Charles Spurgeon Commentary Numbers 8:16

"For they are wholly given unto me from among the children of Israel; instead of all that openeth the womb, even the first-born of all the children of Israel, have I taken them unto me." — Numbers 8:16 (ASV)

For they are wholly given unto me from among the children of Israel;

Listen to this, you who trust that you are made like the elder Brother, and the firstborn from among the creatures of God: