Exodus 13:2 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

² “Consecrate to me all the firstborn; whatever is the first to open the womb among the Israelites, of human beings and animals, is mine.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² Sanctify (consecrate, set apart) to Me all the firstborn [males]; whatever is first to open the womb among the Israelites, both of man and of beast, is Mine.

American Standard Version (1901)

² Sanctify unto me all the first-born, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine.

Common English Bible

² Dedicate to me all your oldest children. Each first offspring from any Israelite womb belongs to me, whether human or animal.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² "Sanctify to me every firstborn which opens the womb among the sons of Israel, as much of men as of cattle. For they are all mine."

Exodus 13:2 Cross References

Luke 2:23

(as it is written in the law of the Lord, “Every firstborn male shall be designated as holy to the Lord”),

Numbers 3:13

for all the firstborn are mine; when I killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I consecrated for my own all the firstborn in Israel, both human and animal; they shall be mine. I am the Lord.”

Deuteronomy 15:19

“Every firstling male born of your herd and flock you shall consecrate to the Lord your God; you shall not do work with your firstling ox nor shear the firstling of your flock.

Numbers 18:15

The first issue of the womb of all creatures, human and animal, that is offered to the Lord shall be yours, but the firstborn of human beings you shall redeem, and the firstborn of unclean animals you shall redeem.

Leviticus 27:26

“A firstling of animals, however, which as a firstling belongs to the Lord, cannot be consecrated by anyone; whether ox or sheep, it is the Lord’s.

Exodus 4:22

Then you shall say to Pharaoh, ‘Thus says the Lord: Israel is my firstborn son.

Hebrews 12:23

and to the assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,

Exodus 23:19

“The choicest of the first fruits of your ground you shall bring into the house of the Lord your God. “You shall not boil a kid in its mother’s milk.

Exodus 13:1

The Lord said to Moses,

Numbers 3:12

“I hereby take the Levites from among the Israelites as substitutes for all the firstborn that open the womb among the Israelites. The Levites shall be mine,

Nehemiah 10:36

also to bring to the house of our God, to the priests who minister in the house of our God, the firstborn of our sons and of our livestock, as it is written in the law, and the firstlings of our herds and of our flocks;

Ezekiel 16:20

You took your sons and your daughters, whom you had borne to me, and these you sacrificed to them to be devoured. As if your prostitutions were not enough!

Ezekiel 16:21

You slaughtered my children and delivered them up as an offering to them.

Exodus 22:28

“You shall not revile God or curse a leader of your people.

Nehemiah 10:37

and to bring the first of our dough, and our contributions, the fruit of every tree, the wine and the oil, to the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and to bring to the Levites the tithes from our soil, for it is the Levites who collect the tithes in all our rural towns.