Numbers 3:45 meaning and explanation

“Take the Levites in place of all the firstborn of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites in place of their livestock. The Levites belong to Me; I am the LORD.

Numbers 3:45, Berean Standard Bible

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The LORD is speaking to Moses at Sinai, and this verse carries out the exchange announced in verses 11 to 13. Every firstborn in Israel had been claimed by God on the night of Egypt's deliverance, but rather than taking those firstborn sons, God accepts the Levites in their place.

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