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Numbers 3:10-12
New Catholic Bible
Numbers 3:10-12
New Catholic Bible
10 You will appoint Aaron and his sons, and they will serve as priests. Anyone else who draws near is to be put to death.”
11 [a]The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 12 “Behold, I have taken the Levites from among the people of Israel as a substitute for the firstborn of the people of Israel, those who opened the womb. The Levites will be my own,
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- Numbers 3:11 The Levites, being consecrated to the service of God, take the place of the firstborn of the entire people, those who have belonged to God ever since the Passover when the people were delivered from Egypt and the destroying angel spared their firstborn from slaughter (Ex 12:23).
