Numbers 8:17

World English Bible (2000)

For all the firstborn among the children of Israel are mine, both man and animal. On the day that I struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I sanctified them for myself.

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 13:2 : 2 "Sanctify to me all of the firstborn, whatever opens the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of animal. It is mine."
  • Luke 2:23 : 23 (as it is written in the law of the Lord, "Every male who opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord"),
  • Exod 13:12-15 : 12 that you shall set apart to Yahweh all that opens the womb, and every firstborn which you have that comes from an animal. The males shall be Yahweh's. 13 Every firstborn of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb; and if you will not redeem it, then you shall break its neck; and you shall redeem all the firstborn of man among your sons. 14 It shall be, when your son asks you in time to come, saying, 'What is this?' that you shall tell him, 'By strength of hand Yahweh brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage; 15 and it happened, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that Yahweh killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of animal. Therefore I sacrifice to Yahweh all that opens the womb, being males; but all the firstborn of my sons I redeem.'
  • Exod 29:44 : 44 I will sanctify the Tent of Meeting and the altar: Aaron also and his sons I will sanctify, to minister to me in the priest's office.
  • Lev 27:14-15 : 14 "'When a man dedicates his house to be holy to Yahweh, then the priest shall evaluate it, whether it is good or bad: as the priest shall evaluate it, so shall it stand. 15 If he who dedicates it will redeem his house, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of your valuation to it, and it shall be his.
  • Lev 27:26 : 26 "'Only the firstborn among animals, which is made a firstborn to Yahweh, no man may dedicate it; whether an ox or sheep, it is Yahweh's.
  • Num 3:13 : 13 for all the firstborn are mine. On the day that I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I made holy to me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and animal. They shall be mine. I am Yahweh."
  • Ps 78:51 : 51 and struck all the firstborn in Egypt, the chief of their strength in the tents of Ham.
  • Ps 105:36 : 36 He struck also all the firstborn in their land, the first fruits of all their manhood.
  • Ps 135:8 : 8 Who struck the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and animal;
  • Ezek 20:12 : 12 Moreover also I gave them my Sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am Yahweh who sanctifies them.
  • John 10:36 : 36 do you say of him whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, 'You blaspheme,' because I said, 'I am the Son of God?'
  • John 17:19 : 19 For their sakes I sanctify myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth.
  • Heb 10:29 : 29 How much worse punishment, do you think, will he be judged worthy of, who has trodden under foot the Son of God, and has counted the blood of the covenant with which he was sanctified an unholy thing, and has insulted the Spirit of grace?
  • Heb 11:28 : 28 By faith, he kept the Passover, and the sprinkling of the blood, that the destroyer of the firstborn should not touch them.
  • Jas 1:18 : 18 Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.
  • Exod 12:29 : 29 It happened at midnight, that Yahweh struck 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 dungeon; and all the firstborn of livestock.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Num 3:12-14
    3 verses
    92%

    12 "Behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn who open the womb among the children of Israel; and the Levites shall be mine:

    13 for all the firstborn are mine. On the day that I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I made holy to me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and animal. They shall be mine. I am Yahweh."

    14 Yahweh spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,

  • Exod 13:1-2
    2 verses
    91%

    1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

    2 "Sanctify to me all of the firstborn, whatever opens the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of animal. It is mine."

  • Num 8:16
    88%

    16 For they are wholly given to me from among the children of Israel; instead of all who open the womb, even the firstborn of all the children of Israel, I have taken them to me.

  • Num 8:18
    84%

    18 I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel.

  • Exod 34:19-20
    2 verses
    81%

    19 "All that opens the womb is mine; and all your livestock that is male, the firstborn of cow and sheep.

    20 The firstborn of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb: and if you will not redeem it, then you shall break its neck. All the firstborn of your sons you shall redeem. No one shall appear before me empty.

  • Num 3:44-46
    3 verses
    80%

    44 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

    45 "Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites instead of their livestock; and the Levites shall be mine. I am Yahweh.

    46 For the redemption of the two hundred seventy-three of the firstborn of the children of Israel, who exceed the number of the Levites,

  • Exod 13:15
    80%

    15 and it happened, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that Yahweh killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of animal. Therefore I sacrifice to Yahweh all that opens the womb, being males; but all the firstborn of my sons I redeem.'

  • Num 18:13-15
    3 verses
    79%

    13 The first-ripe fruits of all that is in their land, which they bring to Yahweh, shall be yours; everyone who is clean in your house shall eat of it.

    14 "Everything devoted in Israel shall be yours.

