Numbers 18:15 - The Scriptures 1998

¹⁵ “Everyone opening a womb of all flesh, which they bring to יהוה, whether man or beast, is yours. But the first-born of man you shall certainly ransom, and the first-born of the unclean beast you ransom.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁵ Every thing that openeth the matrix in all flesh, which they bring unto the LORD, whether it be of men or beasts, shall be thine: nevertheless the firstborn of man shalt thou surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁵ Everything that first opens the womb in all flesh, which they bring to the Lord, whether it be of men or beasts, shall be yours. Nevertheless the firstborn of man you shall surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts you shall redeem.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁵ Everything that openeth the womb, of all flesh which they offer unto Jehovah, both of man and beast shall be thine: nevertheless the first-born of man shalt thou surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem.

Common English Bible

¹⁵ Any oldest male from the womb of any living thing that is presented to the LORD, whether human or animal, will be yours. However, you will redeem the oldest males of humans and of unclean animals.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁵ Whatever goes out first from the womb, of all flesh, which they offer to the Lord, whether from men or from cattle, shall be your right; yet only in so far as, for the firstborn of man, you shall accept a price. And every animal that is unclean you shall cause to be redeemed.

Numbers 18:15 Cross References

2 Kings 12:5

let the priests take for themselves, each from his friend. And let them repair the damages of the House, wherever there is damage.”

Nehemiah 10:37

And that we should bring the first-fruits of our dough, and our contributions, and the fruit from all kinds of trees, of new wine and of oil, to the priests, to the storerooms of the House of our Elohim; and the tithes of our land to the Lĕ

Exodus 13:15

‘And it came to be, when Pharaoh was too hardened to let us go, that יהוה  killed every first-born in the land of Mitsrayim, both the first-born of man and the first-born of beast. Therefore I am slaughtering to יהוה  every male that open the womb, but every first-born of my sons I ransom.’

Exodus 13:2

“Set apart to Me all the first-born, the one opening the womb among the children of Yisra’ĕ

Exodus 22:29

“Do not delay giving your harvest and your vintage. Give Me the first-born of your sons.

Exodus 34:20

“But the first-born of a donkey you ransom with a lamb. And if you do not ransom, then you shall break his neck. Every first-born of your sons you shall ransom. And they shall not appear before Me empty-handed.

Numbers 18:16

“And ransom their ransomed ones when one month old, according to your valuation, five sheqels of silver, according to the sheqel of the set-apart place, which is twenty gĕ

Numbers 3:13

because all the first-born are Mine. On the day that I struck all the first-born in the land of Mitsrayim, I set apart to Myself all the first-born in Yisra’ĕ

Numbers 3:46

“And for the ransom of the two hundred and seventy-three of the first-born of the children of Yisra’ĕ

Deuteronomy 15:19

“Set apart to יהוה  your Elohim all the first-born males that come from your herd and your flock. Do no work with the first-born of your herd, nor shear the first-born of your flock.