Exodus 13:2

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“Set apart to me every firstborn male– the first offspring of every womb among the Israelites, whether human or animal; it is mine.”

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Referenced Verses

  • Num 3:13 : 13 because all the firstborn are mine. When I destroyed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I set apart for myself all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast. They belong to me. I am the LORD.”
  • Deut 15:19 : 19 Giving God the Best You must set apart for the LORD your God every firstborn male born to your herds and flocks. You must not work the firstborn of your bulls or shear the firstborn of your flocks.
  • Luke 2:23 : 23 (just as it is written in the law of the Lord,“Every firstborn male will be set apart to the Lord”),
  • Lev 27:26 : 26 Redemption of the Firstborn“‘Surely no man may consecrate a firstborn that already belongs to the LORD as a firstborn among the animals; whether it is an ox or a sheep, it belongs to the LORD.
  • Num 18:15 : 15 The firstborn of every womb which they present to the LORD, whether human or animal, will be yours. Nevertheless, the firstborn sons you must redeem, and the firstborn males of unclean animals you must redeem.
  • Num 8:16-17 : 16 For they are entirely given to me from among the Israelites. I have taken them for myself instead of all who open the womb, the firstborn sons of all the Israelites. 17 For all the firstborn males among the Israelites are mine, both humans and animals; when I destroyed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I set them apart for myself.
  • Exod 22:29-30 : 29 “Do not hold back offerings from your granaries or your vats. You must give me the firstborn of your sons. 30 You must also do this for your oxen and for your sheep; seven days they may remain with their mothers, but give them to me on the eighth day.
  • Exod 23:19 : 19 The first of the firstfruits of your soil you must bring to the house of the LORD your God.“You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.
  • Exod 34:19-20 : 19 “Every firstborn of the womb belongs to me, even every firstborn of your cattle that is a male, whether ox or sheep. 20 Now the firstling of a donkey you may redeem with a lamb, but if you do not redeem it, then break its neck. You must redeem all the firstborn of your sons.“No one will appear before me empty-handed.
  • Exod 4:22 : 22 You must say to Pharaoh,‘This is what the LORD has said,“Israel is my son, my firstborn,
  • Exod 13:12-15 : 12 then you must give over to the LORD the first offspring of every womb. Every firstling of a beast that you have– the males will be the LORD’s. 13 Every firstling of a donkey you must redeem with a lamb, and if you do not redeem it, then you must break its neck. Every firstborn of your sons you must redeem. 14 In the future, when your son asks you‘What is this?’ you are to tell him,‘With a mighty hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the land of slavery. 15 When Pharaoh stubbornly refused to release us, the LORD killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of people to the firstborn of animals. That is why I am sacrificing to the LORD the first male offspring of every womb, but all my firstborn sons I redeem.’
  • Heb 12:23 : 23 and congregation of the firstborn, who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous, who have been made perfect,

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  • Num 8:16-18
    3 verses
    91%

    16For they are entirely given to me from among the Israelites. I have taken them for myself instead of all who open the womb, the firstborn sons of all the Israelites.

    17For all the firstborn males among the Israelites are mine, both humans and animals; when I destroyed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I set them apart for myself.

    18So I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn sons among the Israelites.

  • Num 3:11-14
    4 verses
    90%

    11Then the LORD spoke to Moses:

    12“Look, I myself have taken the Levites from among the Israelites instead of every firstborn who opens the womb among the Israelites. So the Levites belong to me,

    13because all the firstborn are mine. When I destroyed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I set apart for myself all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast. They belong to me. I am the LORD.”

    14The Numbering of the Levites Then the LORD spoke to Moses in the desert of Sinai:

  • Exod 13:11-13
    3 verses
    87%

    11When the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, as he swore to you and to your fathers, and gives it to you,

    12then you must give over to the LORD the first offspring of every womb. Every firstling of a beast that you have– the males will be the LORD’s.

    13Every firstling of a donkey you must redeem with a lamb, and if you do not redeem it, then you must break its neck. Every firstborn of your sons you must redeem.

  • Exod 13:1
    85%

    1The Law of the Firstborn The LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Exod 34:19-20
    2 verses
    85%

    19“Every firstborn of the womb belongs to me, even every firstborn of your cattle that is a male, whether ox or sheep.

    20Now the firstling of a donkey you may redeem with a lamb, but if you do not redeem it, then break its neck. You must redeem all the firstborn of your sons.“No one will appear before me empty-handed.

  • Num 18:13-15
    3 verses
    84%

    13And whatever first ripe fruit in their land they bring to the LORD will be yours; everyone who is ceremonially clean in your household may eat of it.

    14“Everything devoted in Israel will be yours.

    15The firstborn of every womb which they present to the LORD, whether human or animal, will be yours. Nevertheless, the firstborn sons you must redeem, and the firstborn males of unclean animals you must redeem.

