Exodus 13:12

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you must remember to give him every firstborn boy. And every male animal that is the firstborn must be given to the Lord.

Cross References

Nehemiah 10:36

“Just as it is also written in the Law, this is what we will do: We will bring our firstborn sons, and the firstborn cows, sheep, and goats. We will bring those firstborn to the temple of our God. We will bring them to the priests that are serving there.\par

Nehemiah 10:37

“And we will also bring to the storage rooms of the Lord’s temple, {\cf2\super [67]} to the priests, these things: The first of our ground meal, the first of our grain offerings, the firstfruit from all our trees, and first part from our new wine and oil. And we will bring a tenth of our crops to the Levites. Why? Because the Levites collect these things in all the towns where we work.

Exodus 13:1

Then the Lord said to Moses,

Exodus 13:2

“You must give me every male in Israel that is its mother's first child. That means that every firstborn baby {boy} and every firstborn {male} animal will be mine.”

Exodus 22:28

“You must not curse [144] God or the leaders of your people.

Exodus 22:29

“At harvest time you should give me the first grain and the first juice from your fruit. Don’t wait until late in the year.

Exodus 34:19

“A woman’s first baby always belongs to me. Even the first animals that are born from your cattle or sheep belong to me.

Exodus 34:20

If you want to keep a donkey that is the first born, then you can buy it with a lamb. But if you don’t buy that donkey with a lamb, then you must break the donkey’s neck. You must buy back all of your firstborn [347] sons from me. No person should come before me without a gift.

Ezekiel 16:20

\{God said,\} “You and I had children together. But you took our children. You killed them and gave them to those false gods! But that is only some of the bad things you did when you cheated on me and went to those false gods.

Ezekiel 44:30

And the first part of the harvest from every kind of crop will be for the priests. You will also give the priests the first of your dough. This will bring blessings to your house.

Leviticus 27:26

“People can give cows and sheep as special gifts to the Lord. But if the animal is the firstborn, then that animal already belongs to the Lord. So people can’t give those animals as special gifts.

Numbers 18:15

“A woman’s first baby and an animal’s first baby must be given to the Lord. That baby will belong to you. If the firstborn animal is unclean, [239] then it must be bought back. If the baby is a child, that child must be bought back. {That child will again belong to its family.}

Numbers 3:12

“{I told you that every family of Israel must give their firstborn [31] son to me}—but now I am choosing the Levites to serve me. They will be mine. So all the other people of Israel will not have to give their firstborn sons to me.

Numbers 3:13

“When you were in Egypt, I killed all the firstborn [32] children of the Egyptians. At that time, I took all of the firstborn children of Israel to be mine. All of the firstborn children and all the firstborn animals are mine. {But now I am giving your firstborn children back to you, and I am making the Levites mine.} I am the Lord.”

Numbers 8:17

Every firstborn male in Israel is mine. It doesn’t matter if it is a man or animal, it is still mine. Why? Because I killed all the firstborn children and animals in Egypt. And I chose to take the firstborn sons to belong to me.

Luke 2:23

It is written in the law of the Lord (God): “When a mother’s first baby is a boy, he shall be called ‘special for the Lord.’” {\cf2\super [32]}

Deuteronomy 15:19

“All the first male animals born in your herd and flock are special. You must give them to the Lord. Don’t use any of those animals for your work. And don’t cut wool from any of those sheep.