Exodus 13:2

Catholic Public Domain Version

"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."

Cross References

Nehemiah 10:36

and the firstborn of our sons, and of our cattle, just as it was written in the law, and the firstborn of our oxen and our sheep, so that they might be offered in the house of our God, to the priests who minister in the house of our God,

Nehemiah 10:37

and so that we might bring in the first-fruits of our foods, and of our libations, and the fruits of every tree, also of the vintage and of the oil, to the priests, to the storehouse of our God, with the tithes of our land for the Levites. The Levites also shall receive tithes from our works out of all the cities.

Exodus 13:1

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

Exodus 22:28

You shall not disparage the heavens, and you shall not speak evil of the leader of your people.

Exodus 23:19

You shall carry the first grain of the land to the house of the Lord your God. You shall not cook a young goat in the milk of its mother.

Exodus 4:22

And you shall say to him: 'Thus says the Lord: Israel is my firstborn son.

Ezekiel 16:20

And you took your sons and your daughters, whom you bore for me, and you immolated them to be devoured. Is your fornication a small matter?

Ezekiel 16:21

You have immolated my sons, and you have consecrated and delivered my sons to them.

Leviticus 27:26

The firstborn, which belong to the Lord, no one is able to sanctify or vow, whether it is an ox, or a sheep, they are for the Lord.

Numbers 18:15

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 3:12

"I have taken the Levites from the sons of Israel. For the Levites, and all the firstborn who open the womb among the sons of Israel, shall be mine.

Numbers 3:13

For every firstborn is mine. From the time that I struck the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I have sanctified for myself whatever is born first in Israel. From man, even to beast, they are mine. I am the Lord."

Luke 2:23

just as it is written in the law of the Lord, "For every male opening the womb shall be called holy to the Lord,"

Deuteronomy 15:19

Of the firstborn, those born from your herds and sheep, you shall sanctify to the Lord your God whatever is of the male sex. You shall not put the firstborn of the oxen to work, nor shall you shear the firstborn of the sheep.

Hebrews 12:23

and to the Church of the first-born, those who have been inscribed in the heavens, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the just made perfect,