aver. 12, 13, 15; ch. 22:29, 30; 34:19; Lev. 27:26; Num. 3:13; 8:16, 17; 18:15; Deut. 15:19; Cited Luke 2:23
Exodus 13:2
2 a“Consecrate to me all the firstborn. Whatever is the first to open the womb among the people of Israel, both of man and of beast, is mine.”Exodus 13:12
12 byou shall set apart to the Lord all that first opens the womb. All the firstborn of your animals that are males shall be the Lord’s.Exodus 34:19
19 cAll that open the womb are mine, all your male ▼▼Septuagint, Theodotion, Vulgate, Targum; the meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
livestock, the firstborn of cow and sheep. Leviticus 27:26
26“But a efirstborn of animals, which as a firstborn belongs to the Lord, no man may dedicate; whether ox or sheep, it is the Lord’s.Numbers 3:13
13for fall the firstborn are mine. gOn the day that I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I consecrated for my own all the firstborn in Israel, both of man and of beast. They shall be mine: I am the Lord.”Numbers 18:17
17 hBut the firstborn of a cow, or the firstborn of a sheep, or the firstborn of a goat, you shall not redeem; they are holy. You shall sprinkle their blood on the altar and shall burn their fat as a food offering, with a pleasing aroma to the Lord.Romans 8:29
29For those whom he iforeknew he also jpredestined kto be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be lthe firstborn among many brothers.Hebrews 12:23
23and to mthe assembly ▼▼Or church
of the firstborn who are oenrolled in heaven, and to pGod, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,
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