Numbers 18:15-17

Good News Translation

¹⁵ “Every first-born child or animal that the Israelites present to me belongs to you. But you must accept payment to buy back every first-born child, and must also accept payment for every first-born animal that is ritually unclean. ¹⁶ Children shall be bought back at the age of one month for the fixed price of five pieces of silver, according to the official standard. ¹⁷ But the first-born of cows, sheep, and goats are not to be bought back; they belong completely to me and are to be sacrificed. Throw their blood against the altar and burn their fat as a food offering, an odor pleasing to me.