² “^(A)Sanctify to Me every firstborn, the first ^[a]offspring of every womb among the sons of Israel, both of man and beast; it belongs to Me.”

^12 (A)you shall ^[a]devote to the Lord the first ^[b]offspring of every womb, and ^[c]the first offspring of every beast that you own; the males belong to the Lord. ¹³ But ^(B)every first ^[d]offspring 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 firstborn of man among your sons you shall redeem.

¹⁵ It came about, when Pharaoh was stubborn about letting us go, that the ^(A)Lord killed every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man and the firstborn of beast. Therefore, I sacrifice to the Lord the males, the first ^[a]offspring of every 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”),