Luke 2:23
(just as it is written in the law of the Lord,“Every firstborn male will be set apart to the Lord”),
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- Exod 13:2 : 2 “Set apart to me every firstborn male– the first offspring of every womb among the Israelites, whether human or animal; it is mine.”
- 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.”
- Exod 22:29 : 29 “Do not hold back offerings from your granaries or your vats. You must give me the firstborn of your sons.
- Exod 34:19 : 19 “Every firstborn of the womb belongs to me, even every firstborn of your cattle that is a male, whether ox or sheep.
- 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.’
- 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.
- 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.
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