15 [a](A)Every first issue of the womb of all flesh, whether man or animal, which they offer to the Lord, shall be yours; nevertheless the firstborn of man you shall surely redeem, and the firstborn of unclean animals you shall redeem. 16 As to their redemption price, from a month old you shall redeem them, by your valuation, five [b]shekels in silver, according to the [c]shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs. 17 But (B)the firstborn of an ox or the firstborn of a sheep or the firstborn of a goat, you shall not redeem; they are holy. (C)You shall sprinkle their blood on the altar and shall offer up their fat in smoke as an offering by fire, for a soothing aroma to the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 18:15 Lit Everything that opens
  2. Numbers 18:16 I.e. A shekel equals approx one-half oz
  3. Numbers 18:16 I.e. A shekel equals approx one-half oz