Luke 2:23

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

(as it is written in the law of the Lord, “Every firstborn male shall be designated as holy to the Lord”),

Cross References

Exodus 13:2

“Consecrate to me all the firstborn; whatever is the first to open the womb among the Israelites, of human beings and animals, is mine.”

Exodus 22:29

“You shall not delay to make offerings from the fullness of your harvest and from the outflow of your presses. “The firstborn of your sons you shall give to me.

Exodus 34:19

“All that first opens the womb is mine, all your male livestock, the firstborn of cow and sheep.

Numbers 18:15

The first issue of the womb of all creatures, human and animal, that is offered to the Lord shall be yours, but the firstborn of human beings you shall redeem, and the firstborn of unclean animals you shall redeem.

Numbers 3:13

for all the firstborn are mine; when I killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I consecrated for my own all the firstborn in Israel, both human and animal; they shall be mine. I am the Lord.”