Numbers 8:16-18
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
16 For they, among the Israelites, are totally dedicated to me; I have taken them for myself in place of everyone that opens the womb, the firstborn of all the Israelites.(A) 17 Indeed, all the firstborn among the Israelites, human being and beast alike, belong to me; I consecrated them to myself on the day I killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt.(B) 18 But I have taken the Levites in place of all the firstborn Israelites;
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