Exodus 13:2

New International Reader's Version

“Set apart for me the first boy born in every family. The oldest son of every Israelite mother belongs to me. Every male animal born first to its mother also belongs to me.”

Cross References

Nehemiah 10:36

“Each of us will bring our oldest son to the priests who serve there. We’ll also bring the male animals that were born first to their mothers among our cattle, herds and flocks. We’ll bring them to the house of our God. That’s what the Law requires.

Nehemiah 10:37

“We will also bring the first part of the meal we grind. We’ll bring the first of our grain offerings. We’ll bring the first share of fruit from all our trees. And we’ll bring the first share of our olive oil and fresh wine. We’ll give all those things to the priests. They’ll put them in the storerooms of the house of our God. And we’ll give a tenth of our crops to the Levites. They collect the tenth shares. They do it in all the towns where we work.

Exodus 13:1

The Lord said to Moses,

Exodus 22:28

“Do not speak evil things against God. Do not curse the ruler of your people.

Exodus 23:19

“Bring the best of the first share of your crops to my house. I am the Lord your God. “Do not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.

Exodus 4:22

Then say to Pharaoh, ‘The Lord says, “Israel is like an oldest son to me.

Ezekiel 16:20

“ ‘ “Then you took your sons and daughters who belonged to me. And you sacrificed them as food to other gods. Wasn’t it enough for you to be a prostitute?

Ezekiel 16:21

You killed my children. You sacrificed them to other gods.

Leviticus 27:26

“ ‘But no one can set apart the first male animal born to its mother. That animal already belongs to the Lord. It does not matter whether it is an ox or a sheep. It belongs to the Lord.

Numbers 18:15

Offer to me every male born first to its mother. It belongs to you. That includes humans and animals alike. But you must buy back every oldest son. Suppose certain animals are ‘unclean.’ Then you must buy back every male born first to its mother.

Numbers 3:12

“I have taken the Levites from among the Israelites. I have taken them in place of the son born first to each woman in Israel. The Levites belong to me.

Numbers 3:13

That’s because every male born first to a mother is mine. In Egypt I struck down all the males born first. I did it when I set apart for myself every male born first to a mother in Israel. That is true for men and animals alike. They belong to me. I am the Lord.”

Luke 2:23

In the Law of the Lord it says, “The first boy born in every family must be set apart for the Lord.” (Exodus 13:2,12)

Deuteronomy 15:19

Set apart every male animal among your livestock that was born first to its mother. Set it apart to the Lord your God. Don’t put a firstborn cow to work. Don’t clip the wool from a firstborn sheep.

Hebrews 12:23

You have come to the church of God’s people. God’s first and only Son is over all things. God’s people share in what belongs to his Son. Their names are written in heaven. You have come to God, who is the Judge of all people. You have come to the spirits of godly people who have been made perfect.