¹³ for all the firstborn are mine.^(A) When I struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, I set apart for myself every firstborn in Israel, whether human or animal. They are to be mine. I am the Lord.”^(B)

¹⁴ The Lord said to Moses in the Desert of Sinai,^{(C) 15} “Count^(D) the Levites by their families and clans. Count every male a month old or more.”^(E)