(A)Sanctify unto me all the firstborn: that is, every one that first openeth the womb among the children of Israel, as well of man as of beast: for it is mine.

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“Consecrate to me every firstborn male.(A) The first offspring of every womb among the Israelites belongs to me, whether human or animal.”

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16 For they are freely given (A)unto me from among the children of Israel, for [a]such as open any womb: for all the firstborn of the children of Israel have I taken them unto me.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 8:16 That is, they that are the firstborn.

16 They are the Israelites who are to be given wholly to me. I have taken them as my own in place of the firstborn,(A) the first male offspring(B) from every Israelite woman.

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