Luke 2:23

New American Bible - revised edition

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

Cross References

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 22:29

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.

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 3:13

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.