Exodus 13:12

New American Bible - revised edition

you will dedicate to the Lord every newborn that opens the womb; and every firstborn male of your animals will belong to the Lord.

Cross References

Nehemiah 10:36

We have agreed to bring each year to the house of the Lord the first fruits of our fields and of our fruit trees, of every kind;

Nehemiah 10:37

also, as is prescribed in the law, to bring to the house of our God, to the priests who serve in the house of our God, the firstborn of our children and our animals, including the firstborn of our flocks and herds.

Exodus 13:1

The Lord spoke to Moses and said:

Exodus 13:2

Consecrate to me every firstborn; whatever opens the womb among the Israelites, whether of human being or beast, belongs to me.

Exodus 22:28

You shall not delay the offering of your harvest and your press. You shall give me the firstborn of your sons.

Exodus 22:29

You must do the same with your oxen and your sheep; for seven days the firstling may stay with its mother, but on the eighth day you must give it to me.

Exodus 34:19

To me belongs every male that opens the womb among all your livestock, whether in the herd or in the flock.

Exodus 34:20

The firstling of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb; if you do not redeem it, you must break its neck. The firstborn among your sons you shall redeem. No one shall appear before me empty-handed.

Ezekiel 16:20

The sons and daughters you bore for me you took and offered as sacrifices for them to devour! Was it not enough that you had become a prostitute?

Ezekiel 44:30

all the choicest first fruits of every kind and all the best of your offerings of every kind shall belong to the priests; the best of your dough you shall also give to the priests to bring a blessing upon your house.

Leviticus 27:26

Note that a firstborn animal, which as such already belongs to the Lord, may not be dedicated. Whether an ox or a sheep, it is the Lord’s.

Numbers 18:15

Every living thing that opens the womb, human being and beast alike, such as are to be offered to the Lord, shall be yours; but you must redeem the firstborn of human beings, as well as redeem the firstborn of unclean animals.

Numbers 3:12

I hereby take the Levites from the Israelites in place of every firstborn that opens the womb among the Israelites. The Levites, therefore, are mine,

Numbers 3:13

because every firstborn is mine. When I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I consecrated to me every firstborn in Israel, human being and beast alike. They belong to me; I am the Lord. Census of the Levites.

Numbers 8:17

Indeed, all the firstborn among the Israelites, human being and beast alike, belong to me; I consecrated them to myself on the day I killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt.

Luke 2:23

just as it is written in the law of the Lord, “Every male that opens the womb shall be consecrated to the Lord,”

Deuteronomy 15:19

You shall consecrate to the Lord, your God, every male firstling born in your herd and in your flock. You shall not work the firstlings of your cattle, nor shear the firstlings of your flock.