Numbers 3:12
3:12 “Look,
I myself have taken the Levites from among the Israelites instead of
every firstborn who opens the womb among the Israelites. So the Levites belong to me,
Numbers 3:45
3:45 “Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn males among the Israelites, and the livestock of the Levites instead of their livestock. And the Levites will be mine. I am the
Lord.
Numbers 8:16
8:16 For they are entirely given
to me from among the Israelites. I have taken them for myself instead of
all who open the womb, the firstborn sons of all the Israelites.
Numbers 18:15
18:15 The firstborn of every womb which they present to the
Lord, whether human or animal, will be yours. Nevertheless, the firstborn sons you must redeem,
and the firstborn males of unclean animals you must redeem.
Exodus 24:5-6
24:5 He sent young Israelite men,
and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed young bulls for peace offerings
to the
Lord.
24:6 Moses took half of the blood and put it in bowls, and half of the blood he splashed on the altar.
Exodus 32:26-29
32:26 So Moses stood at the entrance of the camp and said, “Whoever is for the
Lord, come
to me.”
All the Levites gathered around him,
32:27 and he said to them, “Thus says the
Lord, the God of Israel, ‘Each man fasten
his sword on his side, and go back and forth
from entrance to entrance throughout the camp, and each one kill his brother, his friend, and his neighbor.’”
32:28 The Levites did what Moses ordered, and that day about three thousand men of the people died.
32:29 Moses said, “You have been consecrated today for the Lord, for each of you was against his son or against his brother, so he has given a blessing to you today.”
Matthew 20:28
20:28 just as the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom
for many.”
Matthew 20:1
Workers in the Vineyard
20:1 “For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.
Matthew 2:6
2:6 ‘And you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,
are in no way least among the rulers of Judah,
for out of you will come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.’”