Numbers 3:12

And I, behold, I have taken
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the Levites
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from among
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the children
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of Israel
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instead of all the firstborn
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that openeth
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the matrix
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among the children
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of Israel
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therefore the Levites
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shall be mine;

Numbers 3:40-41

And the LORD
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said
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unto Moses
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Number
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all the firstborn
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of the males
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of the children
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of Israel
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from a month
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old
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and upward
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and take
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the number
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of their names
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And thou shalt take
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the Levites
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for me (I [am] the LORD
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instead of all the firstborn
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among the children
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of Israel
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and the cattle
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of the Levites
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instead of all the firstlings
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among the cattle
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of the children
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of Israel
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