Luke 2:23

Hebrew Names version (HNV)

(as it is written in the Torah of the Lord, *Every male who opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord*),

Cross References

Exodus 13:2

*Sanctify to me all of the firstborn, whatever opens the womb among the children of Yisra'el, both of man and of animal. It is mine.*

Exodus 22:29

*You shall not delay to offer from your harvest and from the outflow of your presses. *You shall give the firstborn of your sons to me.

Exodus 34:19

All that opens the womb is mine; and all your livestock that is male, the firstborn of cow and sheep.

Numbers 18:15

Everything that opens the womb, of all flesh which they offer to the LORD, both of man and animal shall be yours: nevertheless the firstborn of man shall you surely redeem, and the firstborn of unclean animals shall you redeem.

Numbers 3:13

for all the firstborn are mine. On the day that I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I made holy to me all the firstborn in Yisra'el, both man and animal. They shall be mine. I am the LORD.*