19 (A)All that open the womb are mine, all your male[a] livestock, the firstborn of cow and sheep. 20 The (B)firstborn of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb, or if you will not redeem it you shall break its neck. All the firstborn of your sons you shall redeem. And (C)none shall appear before me empty-handed.

21 (D)“Six days you shall work, but on the seventh day you shall rest. In plowing time and in harvest you shall rest.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 34:19 Septuagint, Theodotion, Vulgate, Targum; the meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain

19 “The first offspring(A) of every womb belongs to me, including all the firstborn males of your livestock, whether from herd or flock. 20 Redeem the firstborn donkey with a lamb, but if you do not redeem it, break its neck.(B) Redeem all your firstborn sons.(C)

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

21 “Six days you shall labor, but on the seventh day you shall rest;(E) even during the plowing season and harvest(F) you must rest.

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