Numbers 8:17

Contemporary English Version 1995

When I killed the oldest sons of the Egyptians, I decided that the first-born sons in each Israelite family would be mine, as well as every first-born male from their flocks and herds.

Cross References

Exodus 13:2

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

Luke 2:23

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

James 1:18

He wanted us to be his own special people, and so he sent the true message to give us new birth.

Hebrews 11:28

His faith also made him celebrate Passover. He sprinkled the blood of animals on the doorposts, so that the first-born sons of the people of Israel would not be killed by the destroying angel.

Hebrews 10:29

But it is much worse to dishonor God's Son and to disgrace the blood of the promise that made us holy. And it is just as bad to insult the Holy Spirit, who shows us mercy.

John 17:19

I have given myself completely for their sake, so they may belong completely to the truth.

John 10:36

So why do you accuse me of a terrible sin for saying that I am the Son of God? After all, it is the Father who prepared me for this work. He is also the one who sent me into the world.

Ezekiel 20:12

And I commanded them to respect the Sabbath as a way of showing that they were holy and belonged to me.

Psalm 135:8

The Lord killed the first-born of people and animals in the land of Egypt.

Psalm 105:36

Then God took the life of every first-born son.

Psalm 78:51

He killed the first-born son of each Egyptian family.

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 29:44

Because of who I am, the tent will become sacred, and Aaron and his sons will become worthy to serve as my priests.

Exodus 12:29

At midnight the Lord killed the first-born son of every Egyptian family, from the son of the king to the son of every prisoner in jail. He also killed the first-born male of every animal that belonged to the Egyptians.

Numbers 8:18

But now I have chosen these Levites as substitutes for the first-born sons,