Exodus 13:2

Contemporary English Version 1995

“Dedicate to me the first-born son of every family and the first-born males of your flocks and herds. These belong to me.”

Cross References

Luke 2:23

just as the Law of the Lord says, “Each first-born baby boy belongs to the Lord.”

Deuteronomy 15:19

If the first-born animal of a cow or sheep or goat is a male, it must be given to the Lord. Don't put first-born cattle to work or cut wool from first-born sheep.

Numbers 18:15

The first-born son in every Israelite family, as well as the first-born males of their flocks and herds, belong to me. But every first-born son and first-born donkey must be bought back from me.

Leviticus 27:26

All first-born animals of your flocks and herds are already mine, and so you cannot promise any of them to me.

Exodus 4:22

Then tell him that I have said, “Israel is my first-born son,

Hebrews 12:23

Here you will find all of God's dearest children, whose names are written in heaven. And you will find God himself, who judges everyone. Here also are the spirits of those good people who have been made perfect.

Exodus 23:19

Each year bring the best part of your first harvest to the place of worship. Don't boil a young goat in its mother's milk.

Exodus 13:1

The Lord said to Moses,

Nehemiah 10:36

We will bring our first-born sons and the first-born males of our herds and flocks and offer them to the priests who serve in the temple, because this is what is written in God's Law.

Ezekiel 16:20

But you did something even worse than that—you sacrificed your own children to those idols!

Ezekiel 16:21

You slaughtered my children, so you could offer them as sacrifices.

Exodus 22:28

Don't speak evil of me or of the ruler of your people.

Nehemiah 10:37

To the priests in the temple of our God, we will bring the bread dough from the first harvest, together with our best fruit, and an offering of new wine and olive oil. We will bring ten percent of our grain harvest to those Levites who are responsible for collecting it in our towns.