Numbers 3:11-17
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11 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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12 And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine;
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13 Because all the firstborn are mine; for on the day that I smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I hallowed unto me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast: mine shall they be: I am the LORD.
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14 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,
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15 Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, by their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them.
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16 And Moses numbered them according to the word of the LORD, as he was commanded.
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17 And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.