  • Exod 13:15
    83%

    15When Pharaoh stubbornly refused to release us, the LORD killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of people to the firstborn of animals. That is why I am sacrificing to the LORD the first male offspring of every womb, but all my firstborn sons I redeem.’

  • Lev 27:26
    82%

    26Redemption of the Firstborn“‘Surely no man may consecrate a firstborn that already belongs to the LORD as a firstborn among the animals; whether it is an ox or a sheep, it belongs to the LORD.

  • Num 3:44-46
    3 verses
    82%

    44Then the LORD spoke to Moses:

    45“Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn males among the Israelites, and the livestock of the Levites instead of their livestock. And the Levites will be mine. I am the LORD.

    46And for the redemption of the 273 firstborn males of the Israelites who exceed the number of the Levites,

  • Num 3:40-42
    3 verses
    80%

    40The Substitution for the Firstborn Then the LORD said to Moses,“Number all the firstborn males of the Israelites from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names.

    41And take the Levites for me– I am the LORD– instead of all the firstborn males among the Israelites, and the livestock of the Levites instead of all the firstborn of the livestock of the Israelites.”

    42So Moses numbered all the firstborn males among the Israelites, as the LORD had commanded him.

  • Deut 15:19
    76%

    19Giving God the Best You must set apart for the LORD your God every firstborn male born to your herds and flocks. You must not work the firstborn of your bulls or shear the firstborn of your flocks.

  • Exod 22:29-30
    2 verses
    76%

    29“Do not hold back offerings from your granaries or your vats. You must give me the firstborn of your sons.

    30You must also do this for your oxen and for your sheep; seven days they may remain with their mothers, but give them to me on the eighth day.

  • Exod 12:12
    75%

    12I will pass through the land of Egypt in the same night, and I will attack all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both of humans and of animals, and on all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment. I am the LORD.

  • Exod 4:22-23
    2 verses
    75%

    22You must say to Pharaoh,‘This is what the LORD has said,“Israel is my son, my firstborn,

    23and I said to you,‘Let my son go that he may serve me,’ but since you have refused to let him go, I will surely kill your son, your firstborn!”’”

  • Num 18:17
    74%

    17But you must not redeem the firstborn of a cow or a sheep or a goat; they are holy. You must splash their blood on the altar and burn their fat for an offering made by fire for a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

  • Lev 1:2
    74%

    2“Speak to the Israelites and tell them,‘When someone among you presents an offering to the LORD, you must present your offering from the domesticated animals, either from the herd or from the flock.

  • Num 8:14
    74%

    14And so you are to separate the Levites from among the Israelites, and the Levites will be mine.

  • Exod 11:5
    74%

    5and all the firstborn in the land of Egypt will die, from the firstborn son of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, to the firstborn son of the slave girl who is at her hand mill, and all the firstborn of the cattle.

  • Lev 27:9
    73%

    9Redemption of Vowed Animals“‘If what is vowed is a kind of animal from which an offering may be presented to the LORD, anything which he gives to the LORD from this kind of animal will be holy.

  • Exod 34:26
    73%

    26“The first of the firstfruits of your soil you must bring to the house of the LORD your God.You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.”

  • Exod 12:29
    73%

    29The Deliverance from Egypt It happened at midnight– the LORD attacked all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the prison, and all the firstborn of the cattle.

  • Lev 11:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1Clean and Unclean Land Creatures The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying to them,

    2“Tell the Israelites:‘This is the kind of creature you may eat from among all the animals that are on the land.

  • Ps 135:8
    73%

    8He struck down the firstborn of Egypt, including both men and animals.

  • Lev 18:2
    73%

    2“Speak to the Israelites and tell them,‘I am the LORD your God!

  • Lev 19:2
    73%

    2“Speak to the whole congregation of the Israelites and tell them,‘You must be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy.

  • Exod 23:19
    72%

    19The first of the firstfruits of your soil you must bring to the house of the LORD your God.“You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.

  • Lev 20:26
    72%

    26You must be holy to me because I, the LORD, am holy, and I have set you apart from the other peoples to be mine.

  • Exod 9:4
    72%

    4But the LORD will distinguish between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt, and nothing will die of all that the Israelites have.”’”

  • Exod 12:1
    72%

    1The Institution of the Passover The LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt,

  • Num 15:2
    72%

    2“Speak to the Israelites and tell them,‘When you enter the land where you are to live, which I am giving you,

  • Lev 27:32
    71%

    32All the tithe of herd or flock, everything which passes under the rod, the tenth one will be holy to the LORD.

  • Num 3:50
    71%

    50From the firstborn males of the Israelites he collected the money, 1,365 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel.

  • Lev 23:2
    71%

    2“Speak to the Israelites and tell them,‘These are the LORD’s appointed times which you must proclaim as holy assemblies– my appointed times: