Numbers 8:16-18

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¹⁶ That is because all the Levites among the Israelites are mine. All the Israelites' firstborn sons are mine. But I have taken the Levites for myself instead. ¹⁷ Every firstborn son among the Israelites is mine. And all the firstborn male animals are mine too. On the day that I killed all the firstborn sons in Egypt I made them special for myself. ¹⁸ But now I have not taken all the firstborn sons among the Israelites. I have taken the Levites instead.