Numbers 3:41

The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

For who is greater, one who sits at the table, or one who serves? Isn’t it he who sits at the table? But I am among you as one who serves.

but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men.

so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, without sin, to those who are eagerly waiting for him for salvation.

who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us out of this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father—

who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for himself a people for his own possession, zealous for good works.

that you shall set apart to Yahweh all that opens the womb, and every firstborn that comes from an animal which you have. The males shall be Yahweh’s.

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that you through his poverty might become rich.

You shall redeem the firstborn of a donkey with a lamb. If you will not redeem it, then you shall break its neck. You shall redeem all the firstborn of your sons. No one shall appear before me empty.

“Behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn who open the womb among the children of Israel; and the Levites shall be mine,

He was taken away by oppression and judgment. As for his generation, who considered that he was cut off out of the land of the living and stricken for the disobedience of my people?

From that time, Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised up.

for this is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for many for the remission of sins.

even as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. I lay down my life for the sheep.

And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.”

who was delivered up for our trespasses, and was raised for our justification.

even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:

The saying is faithful and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.

which in its own times he will show, who is the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings, and Lord of lords.

though he was a Son, yet learned obedience by the things which he suffered.

Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God, being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the Spirit,

and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us, and washed us from our sins by his blood—

“Sanctify to me all the firstborn, whatever opens the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of animal. It is mine.”

“Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites instead of their livestock; and the Levites shall be mine. I am Yahweh.

then God is gracious to him, and says, ‘Deliver him from going down to the pit, I have found a ransom.’

none of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give God a ransom for him.

Yahweh, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, says to him whom man despises, to him whom the nation abhors, to a servant of rulers: “Kings shall see and rise up, princes, and they shall worship, because of Yahweh who is faithful, even the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.”

But he was pierced for our transgressions. He was crushed for our iniquities. The punishment that brought our peace was on him; and by his wounds we are healed.

Jesus said to him, “The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.”

He said to them, “This is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for many.

For the Son of Man didn’t come to destroy men’s lives, but to save them.” They went to another village.

The next day, he saw Jesus coming to him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, “It is finished.” He bowed his head, and gave up his spirit.

Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us. For it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree,”

But when the fullness of the time came, God sent out his Son, born to a woman, born under the law,

in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,

Walk in love, even as Christ also loved us and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.

in whom we have our redemption, the forgiveness of our sins.

For to this end we both labor and suffer reproach, because we have set our trust in the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of those who believe.

but in his own time revealed his word in the message with which I was entrusted according to the commandment of God our Savior;

For it became him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many children to glory, to make the author of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness. You were healed by his wounds.

And he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.

By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

They sang a new song, saying, “You are worthy to take the book and to open its seals: for you were killed, and bought us for God with your blood out of every tribe, language, people, and nation,

For the life of the flesh is in the blood. I have given it to you on the altar to make atonement for your souls; for it is the blood that makes atonement by reason of the life.

Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the children of Israel, and the Levites shall be mine.

I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel.

Behold, I myself have taken your brothers the Levites from among the children of Israel. They are a gift to you, dedicated to Yahweh, to do the service of the Tent of Meeting.

You shall dedicate all the firstborn males that are born of your herd and of your flock to Yahweh your God. You shall do no work with the firstborn of your herd, nor shear the firstborn of your flock.

You will know that I have sent this commandment to you, that my covenant may be with Levi,” says Yahweh of Armies.

Jesus cried again with a loud voice, and yielded up his spirit.

(as it is written in the law of the Lord, “Every male who opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord”),

being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus;

For the love of Christ constrains us; because we judge thus, that one died for all, therefore all died.

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, and gave himself up for it;

For they are wholly given to me from among the children of Israel; instead of all who open the womb, even the firstborn of all the children of Israel, I have taken them to me.

Everything that opens the womb, of all flesh which they offer to Yahweh, both of man and animal, shall be yours. Nevertheless, you shall surely redeem the firstborn of man, and you shall redeem the firstborn of unclean animals.

All we like sheep have gone astray. Everyone has turned to his own way; and Yahweh has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

For the Son of Man also came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

For while we were yet weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.

For him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

who gave himself as a ransom for all, the testimony in its own times,

Therefore don’t be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner; but endure hardship for the Good News according to the power of God,

nor yet through the blood of goats and calves, but through his own blood, entered in once for all into the Holy Place, having obtained eternal redemption.