¹⁶ For they have been given to me from among the children of Israel; in place of every mother's first son, the first to come to birth in Israel, I have taken them for myself.

¹² See, I have taken the Levites out of the children of Israel to be mine in place of the first sons of the children of Israel;

⁴⁵ Take the Levites in place of all the first sons of the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites in place of their cattle; the Levites are to be mine; I am the Lord.

⁹ Give the Levites to Aaron and his sons; so that they may be his without question from among the children of Israel.