13 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ² “^(A)Sanctify to Me every firstborn, the firstborn of every womb among the sons of Israel, among people and animals alike; it belongs to Me.”

¹¹ “Now when ^(A)the Lord brings you to the land of the Canaanite, as ^(B)He swore to you and to your fathers, and gives it to you, ^12 (C)you shall ^[a]devote to the Lord every firstborn of a womb, and every firstborn offspring of an animal that you own; the males belong to the Lord. ¹³ But ^(D)every firstborn of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb, but if you do not redeem it, then you shall break its neck; and ^(E)every ^[b]firstborn among your sons you shall redeem. ^14 (F)And it shall be when your son asks you in time to come, saying, ‘What is this?’ then you shall say to him, ‘^(G)With ^[c]a powerful hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt, from the house of ^[d]slavery. ¹⁵ And it came about, when Pharaoh was stubborn about letting us go, that the ^(H)Lord put to death every firstborn in the land of Egypt, from human firstborns to animal firstborns. Therefore, I sacrifice to the Lord the males, every firstborn of a womb, but every firstborn of my sons I redeem.’