Numbers 8:16-18

Revised Geneva Translation

¹⁶ “For they are freely given to Me from among the children of Israel. I have taken to Me all who open any womb, all the firstborn of the children of Israel.

¹⁷ “For all the firstborn of the children of Israel are Mine, both of man and beast. Since the day that I struck every firstborn in the land of Egypt, I sanctified them for Myself.

¹⁸ “And I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn of the children of Israel,