^12-13 (A)“The Levites are now to be mine. When I killed all the first-born of the Egyptians, I consecrated as my own the oldest son of each Israelite family and the first-born of every animal. Now, instead of having the first-born sons of Israel as my own, I have the Levites; they will belong to me. I am the Lord.”

^23 (A)as it is written in the law of the Lord: “Every first-born male is to be dedicated to the Lord.”