Exo 34:20 | NETfull | STEP | 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.

Exodus 34:20

20 Now the firstling ^{▼▼ Heb “and the one that opens [the womb of] the donkey.”} of a donkey you may redeem with a lamb, but if you do not redeem it, then break its neck. ^{▼▼ See G. Brin, “The Firstling of Unclean Animals,” JQR 68 (1971): 1-15.} You must redeem all the firstborn of your sons.

“No one will appear before me empty-handed. ^{▼▼ The form is the adverb “empty.”}