Numbers 8:17

Good News Translation (US Version)

When I killed all the first-born in Egypt, I consecrated as my own the oldest son of each Israelite family and the first-born of every animal.

Cross References

Exodus 13:2

“Dedicate all the first-born males to me, for every first-born male Israelite and every first-born male animal belongs to me.”

Luke 2:23

as it is written in the law of the Lord: “Every first-born male is to be dedicated to the Lord.”

James 1:18

By his own will he brought us into being through the word of truth, so that we should have first place among all his creatures.

Hebrews 11:28

It was faith that made him establish the Passover and order the blood to be sprinkled on the doors, so that the Angel of Death would not kill the first-born sons of the Israelites.

Hebrews 10:29

What, then, of those who despise the Son of God? who treat as a cheap thing the blood of God's covenant which purified them from sin? who insult the Spirit of grace? Just think how much worse is the punishment they will deserve!

John 17:19

And for their sake I dedicate myself to you, in order that they, too, may be truly dedicated to you.

John 10:36

As for me, the Father chose me and sent me into the world. How, then, can you say that I blaspheme because I said that I am the Son of God?

Ezekiel 20:12

I made the keeping of the Sabbath a sign of the agreement between us, to remind them that I, the Lord, make them holy.

Psalm 135:8

In Egypt he killed all the first-born of people and animals alike.

Psalm 105:36

He killed the first-born sons of all the families of Egypt.

Psalm 78:51

He killed the first-born sons of all the families of Egypt.

Leviticus 27:26

The first-born of an animal already belongs to the Lord, so no one may dedicate it to him as a freewill offering. A calf, a lamb, or a kid belongs to the Lord,

Exodus 29:44

I will make the Tent and the altar holy, and I will set Aaron and his sons apart to serve me as priests.

Exodus 12:29

At midnight the Lord killed all the first-born sons in Egypt, from the king's son, who was heir to the throne, to the son of the prisoner in the dungeon; all the first-born of the animals were also killed.

Numbers 8:18

I am now taking the Levites instead of all the first-born of the Israelites,