Numbers 8:17

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For every mother's first son among the children of Israel is mine, the first male birth of man or beast: on the day when I sent death on all the first sons in the land of Egypt, I made them mine.

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 13:2 : 2 Let the first male child of every mother among the children of Israel be kept holy for me, even the first male birth among man or beast; for it is mine.
  • Luke 2:23 : 23 (As it says in the law of the Lord, Every mother's first male child is to be holy to the Lord),
  • Exod 13:12-15 : 12 You are to put on one side for the Lord every mother's first male child, the first-fruit of her body, and the first young one of every beast; every male is holy to the Lord. 13 And for the young of an ass you may give a lamb in payment, or if you will not make payment for it, its neck is to be broken; but for all the first sons among your children, let payment be made. 14 And when your son says to you in time to come, What is the reason for this? say to him, By the strength of his hand the Lord took us out of Egypt, out of the prison-house: 15 And when Pharaoh made his heart hard and would not let us go, the Lord sent death on all the first sons in Egypt, of man and of beast: and so every first male who comes to birth is offered to the Lord; but for all the first of my sons I give a price.
  • Exod 29:44 : 44 I will make holy the Tent of meeting and the altar: and Aaron and his sons I will make holy, to be my priests
  • Lev 27:14-15 : 14 And if a man has given his house as holy to the Lord, then the priest will put a value on it, if it is good or bad; as the priest gives decision so will the value be fixed. 15 And if the owner has a desire to get back his house, let him give a fifth more than your value, and it will be his.
  • Lev 27:26 : 26 But a man may not give by oath to the Lord the first-fruits of cattle which are offered to the Lord: if it is an ox or a sheep it is the Lord's.
  • Num 3:13 : 13 For all the first sons are mine; on the day when I put to death all the first sons in the land of Egypt, I took for myself every first male birth of man and beast. They are mine; I am the Lord.
  • Ps 78:51 : 51 He gave to destruction all the first sons of Egypt; the first-fruits of their strength in the tents of Ham;
  • Ps 105:36 : 36 He put to death the first child of every family in the land, the first-fruits of their strength.
  • Ps 135:8 : 8 He put to death the first-fruits of Egypt, of man and of beast.
  • Ezek 20:12 : 12 And further, I gave them my Sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, so that it might be clear that I, who make them holy, am the Lord.
  • John 10:36 : 36 Do you say of him whom the Father made holy and sent into the world, Your words are evil; because I said, I am God's Son?
  • John 17:19 : 19 And for them I make myself holy, so that they may be made truly holy.
  • Heb 10:29 : 29 But will not the man by whom the Son of God has been crushed under foot, and the blood of the agreement with which he was washed clean has been taken as an unholy thing, and who has had no respect for the Spirit of grace, be judged bad enough for a very much worse punishment?
  • Heb 11:28 : 28 By faith he kept the Passover, and put the sign of the blood on the houses, so that the angel of destruction might not put their oldest sons to death.
  • Jas 1:18 : 18 Of his purpose he gave us being, by his true word, so that we might be, in a sense, the first-fruits of all the things which he had made.
  • Exod 12:29 : 29 And in the middle of the night the Lord sent death on every first male child in the land of Egypt, from the child of Pharaoh on his seat of power to the child of the prisoner in the prison; and the first births of all the cattle.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Num 3:12-14
    3 verses
    92%

    12 See, I have taken the Levites out of the children of Israel to be mine in place of the first sons of the children of Israel;

    13 For all the first sons are mine; on the day when I put to death all the first sons in the land of Egypt, I took for myself every first male birth of man and beast. They are mine; I am the Lord.

    14 And the Lord said to Moses in the waste land of Sinai,

  • Exod 13:1-2
    2 verses
    91%

    1 And the Lord said to Moses,

    2 Let the first male child of every mother among the children of Israel be kept holy for me, even the first male birth among man or beast; for it is mine.

  • Num 8:16
    88%

    16 For they have been given to me from among the children of Israel; in place of every mother's first son, the first to come to birth in Israel, I have taken them for myself.

  • Num 8:18
    84%

    18 And in place of the first sons among the children of Israel, I have taken the Levites.

  • Exod 34:19-20
    2 verses
    81%

    19 Every first male child is mine; the first male birth of your cattle, the first male of every ox and sheep.

    20 A lamb may be given in payment for the young of an ass, but if you will not make payment for it, its neck will have to be broken. For all the first of your sons you are to make payment. No one is to come before me without an offering.

  • Num 3:44-46
    3 verses
    80%

    44 And the Lord said to Moses,

    45 Take the Levites in place of all the first sons of the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites in place of their cattle; the Levites are to be mine; I am the Lord.

    46 And the price you have to give for the two hundred and seventy-three first sons of the children of Israel which are in addition to the number of the Levites,

  • Exod 13:15
    80%

    15 And when Pharaoh made his heart hard and would not let us go, the Lord sent death on all the first sons in Egypt, of man and of beast: and so every first male who comes to birth is offered to the Lord; but for all the first of my sons I give a price.

  • Num 18:13-15
    3 verses
    79%

    13 The earliest produce from their land which they take to the Lord is to be yours; everyone in your house who is clean may have it for his food.

