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Exodus 13:12

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

you are to present to the Lord every firstborn male of the womb. All firstborn offspring of the livestock you own that are males will be the Lord’s.

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The firstborn of every living thing, human or animal, presented to the Lord belongs to you. But you must certainly redeem a human firstborn,  and redeem the firstborn of an unclean animal.


‘But no one can consecrate a firstborn of the livestock, whether an animal from the herd or flock, to the Lord, because a firstborn already belongs to the Lord.


‘The firstborn  male from every womb belongs to me, including all your male  , livestock, the firstborn of cattle or sheep.


The best of all the firstfruits of every kind and contribution of every kind from all your gifts will belong to the priests.  You are to give your first batch of dough to the priest  so that a blessing may rest on your homes.


‘Consecrate every firstborn male  to me, the firstborn from every womb among the Israelites, both man and domestic animal; it is mine.’


‘Consecrate to the Lord your God every firstborn male produced by your herd and flock.  You are not to put the firstborn of your oxen to work or shear the firstborn of your flock.


‘You must not hold back offerings  from your harvest or your vats. Give me the firstborn of your sons.


For every firstborn among the Israelites is mine, both man and animal. I consecrated them to myself  on the day I struck down every firstborn in the land of Egypt.


‘See, I have taken the Levites from the Israelites in place of every firstborn Israelite from the womb.  The Levites belong to me,


(just as it is written in the law of the Lord,Every firstborn male will be dedicated   to the Lord   ,)


‘ “You even took your sons and daughters you bore to me and sacrificed them to these images as food.  Wasn’t your prostitution enough?


‘You must not blaspheme God  or curse a leader among your people.


You may redeem the firstborn of a donkey with a sheep, but if you do not redeem it, break its neck.  You must redeem all the firstborn of your sons. No one is to appear before me empty-handed.


because every firstborn belongs to me. At the time I struck down every firstborn in the land of Egypt,  I consecrated every firstborn in Israel to myself, both man and animal. They are mine; I am the Lord.’


We will also bring the firstborn of our sons and our livestock, as prescribed by the law, and will bring the firstborn of our herds and flocks to the house of our God,  to the priests who serve in our God’s house.


We will bring a loaf from our first batch of dough  to the priests at the storerooms of the house of our God. We will also bring the firstfruits of our grain offerings, of every fruit tree, and of the new wine and fresh oil.  A tenth of our land’s produce belongs to the Levites, for the Levites are to collect the one-tenth offering in all our agricultural towns.





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