^12 (A)that you shall ^[a]set apart to the Lord all that open the womb, that is, every firstborn that comes from an animal which you have; the males shall be the Lord’s. ¹³ But ^(B)every firstborn of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb; and if you will not redeem it, then you shall break its neck. And all the firstborn of man among your sons ^(C)you shall redeem. ^14 (D)So it shall be, when your son asks you in time to come, saying, ‘What is this?’ that you shall say to him, ^(E)‘By strength of hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. ¹⁵ And it came to pass, when Pharaoh was stubborn about letting us go, that ^(F)the Lord killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man and the firstborn of beast. Therefore I sacrifice to the Lord all males that open the womb, but all the firstborn of my sons I redeem.’

⁴⁶ And for ^(A)the redemption of the two hundred and seventy-three of the firstborn of the children of Israel, ^(B)who are more than the number of the Levites,

Jesus Presented in the Temple

²² Now when ^(A)the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were completed, they brought Him to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord ^23 (B)(as it is written in the law of the Lord, ^(C)“Every male who opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord”), ²⁴ and to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in the law of the Lord, ^(D)“A pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.”