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Numbers 3:12 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" “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, "

Numbers 3:12

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10 You shall appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall keep their priesthood, but the stranger who comes near shall be put to death.”

11 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

12 “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,

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 the LORD.”

14 The LORD spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,

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Related Verses

Numbers 8:18

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"I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel."

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Numbers 8:14

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"Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the children of Israel, and the Levites shall be mine."

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Exodus 13:2

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"“Sanctify to me all the firstborn, whatever opens the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of animal. It is mine.”"

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Leviticus 25:55

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"For to me the children of Israel are servants; they are my servants whom I brought out of the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God."

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Exodus 4:22

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"You shall tell Pharaoh, ‘The LORD says, Israel is my son, my firstborn,"

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Malachi 2:4

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"You will know that I have sent this commandment to you, that my covenant may be with Levi,” says the LORD of Armies."

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From This Chapter

Numbers 3:1

"Now this is the history of the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that the LORD spoke with Moses in Mount Sinai."

Numbers 3:2

"These are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar."

Numbers 3:3

"These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests who were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest’s office."

Numbers 3:4

"Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD when they offered strange fire before the LORD in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children. Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest’s office in the presence of Aaron their father."

Numbers 3:5

"The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,"

Numbers 3:6

"“Bring the tribe of Levi near, and set them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister to him."

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