    15 Everything that opens the womb, of all flesh which they offer to Yahweh, both of man and animal shall be yours: nevertheless you shall surely redeem the firstborn of man, and you shall redeem the firstborn of unclean animals.

  • Num 3:40-42
    3 verses
    78%

    40 Yahweh said to Moses, "Number all the firstborn males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names.

    41 You shall take the Levites for me (I am Yahweh) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the livestock of the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the livestock of the children of Israel."

    42 Moses numbered, as Yahweh commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel.

  • Exod 13:12-13
    2 verses
    78%

    12 that you shall set apart to Yahweh all that opens the womb, and every firstborn which you have that comes from an animal. The males shall be Yahweh's.

    13 Every firstborn of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb; and if you will not redeem it, then you shall break its neck; and you shall redeem all the firstborn of man among your sons.

  • Lev 27:26
    77%

    26 "'Only the firstborn among animals, which is made a firstborn to Yahweh, no man may dedicate it; whether an ox or sheep, it is Yahweh's.

  • Ps 135:8
    77%

    8 Who struck the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and animal;

  • Exod 12:12
    77%

    12 For I will go through the land of Egypt in that night, and will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and animal. Against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am Yahweh.

  • Exod 12:29
    75%

    29 It happened at midnight, that Yahweh struck 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 dungeon; and all the firstborn of livestock.

  • Exod 11:5
    74%

    5 and all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, even to the firstborn of the female servant who is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of livestock.

  • Exod 22:29-30
    2 verses
    74%

    29 "You shall not delay to offer from your harvest and from the outflow of your presses. "You shall give the firstborn of your sons to me.

    30 You shall do likewise with your cattle and with your sheep. Seven days it shall be with its mother, then on the eighth day you shall give it to me.

  • Exod 4:22-23
    2 verses
    74%

    22 You shall tell Pharaoh, 'Thus says Yahweh, Israel is my son, my firstborn,

    23 and I have said to you, "Let my son go, that he may serve me;" and you have refused to let him go. Behold, I will kill your son, your firstborn.'"

  • Num 8:14
    73%

    14 Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the children of Israel, and the Levites shall be mine.

  • Num 33:4
    73%

    4 while the Egyptians were burying all their firstborn, whom Yahweh had struck among them: on their gods also Yahweh executed judgments.

  • Deut 15:19
    73%

    19 All the firstborn males that are born of your herd and of your flock you shall sanctify to Yahweh your God: you shall do no work with the firstborn of your herd, nor shear the firstborn of your flock.

  • Num 18:17
    73%

    17 "But you shall not redeem the firstborn of a cow, or the firstborn of a sheep, or the firstborn of a goat. They are holy. You shall sprinkle their blood on the altar, and shall burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a pleasant aroma to Yahweh.

  • Exod 9:4
    72%

    4 Yahweh will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt; and nothing shall die of all that belongs to the children of Israel."'"

  • Lev 25:55
    72%

    55 For to me the children of Israel are servants; they are my servants whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt. I am Yahweh your God.

  • Exod 19:5
    71%

    5 Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice, and keep my covenant, then you shall be my own possession from among all peoples; for all the earth is mine;

  • Lev 20:26
    71%

    26 You shall be holy to me: for I, Yahweh, am holy, and have set you apart from the peoples, that you should be mine.

  • Ps 50:10
    71%

    10 For every animal of the forest is mine, and the livestock on a thousand hills.

  • Lev 11:45
    70%

    45 For I am Yahweh who brought you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God. You shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.

  • Ps 78:51
    70%

    51 and struck all the firstborn in Egypt, the chief of their strength in the tents of Ham.

  • Num 3:50
    70%

    50 from the firstborn of the children of Israel he took the money, one thousand three hundred sixty-five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:

  • Lev 27:9
    69%

    9 "'If it is an animal, of which men offer an offering to Yahweh, all that any man gives of such to Yahweh becomes holy.

  • Exod 9:6
    69%

    6 Yahweh did that thing on the next day; and all the livestock of Egypt died, but of the livestock of the children of Israel, not one died.

  • Lev 18:2
    69%

    2 "Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, 'I am Yahweh your God.

  • Exod 12:1
    69%

    1 Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,

  • Lev 19:2
    69%

    2 "Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and tell them, 'You shall be holy; for I Yahweh your God am holy.

  • Lev 22:33
    69%

    33 who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God. I am Yahweh."

  • Exod 12:14
    68%

    14 This day shall be to you for a memorial, and you shall keep it a feast to Yahweh: throughout your generations you shall keep it a feast by an ordinance forever.

  • Ps 105:36
    68%

    36 He struck also all the firstborn in their land, the first fruits of all their manhood.