¹² you are to give over to the Lord the first offspring of every womb. All the firstborn males of your livestock belong to the Lord.^{(A) 13} Redeem with a lamb every firstborn donkey,^(B) but if you do not redeem it, break its neck.^(C) Redeem^(D) every firstborn among your sons.^(E)

¹⁵ When Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the Lord killed the firstborn of both people and animals in Egypt. This is why I sacrifice to the Lord the first male offspring of every womb and redeem each of my firstborn sons.’^(A)

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

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

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)

The Firstborn Animals

¹⁹ Set apart for the Lord^(A) your God every firstborn male^(B) of your herds and flocks.^(C) Do not put the firstborn of your cows to work, and do not shear the firstborn of your sheep.^(D)

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