Luke 2:23
New International Version
23 (as it is written in the Law of the Lord, “Every firstborn male is to be consecrated to the Lord”[a]),(A)
Footnotes
- Luke 2:23 Exodus 13:2,12
Exodus 13:2
New International Version
2 “Consecrate to me every firstborn male.(A) The first offspring of every womb among the Israelites belongs to me, whether human or animal.”
Numbers 3:13
New International Version
13 for all the firstborn are mine.(A) 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.”(B)
Exodus 22:29
New International Version
29 “Do not hold back offerings(A) from your granaries or your vats.[a]
“You must give me the firstborn of your sons.(B)
Footnotes
- Exodus 22:29 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.
Exodus 13:12-15
New International Version
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)
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) 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.’(H)
Numbers 18:15
New International Version
15 The first offspring of every womb, both human and animal, that is offered to the Lord is yours.(A) But you must redeem(B) every firstborn(C) son and every firstborn male of unclean animals.(D)
Numbers 8:16-17
New International Version
16 They are the Israelites who are to be given wholly to me. I have taken them as my own in place of the firstborn,(A) the first male offspring(B) from every Israelite woman. 17 Every firstborn male in Israel, whether human or animal,(C) is mine. When I struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, I set them apart for myself.(D)
Exodus 34:19
New International Version
19 “The first offspring(A) of every womb belongs to me, including all the firstborn males of your livestock, whether from herd or flock.
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