11. The Lord said to Moses,
12-13. “The Levites are now to be mine. When I killed all the firstborn of the Egyptians, I consecrated as my own the eldest son of each Israelite family and the firstborn of every animal. Now, instead of having the firstborn sons of Israel as my own, I have the Levites; they will belong to me. I am the Lord.”
14. In the Sinai Desert the Lord commanded Moses
15. to register the Levites by clans and families, enrolling every male a month old or older,