29 ¶ Thine [a]abundance and thy liquor shalt thou not keep back. (A)The firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give me.

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  1. Exodus 22:29 Thine abundance of thy corn, oil and wine.

29 “Do not hold back offerings(A) from your granaries or your vats.[a]

“You must give me the firstborn of your sons.(B)

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  1. Exodus 22:29 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.

19 (A)Every male that first openeth the womb, shall be mine: also all the firstborn of thy flock shall be reckoned mine, both of beeves and sheep.

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19 “The first offspring(A) of every womb belongs to me, including all the firstborn males of your livestock, whether from herd or flock.

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26 (A)Notwithstanding the firstborn of the beasts, because it is the Lord’s firstborn, none shall dedicate such, be it bullock, or sheep: For it is the [a]Lord’s.

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  1. Leviticus 27:26 It was the Lord’s already.

26 “‘No one, however, may dedicate the firstborn of an animal, since the firstborn already belongs to the Lord;(A) whether an ox[a] or a sheep, it is the Lord’s.

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  1. Leviticus 27:26 The Hebrew word can refer to either male or female.

13 Because all the firstborn are mine: for the same day, that I smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, (A)I sanctified unto me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast: mine they shall be: I am the Lord.

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13 for all the firstborn are mine.(A) When I struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, I set apart for myself every firstborn in Israel, whether human or animal. They are to be mine. I am the Lord.”(B)

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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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  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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23 (As it is written in the Law of the Lord, (A)Every man child that first openeth the womb, shall be called holy to the Lord,)

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23 (as it is written in the Law of the Lord, “Every firstborn male is to be consecrated to the Lord”[a]),(A)

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  1. Luke 2:23 Exodus 13:2,12