Numbers 8:12-19

12And the LevitesH3881 shall layH5564 their handsH3027 uponH5921 the headsH7218 of the bullocks: and offerH6213 thou the one for a sinH2403 offering, and the otherH259 for a burntH5930 offering, unto the LORDH3068, to makeH6213 atonementH3722 for the LevitesH3881.

13And thou shalt setH5975 the LevitesH3881 beforeH6440 AaronH175, and beforeH6440 his sonsH1121, and offerH5130 them for a waveH8573 offering unto the LORDH3068.

14ThusH1961 shalt thou separateH914 the LevitesH3881 from among the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478: and the LevitesH3881 shall be mine.

15And afterH310 that shall the LevitesH3881 goH935 in to doH5647 the service of the tentH168 of meetingH4150: and thou shalt cleanseH2891 them, and offerH5130 them for a waveH8573 offering.

16For they are whollyH5414 givenH5414 unto meH5414 from among the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478; insteadH8478 of allH3605 that openeth the wombH7358, evenH3588 the firstbornH1060 of allH3605 the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478, have I takenH3947 them unto meH5414.

17For allH3605 the firstbornH1060 among the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478 are mine, bothH3605 manH120 and beastH929: on the dayH3117 that I smoteH5221 allH3605 the firstbornH1060 in the landH776 of EgyptH4714 I sanctifiedH6942 them for myselfH6942.

18And I have takenH3947 the LevitesH3881 insteadH8478 of allH3605 the firstbornH1060 among the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478.

19And I have givenH5414 the LevitesH3881 as a giftH5414 to AaronH175 and to his sonsH1121 from among the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478, to doH5647 the serviceH5656 of the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478 in the tentH168 of meetingH4150, and to makeH5414 atonementH3722 for the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478: that there be noH3808 plagueH5063 among the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478, when the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478 comeH1961 nigh unto the sanctuaryH6944.