Firstborn: Levites Taken Instead of Firstborn of the Families of Israel

“Behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel in place of every firstborn Israelite from the womb. The Levites belong to Me,

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Number every firstborn male of the Israelites a month old or more, and list their names. …

For the Levites have been wholly given to Me from among the sons of Israel. I have taken them for Myself in place of all who come first from the womb, the firstborn of all the sons of Israel. …