Exodus 13:2
New International Version
2 “Consecrate to me every firstborn male.(A) The first offspring of every womb among the Israelites belongs to me, whether human or animal.”
Leviticus 27:26
New International Version
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 8:16
New International Version
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.
Numbers 8:17
New International Version
17 Every firstborn male in Israel, whether human or animal,(A) is mine. When I struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, I set them apart for myself.(B)
Nehemiah 10:36
New International Version
Luke 2:23
New International Version
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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