¹⁵ And it happened, when Pharaoh hardened his heart with stiffness about letting us go, that ^(A)Yahweh killed every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man and the firstborn of beast. Therefore, I sacrifice to Yahweh the males, the first ^[a]offspring of every womb, but every firstborn of my sons I redeem.’

⁴⁵ “^(A)Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the sons of Israel and the cattle of the Levites. And the Levites shall be Mine; I am Yahweh.