LEB(i)
16 For they are given to me exclusively from the midst of the ⌊Israelites⌋.* I have taken them for myself in place of the firstborn of every womb, every firstborn from the ⌊Israelites⌋.*
17 For every firstborn among the ⌊Israelites⌋* is mine, both humankind and animal. On the day I destroyed every firstborn in the land of Egypt I consecrated them to me,
18 and I have taken the Levites in the place of every firstborn among the ⌊Israelites⌋.*
19 And I have given the Levites; they are given to Aaron and his sons from the midst of the ⌊Israelites⌋* to do the work of the ⌊Israelites⌋* in the tent of the assembly and to make atonement for the ⌊Israelites⌋,* so a plague will not be among the ⌊Israelites⌋* when the ⌊Israelites⌋* come near the sanctuary."