Numbers 8:17

God's Word

Every firstborn in Israel, whether human or animal, is mine. The day I killed every firstborn male in Egypt, I set them apart as holy to me.

Cross References

Psalm 105:36

He killed all the firstborn sons, the first ones born in the land when their fathers were young.

Psalm 135:8

He is the one who killed every firstborn male in Egypt. He killed humans and animals alike.

Psalm 78:51

He slaughtered every firstborn in Egypt, the ones born in the tents of Ham when their fathers were young.

Exodus 12:29

At midnight the Lord killed every firstborn male in Egypt from the firstborn son of Pharaoh who ruled the land to the firstborn son of the prisoner in jail, and also every firstborn animal.

Exodus 13:2

“Set apart every firstborn male for me. Every firstborn male offspring among the Israelites is mine, whether human or animal.”

Exodus 29:44

I will dedicate the tent of meeting and the altar for their holy purposes. I will set Aaron and his sons apart for their holy duties of serving me as priests.

Ezekiel 20:12

I also gave them certain days to worship me as a sign between us so that they would know that I, the Lord, made them holy.

Leviticus 27:26

“A firstborn animal already belongs to the Lord because it was born first. Therefore, it cannot be set apart as holy. Whether it is a bull or a sheep, it belongs to the Lord.

Numbers 3:13

because every firstborn is mine. The day I killed every firstborn male in Egypt, I set apart as holy every firstborn in Israel, whether human or animal. They will be mine. I am the Lord.”

Numbers 8:18

So I have taken the Levites as substitutes for all the firstborn sons of the Israelites.

Luke 2:23

They did exactly what was written in the Lord’s Teachings: “Every firstborn boy is to be set apart as holy to the Lord.”

John 10:36

why do you say that I’m dishonoring God because I said, ‘I’m the Son of God’? God set me apart for this holy purpose and has sent me into the world.

John 17:19

I’m dedicating myself to this holy work I’m doing for them so that they, too, will use the truth to be holy.

Hebrews 10:29

What do you think a person who shows no respect for the Son of God deserves? That person looks at the blood of the promise (the blood that made him holy) as no different from other people’s blood, and he insults the Spirit that God gave us out of his kindness. He deserves a much worse punishment.

Hebrews 11:28

Faith led Moses to establish the Passover and spread the blood ⌞on the doorposts⌟ so that the destroying angel would not kill the firstborn sons.

James 1:18

God decided to give us life through the word of truth to make us his most important creatures.