THEOSISWlastow G.K.
The livestock of the Levites is acknowledged as a replacement before the Lord for the first-born cattle of all Israel, as the Levites themselves are dedicated to God.
Numbers 3:41Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And thou shalt take the Levites to me for all the firstborn of the children of Israel, I am the Lord: and their cattle for all the firstborn of the cattle of the children of Israel:
וְלָקַחְתָּ֨ אֶת־הַלְוִיִּ֥ם לִי֙ אֲנִ֣י יְהוָ֔ה תַּ֥חַת כָּל־בְּכֹ֖ר בִּבְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְאֵת֙ בֶּהֱמַ֣ת הַלְוִיִּ֔ם תַּ֣חַת כָּל־בְּכ֔וֹר בְּבֶהֱמַ֖ת בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
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Cross references
Passages read together with this verse.
- Num 3:12I have taken the Levites from the children of Israel, for every firstborn that openeth the womb among the children of Israel, and the Levites shall be mine.
- Num 3:45Take the Levites for the firstborn of the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites for their cattle, and the Levites shall be mine. I am the Lord.
- Ex 32:26Then standing in the gate of the camp, he said: If any man be on the Lord's side, let him join with me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him:
- Ex 32:29And Moses said: You have consecrated your hands this day to the Lord, every man in his son and in his brother, that a blessing may be given to you.
- Ex 24:5And he sent young men of the children of Israel, and they offered holocausts, and sacrificed pacific victims of calves to the Lord.
- Ex 24:6Then Moses took half of the blood, and put it into bowls; and the rest he poured upon the altar.
- Num 8:16I have taken them instead of the firstborn that open every womb in Israel,
- Matt 20:28Even as the Son of man is not come to be ministered unto, but to minister and to give his life a redemption for many.