² “Consecrate to me every firstborn male.^(A) The first offspring of every womb among the Israelites belongs to me, whether human or animal.”

¹² you 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) 13} Redeem 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)

¹⁵ When Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the Lord killed the firstborn of both people and animals in Egypt. This is why I sacrifice to the Lord the first male offspring of every womb and redeem each of my firstborn sons.’^(A)

²³ (as it is written in the Law of the Lord, “Every firstborn male is to be consecrated to the Lord”^[a]),^(A)