Numbers 18:15

Good News Translation

“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.

Cross References

2 Kings 12:5

Each priest was to be responsible for the money brought by those he served, and the money was to be used to repair the Temple, as needed.

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 13:15

When the king of Egypt was stubborn and refused to let us go, the Lord killed every first-born male in the land of Egypt, both human and animal. That is why we sacrifice every first-born male animal to the Lord, but buy back our first-born sons.

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.”

Exodus 22:29

“Give me the offerings from your grain, your wine, and your olive oil when they are due. “Give me your first-born sons.

Exodus 34:20

but you are to buy back every first-born donkey by offering a lamb in its place. If you do not buy it back, break its neck. Buy back every first-born son. “No one is to appear before me without an offering.

Numbers 18:16

Children shall be bought back at the age of one month for the fixed price of five pieces of silver, according to the official standard.

Numbers 3:46

Since the first-born Israelite sons outnumber the Levites by 273, you must buy back the extra sons.

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.