World English Bible
Numbers 3:13
“for all the firstborn are mine. On the day that I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I made holy to me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and animal. They shall be mine. I am Yahweh.”
Verse in context — Numbers 3
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Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
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Behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn who open the womb among the children of Israel; and the Levites shall be mine:
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for all the firstborn are mine. On the day that I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I made holy to me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and animal. They shall be mine. I am Yahweh.
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Yahweh spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,
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Count the children of Levi by their fathers' houses, by their families. You shall count every male from a month old and upward.
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Israel’s wilderness journey, marked by rebellion, discipline, and God’s faithfulness.
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