11. The Lord spoke to Moses:
12. “See, I have taken the Levites from the Israelites in place of every firstborn Israelite from the womb. The Levites belong to Me,
13. because every firstborn belongs to Me. At the time I struck down every firstborn in the land of Egypt, I consecrated every firstborn in Israel to Myself, both man and animal. They are Mine; I am Yahweh.”
14. The Lord spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai:
15. “Register the Levites by their ancestral houses and their clans. You are to register every male one month old or more.”