Thematic Bible: Tribe of levi taken for

See, I have taken the Levites out of the children of Israel to be mine in place of the first sons of the children of Israel;

Verse Concepts

Covenant, God's with Israel's priests

Vicarious Substitution

And the Lord said to Moses, Let all the first male children be numbered, and take the number of their names. And give to me the Levites (I am the Lord) in place of the first sons of the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites in place of the first births among the cattle of the children of Israel. So Moses had all the first sons among the children of Israel numbered, as the Lord said to him. read more.
Every first son from a month old and over was numbered by name, and the number came to twenty-two thousand, two hundred and seventy-three.

And in place of the first sons among the children of Israel, I have taken the Levites.

Verse Concepts

Substitution