Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I am the LORD.
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Interpretation
The number of the first-born, and that of the Levites, came near to each other. Known to God are all his works beforehand; there is an exact proportion between them, and so it will appear, when they are compared together.
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This thought runs through Numbers 3:44-48.