Exodus 13:12 New International Version (NIV)

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.

Exodus 13:13 New International Version (NIV)

¹³ Redeem with a lamb every firstborn donkey, but if you do not redeem it, break its neck. Redeem every firstborn among your sons.

Exodus 13:15 New International Version (NIV)

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.’

Exodus 22:29 New International Version (NIV)

²⁹ “Do not hold back offerings from your granaries or your vats.^[a]

“You must give me the firstborn of your sons.

Exodus 34:20 New International Version (NIV)

²⁰ Redeem the firstborn donkey with a lamb, but if you do not redeem it, break its neck. Redeem all your firstborn sons.

“No one is to appear before me empty-handed.

Leviticus 27:26 New International Version (NIV)

²⁶ “‘No one, however, may dedicate the firstborn of an animal, since the firstborn already belongs to the Lord; whether an ox^[a] or a sheep, it is the Lord’s.

Numbers 3:13 New International Version (NIV)

¹³ for all the firstborn are mine. When I struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, I set apart for myself every firstborn in Israel, whether human or animal. They are to be mine. I am the Lord.”

Numbers 8:17 New International Version (NIV)

¹⁷ Every firstborn male in Israel, whether human or animal, is mine. When I struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, I set them apart for myself.

Numbers 18:15 New International Version (NIV)

¹⁵ The first offspring of every womb, both human and animal, that is offered to the Lord is yours. But you must redeem every firstborn son and every firstborn male of unclean animals.

Deuteronomy 15:19 New International Version (NIV)

The Firstborn Animals

¹⁹ Set apart for the Lord your God every firstborn male of your herds and flocks. Do not put the firstborn of your cows to work, and do not shear the firstborn of your sheep.