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Numbers 8:16

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For they are wholly given unto me from among the children of Israel; instead of such as open every womb, even instead of the firstborn of all the children of Israel, have I taken them unto me.

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  1. Numbers 8:14

    Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine.

  2. Numbers 8:15

    And after that shall the Levites go in to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt cleanse them, and offer them for an offering.

  3. Numbers 8:17

    For all the firstborn of the children of Israel are mine, both man and beast: on the day that I smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for myself.

  4. Numbers 8:18

    And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel.

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