Numbers 8:15-17

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹⁵ And afterwards they shall enter into the tabernacle of the covenant, to serve me. And thus shalt thou purify and consecrate them for an oblation of the Lord: for as a gift they were given me by the children of Israel.

¹⁶ I have taken them instead of the firstborn that open every womb in Israel,

¹⁷ For all the firstborn of the children of Israel, both of men and of beasts, are mine. From the day that I slew every firstborn in the land of Egypt, have I sanctified them to myself: