Numbers 3:13

New Century Version

because the firstborn are mine. When you were in Egypt, I killed all the firstborn children of the Egyptians and took all the firstborn of Israel to be mine, both animals and children. They are mine. I am the Lord.”

Cross References

Nehemiah 10:36

We will bring to the Temple our firstborn sons and cattle and the firstborn of our herds and flocks, as it is written in the Teachings. We will bring them to the priests who are serving in the Temple.

Exodus 13:12

you must give him every firstborn male. Also every firstborn male animal must be given to the Lord.

Exodus 13:15

The king of Egypt was stubborn and refused to let us leave. But the Lord killed every firstborn male in Egypt, both human and animal. That is why I sacrifice every firstborn male animal to the Lord, and that is why I buy back each of my firstborn sons from the Lord.’

Exodus 13:2

“Give every firstborn male to me. Every firstborn male among the Israelites belongs to me, whether human or animal.”

Exodus 22:29

“Do not hold back your offering from the first of your harvest and the first wine that you make. Also, you must give me your firstborn sons.

Exodus 34:19

“The firstborn of every mother belongs to me, including every firstborn male animal that is born in your flocks and herds.

Ezekiel 44:30

The best fruits of all the first harvests and all the special gifts offered to me will belong to the priests. You will also give to the priests the first part of your grain that you grind and so bring a blessing on your family.

Leviticus 27:26

“ ‘If an animal is the first one born to its parent, it already belongs to the Lord, so people may not give it again. If it is a cow or a sheep, it is the Lord’s.

Numbers 18:15

The first one born to any family, whether people or animals, will be offered to the Lord. And that will be yours. But you must make a payment for every firstborn child and every firstborn animal that is unclean.

Numbers 18:6

I myself chose your fellow Levites from among the Israelites as a gift given for you to the Lord, to work at the Meeting Tent.

Numbers 3:41

Take the Levites for me instead of the firstborn sons of Israel; take the animals of the Levites instead of the firstborn animals from the rest of Israel. I am the Lord.”

Numbers 33:4

The Egyptians were burying their firstborn sons, whom the Lord had killed; the Lord showed that the gods of Egypt were false.

Luke 2:23

(It is written in the law of the Lord: “Every firstborn male shall be given to the Lord.”)

Hebrews 12:23

You have come to the meeting of God’s firstborn children whose names are written in heaven. You have come to God, the judge of all people, and to the spirits of good people who have been made perfect.