Numbers 3:40-42

New American Standard Bible 1995

Firstborn Redeemed

⁴⁰ Then the Lord said to Moses, “^(A)Number every firstborn male of the sons of Israel from a month old and upward, and ^[a]make a list of their names. ⁴¹ You ^(B)shall take the Levites for Me, I am the Lord, instead of all the firstborn among the sons of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the cattle of the sons of Israel.” ⁴² So Moses numbered all the firstborn among the sons of Israel, just as the Lord had commanded him;