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12 “I’m taking the descendants of Levi for myself from among the Israelis in place of every first-born who opens the womb.[a] The descendants of Levi belong to me 13 because all the first-born belong to me. When[b] I destroyed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I consecrated all the first-born in Israel for myself—from human beings to livestock. They belong to me, since[c] I am the Lord.”

Numbering the Descendants of Levi

14 The Lord also told Moses in the Sinai wilderness,

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 3:12 Lit. womb from among the Israelis
  2. Numbers 3:13 Or the day
  3. Numbers 3:13 The Heb. lacks since