Verse 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.”

Referenced Verses

  • 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.”
  • Exod 13:12 : 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.
  • Exod 13:15 : 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.’
  • 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 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.
  • Ezek 44:30 : 30 The first of all the first fruits and all contributions of any kind will be for the priests; you will also give to the priest the first portion of your dough, so that a blessing may rest on your house.
  • 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”),
  • 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,
  • 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 12:29-30 : 29 The 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. 30 Pharaoh got up in the night, along with all his servants and all Egypt, and there was a great cry in Egypt, for there was no house in which there was not someone dead.