23 (as it is written in the Law of the Lord, h“Every male who first opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord”)
11 “When the Lord brings you into the land of the Canaanites, as he swore to you and your fathers, and shall give it to you, 12 you shall set apart to the Lord all that first opens the womb. All the firstborn of your animals that are males shall be the Lord’s. 13 yEvery firstborn of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb, or if you will not redeem it you shall break its neck. Every firstborn of man among your sons you shall redeem. 14 And when in time to come your son asks you, ‘What does this mean?’ you shall say to him, ‘By a strong hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt, from the house of slavery. 15 For when Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, zthe Lord killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man and the firstborn of animals. Therefore I sacrifice to the Lord all the males that first open the womb, but all the firstborn of my sons I redeem.’ 16 It shall be as a mark on your hand or frontlets between your eyes, for by a strong hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt.”
29 l“You shall not delay to offer from the fullness of your harvest and from the outflow of your presses. mThe firstborn of your sons you shall give to me. 30 You shall do the same with your oxen and with your sheep: nseven days it shall be with its mother; on the eighth day you shall give it to me.
19 oAll that open the womb are mine, all your male1 livestock, the firstborn of cow and sheep. 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.
13 for mall the firstborn are mine. On the day that I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I consecrated for my own all the firstborn in Israel, both of man and of beast. They shall be mine: I am the Lord.”
17 For all the firstborn among the people of Israel are mine, both of man and of beast. mOn the day that I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt nI consecrated them for myself,
19 s“All the firstborn males that are born of your herd and flock you shall dedicate to the Lord your God. You shall do no work with the firstborn of your herd, nor shear the firstborn of your flock. 20 You shall eat it, you and your household, before the Lord your God year by year at the place that the Lord will tchoose. 21 But uif it has any blemish, if it is lame or blind or has any serious blemish whatever, you shall not sacrifice it to the Lord your God. 22 You shall eat it within your towns. vThe unclean and the clean alike may eat it, as though it were a wgazelle or a deer. 23 xOnly you shall not eat its blood; you shall pour it out on the ground like water.
