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13 When the people gather a harvest, they bring all the first things to the Lord. So these things I will give to you. And everyone in your family who is clean may eat it.

14 “Anything in Israel that is a special gift to God[a] is yours.

15 “A woman’s first baby and an animal’s first baby must be given to the Lord. That baby will belong to you. If the firstborn animal is unclean, then it must be bought back. If the baby is a child, that child must be bought back.

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  1. Numbers 18:14 special gift to God Anything offered to God that could not be bought back. See Lev. 27:28-29.

13 All the land’s firstfruits that they bring to the Lord will be yours.(A) Everyone in your household who is ceremonially clean may eat it.(B)

14 “Everything in Israel that is devoted[a] to the Lord(C) is yours. 15 The first offspring of every womb, both human and animal, that is offered to the Lord is yours.(D) But you must redeem(E) every firstborn(F) son and every firstborn male of unclean animals.(G)

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  1. Numbers 18:14 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord.