Exodus 34:20; Numbers 3:46–51; Numbers 18:15–17

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Exodus 34:20

20 pThe firstborn of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb, or if you will not redeem it you shall break its neck. All the firstborn of your sons you shall redeem. And none shall appear before me empty-handed.


Numbers 3:46–51

46 And as the xredemption price for the 273 of the firstborn of the people of Israel, over and above the number of the male Levites, 47 you shall take yfive shekels1 per head; you shall take them according to the shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel of twenty gerahs2), 48 and give the money to Aaron and his sons as the redemption price for those who are over.” 49 So Moses took the redemption money from those who were over and above those redeemed by the Levites. 50 From the firstborn of the people of Israel he took the money, 1,365 shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary. 51 And Moses gave the redemption money to Aaron and his sons, according to the word of the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses.


Numbers 18:15–17

15 mEverything that opens the womb of all flesh, whether man or beast, which they offer to the Lord, shall be yours. Nevertheless, the firstborn of man you shall nredeem, and the firstborn of ounclean animals you shall redeem. 16 And their redemption price (at a month old you shall redeem them) you shall fix at pfive shekels1 in silver, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs. 17 But the firstborn of a cow, or the firstborn of a sheep, or the firstborn of a goat, you shall not redeem; they are holy. You shall sprinkle their blood on the altar and shall burn their fat as a food offering, with a pleasing aroma to the Lord.