Numbers 3:12-14

Common English Bible

¹² I claim the Levites from the Israelites in place of all the oldest males who open an Israelite womb. The Levites are mine ¹³ because all the oldest males are mine. When I killed all the oldest males in the land of Egypt, I reserved for myself all the oldest males in Israel, both humans and animals. They are mine; I am the Lord.

¹⁴ The Lord spoke to Moses in the Sinai desert: