Exodus 13:2

Good News Translation

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

Cross References

Nehemiah 10:36

The first son born to each of us we will take to the priests in the Temple and there, as required by the Law, dedicate him to God. We will also dedicate the first calf born to each of our cows, and the first lamb or kid born to each of our sheep or goats.

Nehemiah 10:37

We will take to the priests in the Temple the dough made from the first grain harvested each year and our other offerings of wine, olive oil, and all kinds of fruit. We will take to the Levites, who collect tithes in our farming villages, the tithes from the crops that grow on our land.

Exodus 13:1

The Lord said to Moses,

Exodus 22:28

“Do not speak evil of God, and do not curse a leader of your people.

Exodus 23:19

“Each year bring to the house of the Lord your God the first grain that you harvest. “Do not cook a young sheep or goat in its mother's milk.

Exodus 4:22

Then you must tell him that I, the Lord, say, ‘Israel is my first-born son.

Ezekiel 16:20

“Then you took the sons and the daughters you had borne me and offered them as sacrifices to idols. Wasn't it bad enough to be unfaithful to me,

Ezekiel 16:21

without taking my children and sacrificing them to idols?

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,

Numbers 18:15

“Every first-born child or animal that the Israelites present to me belongs to you. But you must accept payment to buy back every first-born child, and must also accept payment for every first-born animal that is ritually unclean.

Numbers 3:12

“The Levites are now to be mine. When I killed all the first-born of the Egyptians, I consecrated as my own the oldest son of each Israelite family and the first-born of every animal. Now, instead of having the first-born sons of Israel as my own, I have the Levites; they will belong to me. I am the Lord.”

Luke 2:23

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

Deuteronomy 15:19

“Set aside for the Lord your God all the first-born males of your cattle and sheep; don't use any of these cattle for work and don't shear any of these sheep.

Hebrews 12:23

You have come to the joyful gathering of God's first-born, whose names are written in heaven. You have come to God, who is the judge of all people, and to the spirits of good people made perfect.