Numbers 8:14-16

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹⁴ And shalt separate them from the midst of the children of Israel, to be mine.

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,