וָאֶקַּח֙ אֶת־הַלְוִיִּ֔ם תַּ֥חַת כָּל־בְּכ֖וֹר בִּבְנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
And I have taken the Levites instead of all the first-born among the children of Israel.
Read midrashic interpretation of Numbers 8:18: and classical rabbinic exegesis.
וָאֶקַּח֙ אֶת־הַלְוִיִּ֔ם תַּ֥חַת כָּל־בְּכ֖וֹר בִּבְנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
And I have taken the Levites instead of all the first-born among the children of Israel.
Read midrashic interpretation of Numbers 8:18: and classical rabbinic exegesis.