Numbers 3:11-13

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹¹ And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

¹² I have taken the Levites from the children of Israel, for every firstborn that openeth the womb among the children of Israel, and the Levites shall be mine.

¹³ For every firstborn is mine: since I struck the firstborn in the land of Egypt: I have sanctified to myself whatsoever is firstborn in Israel both of man and beast, they are mine: I am the Lord.