Num 3:12 | TSK | e4.org | When God miraculously destroyed all the first-born of the Egyptians ( ), he spared those of the Israelites; and, in commemoration of that event, he was pleased to appoint that all the first-born males "should be set apart unto himself" ( ). God is here pleased to relinquish this claim, and to appoint the whole tribe of Levi to attend his immediate service in their stead. , , , ,

‏ Numbers 3:12

When God miraculously destroyed all the first-born of the Egyptians (Exod 12:29), he spared those of the Israelites; and, in commemoration of that event, he was pleased to appoint that all the first-born males "should be set apart unto himself" (Exod 13:12-16). God is here pleased to relinquish this claim, and to appoint the whole tribe of Levi to attend his immediate service in their stead.

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