16 When they are a month old, you must redeem them at the redemption price set at five shekels[a] of silver, according to the sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs.

17 ‘But you must not redeem the firstborn of an ox, a sheep or a goat; they are holy. Splash their blood against the altar and burn their fat as a food offering, an aroma pleasing to the Lord. 18 Their meat is to be yours, just as the breast of the wave offering and the right thigh are yours.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 18:16 That is, about 58 grams