Exodus 13:2

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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

Cross References

Luke 2:23

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

Deuteronomy 15:19

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

Numbers 18:15

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

Leviticus 27:26

All firstborn 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 firstborn son,

Hebrews 12:23

Here you will find all 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 firstborn sons and the firstborn 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 per cent of our grain harvest to those Levites who are responsible for collecting it in our towns.