Numbers 3:40-42

Easy-to-Read Version

Levites Take the Place of the Firstborn

⁴⁰ The Lord said to Moses, “Count all the firstborn men and boys in Israel who are at least one month old. Write their names on a list. ⁴¹ I am the Lord. I will take the Levites instead of all the firstborn men and boys of Israel. I will also take the animals from the Levites instead of taking all the firstborn animals from the other people in Israel.”

⁴² So Moses did what the Lord commanded. He counted all the firstborn children of the Israelites.