16 For they are given ones,* given to me from among the sons of Israel.+ In place of those opening all wombs, all the firstborn of the sons of Israel,+ I must take them for myself.

6 And I, look! I have taken YOUR brothers, the Levites, from among the sons of Israel,+ as a gift for YOU,+ as those given to Jehovah to carry on the service of the tent of meeting.+