Numbers 3:11

11 Yahweh spoke to Moses saying,

Numbers 3:11 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 3:11

And the Lord spake unto Moses
Continued to speak unto him, and give him the reason of his appointing the Levites to minister to the priests and serve the tabernacle:

saying:
as follows.

Numbers 3:11 In-Context

9 You will give the Levites to Aaron and to his descendants; they [are] surely assigned to him from among the {Israelites}.

10 But you will count Aaron and his descendants; they will keep their priesthood, and the stranger who approaches will be put to death."

11 Yahweh spoke to Moses saying,

12 "I [myself] receive the Levites from the midst of the {Israelites} in the place of all [the] firstborn of [the] offspring of the womb from the {Israelites}. The Levites will be mine

13 because all [the] firstborn [are] mine; on the day of my killing all [the] firstborn in the land of Egypt, I consecrated for myself all [the] firstborn in Israel, {both humankind and animal}; they will be mine. I am Yahweh."