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.”

^12 (A)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 ^(B)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 ^(C)every ^[b]firstborn among your sons you shall redeem.

¹⁵ And it came about, when Pharaoh was stubborn about letting us go, that the ^(A)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.’

²³ (as it is written in the Law of the Lord: “^(A)Every firstborn male that opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord”),