Numbers 3:13

New American Bible - revised edition

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.

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;

Exodus 13:12

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

Exodus 13:15

When Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the Lord killed every firstborn in the land of Egypt, the firstborn of human being and beast alike. That is why I sacrifice to the Lord every male that opens the womb, and why I ransom every firstborn of my sons.’

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.

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 18:6

I hereby take your kinsmen, the Levites, from among the Israelites; they are a gift to you, dedicated to the Lord for the labor they perform for the tent of meeting.

Numbers 3:41

Then take the Levites for me—I am the Lord—in place of all the firstborn of the Israelites, as well as the Levites’ cattle, in place of all the firstborn among the cattle of the Israelites.

Numbers 33:4

while the Egyptians buried those whom the Lord had struck down, every firstborn; on their gods, too, the Lord executed judgments. From Egypt to Sinai.

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,”

Hebrews 12:23

and the assembly of the firstborn enrolled in heaven, and God the judge of all, and the spirits of the just made perfect,