For all the firstborn males among the Israelites are mine, both humans and animals; when I destroyed<n id="1" /> all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I set them apart for myself.

So I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn sons among the Israelites.

because all the firstborn are mine. When I destroyed<n id="1" /> all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I set apart for myself all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast. They belong to me. I am the <sc>Lordsc>.&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

But you must not redeem the firstborn of a cow or a sheep or a goat; they are holy. You must splash<n id="1" /> their blood on the altar and burn their fat for an offering made by fire for a pleasing aroma to the <sc>Lordsc>.

These are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab, the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

So Moses numbered all the firstborn males among the Israelites, as the <sc>Lordsc> had commanded him.

And for the redemption of the 273 firstborn males of the Israelites who exceed the number of the Levites,

<t /><p class="bodytext">Reuben was the firstborn of Israel. The Reubenites: from<n id="1" /> Hanoch, the family of the Hanochites; from Pallu, the family of the Palluites;

And take<n id="1" /> the Levites for me &#8211; I am the <sc>Lordsc> &#8211; instead of all the firstborn males among the Israelites, and the livestock of the Levites instead of all the firstborn of the livestock of the Israelites.&#8221;

The firstborn of every womb which they present to the <sc>Lordsc>, whether human or animal, will be yours. Nevertheless, the firstborn sons you must redeem,<n id="1" /> and the firstborn males of unclean animals you must redeem.

&#8220;Look,<n id="1" /> I myself have taken the Levites from among the Israelites instead of<n id="2" /> every firstborn who opens the womb among the Israelites. So the Levites belong to me,

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then the <sc>Lordsc> said to Moses, &#8220;Number all the firstborn males of the Israelites from a month old and upward, and take<n id="1" /> the number of their names.

And all the firstborn males, by the number of the names from a month old and upward, totaled 22,273.p>

&#8220;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 <sc>Lordsc>.

From the firstborn males of the Israelites he collected the money, 1,365 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel.

Now the Egyptians were burying all their firstborn, whom the <sc>Lordsc> had killed among them; the <sc>Lordsc> also executed judgments on their gods.p>

<p class="bodytext">And they were as follows:p> <p class="bodytext">The descendants of Reuben, the firstborn son of Israel: According to the records of their clans and families, all the males twenty years old or older who could serve in the army were listed by name individually.

For they are entirely given<n id="1" /> to me from among the Israelites. I have taken them for myself instead of<n id="2" /> all who open the womb, the firstborn sons of all the Israelites.