Exodus 34:19
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19 “All that first opens the womb is mine, all your male[a] livestock, the firstborn of cow and sheep.(A)
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- 34.19 Gk Theodotion Vg Tg: Meaning of Heb uncertain
Exodus 13:2
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2 “Consecrate to me all the firstborn; whatever is the first to open the womb among the Israelites, of human beings and animals, is mine.”(A)
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Exodus 22:29
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29 “You shall not delay to make offerings from the fullness of your harvest and from the outflow of your presses.[a]
“The firstborn of your sons you shall give to me.(A)
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- 22.29 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Numbers 18:15-17
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15 The first issue of the womb of all creatures, human and animal, that is offered to the Lord shall be yours, but the firstborn of human beings you shall redeem, and the firstborn of unclean animals you shall redeem.(A) 16 Their redemption price, reckoned from one month of age, you shall fix at five shekels of silver, according to the shekel of the sanctuary (that is, twenty gerahs).(B) 17 But 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 dash their blood on the altar and turn their fat into smoke as an offering by fire[a] for a pleasing odor to the Lord,(C)
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- 18.17 Or a gift
Exodus 13:12
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12 you shall set apart to the Lord all that first opens the womb. All the firstborn offspring of your livestock that are males shall be the Lord’s.(A)
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Luke 2:23
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23 (as it is written in the law of the Lord, “Every firstborn male shall be designated as holy to the Lord”),(A)
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Ezekiel 44:30
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30 The first of all the first fruits of all kinds and every offering of all kinds from all your offerings shall belong to the priests; you shall also give to the priests the first of your dough, in order that a blessing may rest on your house.(A)
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