    14 Everything given by oath to the Lord in Israel is to be yours.

    15 The first birth of every living thing which is offered to the Lord, of man or beast, is to be yours; but for the first sons of man payment is to be made, and for the first young of unclean beasts.

  • Num 3:40-42
    3 verses
    78%

    40 And the Lord said to Moses, Let all the first male children be numbered, and take the number of their names.

    41 And give to me the Levites (I am the Lord) in place of the first sons of the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites in place of the first births among the cattle of the children of Israel.

    42 So Moses had all the first sons among the children of Israel numbered, as the Lord said to him.

  • Exod 13:12-13
    2 verses
    78%

    12 You are to put on one side for the Lord every mother's first male child, the first-fruit of her body, and the first young one of every beast; every male is holy to the Lord.

    13 And for the young of an ass you may give a lamb in payment, or if you will not make payment for it, its neck is to be broken; but for all the first sons among your children, let payment be made.

  • Lev 27:26
    77%

    26 But a man may not give by oath to the Lord the first-fruits of cattle which are offered to the Lord: if it is an ox or a sheep it is the Lord's.

  • Ps 135:8
    77%

    8 He put to death the first-fruits of Egypt, of man and of beast.

  • Exod 12:12
    77%

    12 For on that night I will go through the land of Egypt, sending death on every first male child, of man and of beast, and judging all the gods of Egypt: I am the Lord.

  • Exod 12:29
    75%

    29 And in the middle of the night the Lord sent death on every first male child in the land of Egypt, from the child of Pharaoh on his seat of power to the child of the prisoner in the prison; and the first births of all the cattle.

  • Exod 11:5
    74%

    5 And death will come to every mother's first male child in all the land of Egypt, from the child of Pharaoh on his seat of power, to the child of the servant-girl crushing the grain; and the first births of all the cattle.

  • Exod 22:29-30
    2 verses
    74%

    29 Do not keep back your offerings from the wealth of your grain and your vines. The first of your sons you are to give to me.

    30 In the same way with your oxen and your sheep: for seven days let the young one be with its mother; on the eighth day give it to me.

  • Exod 4:22-23
    2 verses
    74%

    22 And you are to say to Pharaoh, The Lord says, Israel is the first of my sons:

    23 And I said to you, Let my son go, so that he may give me worship; and you did not let him go: so now I will put the first of your sons to death.

  • Num 8:14
    73%

    14 So you are to make the Levites separate from the children of Israel, and the Levites will be mine.

  • Num 33:4
    73%

    4 While the Egyptians were placing in the earth the bodies of their sons on whom the Lord had sent destruction: and their gods had been judged by him.

  • Deut 15:19
    73%

    19 All the first males to come to birth in your herd and your flock are to be holy to the Lord your God: the first birth of your ox is not to be used for work, the wool of your first lamb is not to be cut.

  • Num 18:17
    73%

    17 But no such payment may be made for the first birth of an ox or a sheep or a goat; these are holy: their blood is to be dropped on the altar, and their fat burned for an offering made by fire, a sweet smell to the Lord.

  • Exod 9:4
    72%

    4 And the Lord will make a division between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt; there will be no loss of any of the cattle of Israel.

  • Lev 25:55
    72%

    55 For the children of Israel are servants to me; they are my servants whom I took out of the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.

  • Exod 19:5
    71%

    5 If now you will truly give ear to my voice and keep my agreement, you will be my special property out of all the peoples: for all the earth is mine:

  • Lev 20:26
    71%

    26 And you are to be holy to me; for I the Lord am holy and have made you separate from the nations, so that you may be my people.

  • Ps 50:10
    71%

    10 For every beast of the woodland is mine, and the cattle on a thousand hills.

  • Lev 11:45
    70%

    45 For I am the Lord, who took you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God; so be you holy, for I am holy.

  • Ps 78:51
    70%

    51 He gave to destruction all the first sons of Egypt; the first-fruits of their strength in the tents of Ham;

  • Num 3:50
    70%

    50 From the first sons of Israel he took it, a thousand, three hundred and sixty-five shekels, by the scale of the holy place;

  • Lev 27:9
    69%

    9 And if it is a beast of which men make offerings to the Lord, whatever any man gives of such to the Lord will be holy.

  • Exod 9:6
    69%

    6 And on the day after, the Lord did as he had said, causing the death of all the cattle of Egypt, but there was no loss of any of the cattle of Israel.

  • Lev 18:2
    69%

    2 Say to the children of Israel, I am the Lord your God.

  • Exod 12:1
    69%

    1 And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt,

  • Lev 19:2
    69%

    2 Say to all the people of Israel, You are to be holy, for I, the Lord your God, am holy.

  • Lev 22:33
    69%

    33 Who took you out of the land of Egypt that I might be your God: I am the Lord.

  • Exod 12:14
    68%

    14 And this day is to be kept in your memories: you are to keep it as a feast to the Lord through all your generations, as an order for ever.

  • Ps 105:36
    68%

    36 He put to death the first child of every family in the land, the first-fruits of their strength.