubbornly refused to release us, the LORD killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of people to the firstborn of animals. That is why I am sacrificing to the LORD the first male offspring of every womb, but all my firstborn sons I redeem.’
- Exod 22:29-302 verses72%
29“Do not hold back offerings from your granaries or your vats. You must give me the firstborn of your sons.
30You must also do this for your oxen and for your sheep; seven days they may remain with their mothers, but give them to me on the eighth day.
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1Regulations for the Eating of Priestly Stipends The LORD spoke to Moses:
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33But the Levites were not numbered among the other Israelites, as the LORD commanded Moses.
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17Regulations for Offering Votive and Freewill Offerings The LORD spoke to Moses:
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23The Work of the Levites Then the LORD spoke to Moses:
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21And I will choose some of them as priests and Levites,” says the LORD.
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1The Service of the Kohathites Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron: