Exodus 13:12-14

International Standard Version

¹²you are to dedicate to the Lord everything that first opens the womb. All the firstborn males^[a] of your livestock belong to the Lord. ¹³You are to redeem every firstborn donkey^[b] with a lamb, and if you don’t redeem it, you are to break its neck. You are to redeem every firstborn^[c] among your sons. ¹⁴Then when your child asks you in the future, ‘What is this?’, you are to say to him, ‘The Lord brought us out of Egypt, from the house of bondage with a strong show of force.^[d]

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Footnotes

Exodus 13:12 Lit. Whatever first opens the womb
Exodus 13:13 Lit. Whatever first opens the womb
Exodus 13:13 Lit. firstborn of man
Exodus 13:14 Lit. strong hand

Exodus 13:12-14

New International Version

¹²you are to give over to the Lord the first offspring of every womb. All the firstborn males of your livestock belong to the Lord.^(A) ¹³Redeem with a lamb every firstborn donkey,^(B) but if you do not redeem it, break its neck.^(C) Redeem^(D) every firstborn among your sons.^(E)

¹⁴“In days to come, when your son^(F) asks you, ‘What does this mean?’ say to him, ‘With a mighty hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.^(G)

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Exodus 13:12-14

King James Version

¹²That thou shalt set apart unto the Lord all that openeth the matrix, and every firstling that cometh of a beast which thou hast; the males shall be the Lord's.

¹³And every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break his neck: and all the firstborn of man among thy children shalt thou redeem.

¹⁴And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What is this? that thou shalt say unto him, By strength of hand the Lord brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage:

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