Exodus 13:12-13
English Standard Version Anglicised
12 (A)you shall set apart to the Lord all that first opens the womb. All the firstborn of your animals that are males shall be the Lord's. 13 (B)Every firstborn of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb, or if you will not redeem it you shall break its neck. Every (C)firstborn of man among your sons you shall redeem.
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Exodus 13:12-13
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Exodus 13:15
English Standard Version Anglicised
15 For when Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the (A)Lord killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man and the firstborn of animals. Therefore I sacrifice to the Lord all the males that first open the womb, but (B)all the firstborn of my sons I redeem.’
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Exodus 13:15
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15 When Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the Lord killed the firstborn of both people and animals in Egypt. This is why I sacrifice to the Lord the first male offspring of every womb and redeem each of my firstborn sons.’(A)
Exodus 22:29-30
English Standard Version Anglicised
29 “You shall not delay to offer from the fullness of your harvest and from the outflow of your presses. (A)The firstborn of your sons you shall give to me. 30 (B)You shall do the same with your oxen and with your sheep: for (C)seven days it shall be with its mother; on the eighth day you shall give it to me.
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Exodus 22:29-30
New International Version
29 “Do not hold back offerings(A) from your granaries or your vats.[a]
“You must give me the firstborn of your sons.(B) 30 Do the same with your cattle and your sheep.(C) Let them stay with their mothers for seven days, but give them to me on the eighth day.(D)
Footnotes
- Exodus 22:29 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.
Exodus 34:19
English Standard Version Anglicised
19 (A)All that open the womb are mine, all your male[a] livestock, the firstborn of cow and sheep.
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- Exodus 34:19 Septuagint, Theodotion, Vulgate, Targum; the meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
Exodus 34:19
New International Version
19 “The first offspring(A) of every womb belongs to me, including all the firstborn males of your livestock, whether from herd or flock.
Leviticus 27:26
English Standard Version Anglicised
26 “But a (A)firstborn of animals, which as a firstborn belongs to the Lord, no man may dedicate; whether ox or sheep, it is the Lord's.
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Leviticus 27:26
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26 “‘No one, however, may dedicate the firstborn of an animal, since the firstborn already belongs to the Lord;(A) whether an ox[a] or a sheep, it is the Lord’s.
Footnotes
- Leviticus 27:26 The Hebrew word can refer to either male or female.
Numbers 3:13
English Standard Version Anglicised
13 for (A)all the firstborn are mine. (B)On the day that I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I consecrated for my own all the firstborn in Israel, both of man and of beast. They shall be mine: I am the Lord.”
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Numbers 3:13
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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)
Numbers 8:16-17
English Standard Version Anglicised
16 For they are (A)wholly given to me from among the people of Israel. (B)Instead of all who open the womb, the firstborn of all the people of Israel, I have taken them for myself. 17 (C)For all the firstborn among the people of Israel are mine, both of man and of beast. On the day that I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I consecrated them for myself,
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Numbers 8:16-17
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16 They are the Israelites who are to be given wholly to me. I have taken them as my own in place of the firstborn,(A) the first male offspring(B) from every Israelite woman. 17 Every firstborn male in Israel, whether human or animal,(C) is mine. When I struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, I set them apart for myself.(D)
Numbers 18:15
English Standard Version Anglicised
15 (A)Everything that opens the womb of all flesh, whether man or beast, which they offer to the Lord, shall be yours. Nevertheless, (B)the firstborn of man you shall redeem, and the firstborn of unclean animals you shall redeem.
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Numbers 18:15
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15 The first offspring of every womb, both human and animal, that is offered to the Lord is yours.(A) But you must redeem(B) every firstborn(C) son and every firstborn male of unclean animals.(D)
Deuteronomy 15:19
English Standard Version Anglicised
19 (A)“All the firstborn males that are born of your herd and flock you shall dedicate to the Lord your God. You shall do no work with the firstborn of your herd, nor shear the firstborn of your flock.
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Deuteronomy 15:19
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The Firstborn Animals
19 Set apart for the Lord(A) your God every firstborn male(B) of your herds and flocks.(C) Do not put the firstborn of your cows to work, and do not shear the firstborn of your sheep.(D)
Luke 2:23
English Standard Version Anglicised
23 (as it is written in (A)the Law of the Lord, (B)“Every male who first opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord”)
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Luke 2:23
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23 (as it is written in the Law of the Lord, “Every firstborn male is to be consecrated to the Lord”[a]),(A)
Footnotes
- Luke 2:23 Exodus 13:2,12
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