We will also bring the firstborn of our sons and our livestock, as prescribed by the law, and will bring the firstborn of our herds and flocks to the house of our God, to the priests who serve in our God’s house.
Exodus 13:2 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised ‘Consecrate every firstborn male to me, the firstborn from every womb among the Israelites, both man and domestic animal; it is mine.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Sanctify (consecrate, set apart) to Me all the firstborn [males]; whatever is first to open the womb among the Israelites, both of man and of beast, is Mine. American Standard Version (1901) Sanctify unto me all the first-born, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine. Common English Bible Dedicate to me all your oldest children. Each first offspring from any Israelite womb belongs to me, whether human or animal. Catholic Public Domain Version "Sanctify to me every firstborn which opens the womb among the sons of Israel, as much of men as of cattle. For they are all mine." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Sanctify unto me every firstborn that openeth the womb among the children of Israel, as well of men as of beasts: for they are all mine. |
We will also bring the firstborn of our sons and our livestock, as prescribed by the law, and will bring the firstborn of our herds and flocks to the house of our God, to the priests who serve in our God’s house.
We will bring a loaf from our first batch of dough to the priests at the storerooms of the house of our God. We will also bring the firstfruits of our grain offerings, of every fruit tree, and of the new wine and fresh oil. A tenth of our land’s produce belongs to the Levites, for the Levites are to collect the one-tenth offering in all our agricultural towns.
‘Bring the best of the firstfruits of your land to the house of the Lord your God. ‘You must not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.
And you will say to Pharaoh: This is what the Lord says: Israel is my firstborn son.
‘ “You even took your sons and daughters you bore to me and sacrificed them to these images as food. Wasn’t your prostitution enough?
You slaughtered my children and gave them up when you passed them through the fire to the images.
‘But no one can consecrate a firstborn of the livestock, whether an animal from the herd or flock, to the Lord, because a firstborn already belongs to the Lord.
The firstborn of every living thing, human or animal, presented to the Lord belongs to you. But you must certainly redeem a human firstborn, and redeem the firstborn of an unclean animal.
‘See, I have taken the Levites from the Israelites in place of every firstborn Israelite from the womb. The Levites belong to me,
because every firstborn belongs to me. At the time I struck down every firstborn in the land of Egypt, I consecrated every firstborn in Israel to myself, both man and animal. They are mine; I am the Lord.’
(just as it is written in the law of the Lord,Every firstborn male will be dedicated to the Lord ,)
‘Consecrate to the Lord your God every firstborn male produced by your herd and flock. You are not to put the firstborn of your oxen to work or shear the firstborn of your flock.
to the assembly of the firstborn whose names have been written in heaven, to a Judge, who is God of all, to the spirits of righteous people made perfect,