Bible Cross References
Because
Numbers 8:16
I have claimed them in the place of all the first-born sons of the Israelites, and they belong to me alone.
Numbers 8:17
When I killed all the first-born in Egypt, I consecrated as my own the oldest son of each Israelite family and the first-born of every animal.
Numbers 18:15
"Every first-born child or animal that the Israelites present to me belongs to you. But you must accept payment to buy back every first-born child, and must also accept payment for every first-born animal that is ritually unclean.
Exodus 13:2
"Dedicate all the first-born males to me, for every first-born male Israelite and every first-born male animal belongs to me."
Exodus 13:12
you must offer every first-born male to the LORD. Every first-born male of your animals belongs to the LORD,
Exodus 22:29
"Give me the offerings from your grain, your wine, and your olive oil when they are due. "Give me your first-born sons.
Exodus 34:19
"Every first-born son and first-born male domestic animal belongs to me,
Leviticus 27:26
The first-born of an animal already belongs to the LORD, so no one may dedicate it to him as a freewill offering. A calf, a lamb, or a kid belongs to the LORD,
Ezekiel 44:30
The priests are to have the best of all the first harvest and of everything else that is offered to me. Each time the people bake bread, they are to give the priests the first loaf as an offering, and my blessing will rest on their homes.
Luke 2:23
as it is written in the law of the Lord: "Every first-born male is to be dedicated to the Lord."
Hebrews 12:23
You have come to the joyful gathering of God's first-born, whose names are written in heaven. You have come to God, who is the judge of all people, and to the spirits of good people made perfect.
on the day
Exodus 12:29
At midnight the LORD killed all the first-born sons in Egypt, from the king's son, who was heir to the throne, to the son of the prisoner in the dungeon; all the first-born of the animals were also killed.
Exodus 12:30
That night, the king, his officials, and all the other Egyptians were awakened. There was loud crying throughout Egypt, because there was not one home in which there was not a dead son.
Exodus 13:15
When the king of Egypt was stubborn and refused to let us go, the LORD killed every first-born male in the land of Egypt, both human and animal. That is why we sacrifice every first-born male animal to the LORD, but buy back our first-born sons.