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Exodus 13:2

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Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, [both] of man and of beast: it [is] mine.

Sanctify {H6942} unto me all the firstborn {H1060}, whatsoever openeth {H6363} the womb {H7358} among the children {H1121} of Israel {H3478}, both of man {H120} and of beast {H929}: it is mine.

"Set aside for me all the firstborn. Whatever is first from the womb among the people of Isra'el, both of humans and of animals, belongs to me."

“Consecrate to Me every firstborn male. The firstborn from every womb among the Israelites belongs to Me, both of man and beast.”

Sanctify unto me all the first-born, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine.

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Cross-References

  • Luke 2:23 (23 votes)

    (As it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;)

  • Numbers 3:13 (17 votes)

    Because all the firstborn [are] mine; [for] on the day that I smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I hallowed unto me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast: mine shall they be: I [am] the LORD.

  • Deuteronomy 15:19 (13 votes)

    ¶ All the firstling males that come of thy herd and of thy flock thou shalt sanctify unto the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work with the firstling of thy bullock, nor shear the firstling of thy sheep.

  • Exodus 22:29 (12 votes)

    Thou shalt not delay [to offer] the first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors: the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.

  • Exodus 22:30 (12 votes)

    Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, [and] with thy sheep: seven days it shall be with his dam; on the eighth day thou shalt give it me.

  • Numbers 8:16 (11 votes)

    For they [are] wholly given unto me from among the children of Israel; instead of such as open every womb, [even instead of] the firstborn of all the children of Israel, have I taken them unto me.

  • Numbers 8:17 (11 votes)

    For all the firstborn of the children of Israel [are] mine, [both] man and beast: on the day that I smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for myself.