Numbers 3:13-15

New International Reader's Version

¹³ That’s because every male born first to a mother is mine. In Egypt I struck down all the males born first. I did it when I set apart for myself every male born first to a mother in Israel. That is true for men and animals alike. They belong to me. I am the Lord.”

¹⁴ The Lord spoke to Moses in the Desert of Sinai. He said, ¹⁵ “Count the Levites by their family groups. Count every male a month old or more.”