Numbers 3:12
3:12 “Look,
1 I myself have taken the Levites from among the Israelites instead of
2 every firstborn who opens the womb among the Israelites. So the Levites belong to me,
Numbers 18:12
18:12 “All the best of the olive oil and all the best of the wine and of the wheat, the first fruits of these things that they give to the Lord, I have given to you. 3
Numbers 28:27
28:27 But you must offer as the burnt offering, as a sweet aroma to the
Lord, two young bulls, one ram, seven lambs one year old,
Numbers 29:2
29:2 You must offer a burnt offering as a sweet aroma to the
Lord: one young bull, one ram, and seven lambs one year old without blemish.
Numbers 29:36
29:36 But you must offer a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, as a pleasing aroma to the
Lord, one bull, one ram, seven lambs one year old, all of them without blemish,
1 tn The particle הִנֵּה (hinneh) here carries its deictic force, calling attention to the fact that is being declared. It is underscoring the fact that the Lord himself chose Levi.
2 tn Literally “in the place of.”
3 tn This form may be classified as a perfect of resolve – he has decided to give them to them, even though this is a listing of what they will receive.