43 The total number of the firstborn males a month old or more, listed by name, was 22,273. 44 Again the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 45 “Take the Levites in place of all the firstborn of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites in place of their livestock. The Levites belong to Me; I am the LORD.
Numbers 3:43–45
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