Num Numbers, chapter Book of Numbers, chapter 3
“Now, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the sons of Israel instead of every firstborn, the firstborn of the womb among the sons of Israel. So the Levites shall be Mine. Exo 29:24; Num 8:16For all the firstborn are Mine; on the day that I fatally struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I sanctified to Myself all the firstborn in Israel, from the human firstborn to animals. They shall be Mine; I am the Lord.”Exo 13:2; Exo 22:29; Exo 34:19; Lev 27:26; Num 8:17; Luk 2:23