13 The firstborn are offered to God. 3 The memorial of their deliverance. 6 The institution of the Passover. 8, 14 An exhortation to teach their children to remember this deliverance. 17 Why they are led by the wilderness. 19 The bones of Joseph. 21 The pillar of the cloud and of the fire.

And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

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Consecration of the Firstborn

13 The Lord said to Moses,

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19 (A)Every male that first openeth the womb, shall be mine: also all the firstborn of thy flock shall be reckoned mine, both of beeves and sheep.

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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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26 (A)Notwithstanding the firstborn of the beasts, because it is the Lord’s firstborn, none shall dedicate such, be it bullock, or sheep: For it is the [a]Lord’s.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 27:26 It was the Lord’s already.

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

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 27:26 The Hebrew word can refer to either male or female.

16 For they are freely given (A)unto me from among the children of Israel, for [a]such as open any womb: for all the firstborn of the children of Israel have I taken them unto me.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 8:16 That is, they that are the firstborn.

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.

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23 (As it is written in the Law of the Lord, (A)Every man child that first openeth the womb, shall be called holy to the Lord,)

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

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 2:23 Exodus 13:2,12