Numbers 8:16

16 They are given over to me from the Israelites in place of all the newborn, the oldest of all the Israelites. I take them for myself.

Numbers 8:16 In-Context

14 You will separate the Levites from the Israelites, and the Levites will be mine.
15 The Levites will enter to serve the meeting tent, after you have cleansed them and presented them as an uplifted offering.
16 They are given over to me from the Israelites in place of all the newborn, the oldest of all the Israelites. I take them for myself.
17 Every oldest male among the Israelites is mine, whether human or animal. When I killed all the oldest males in the land of Egypt, I dedicated them to myself.
18 I have taken the Levites in place of all the oldest among the Israelites.
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