Numbers 18:15

Everything that opens the womb, of all flesh which they offer to Adonai, both of man and animal shall be yours. + 18:15. Num 18:15 (Num 18:15-16; Ex 22:29-30) (#5.375): T. To redeem the firstborn of your children, giving the Cohen ·Priest· five sheckles of silver / R. To redeem the firstborn of your sons, giving the Cohen ·Priest· five sheckles of silver Nevertheless, you shall surely redeem the firstborn of man, and you shall redeem the firstborn of unclean animals.

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In The King James Version

Every thing that openeth the matrix in all flesh, which they bring unto the LORD, whether it be of men or beasts, shall be thine: nevertheless the firstborn of man shalt thou surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem.

In Context

14“Everything devoted in Israel [God prevails] shall be yours.

16You shall redeem those who are to be redeemed of them from a month old, according to your estimation, for five shekels [2 oz; 56.7 g] of money, after the shekel of the sanctuary, (the shekel is 0.4 oz; 11.34 g; or called twenty gerahs 20/50 of an oz)

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Cross References

Exodus 13:2“Sanctify to me all the firstborn, + 13:2. Quoted in Luke 2:23 whatever opens the womb among the children of Israel [God prevails], both of man and of animal. It is mine.”

Exodus 13:13+ 13:13. Ex 13:13 (Ex 13:11-13) (#8.484): To redeem the firstborn donkey by giving a lamb to a Cohen ·Priest· Every firstborn of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb; + 13:13. Ex 13:13 (Ex 13:12-13) (#8.485): T. To break the neck of a firstborn donkey that is not redeemed / R. To break the neck of a firstborn unclean animal if the owner does not intend to redeem it and if you will not redeem it, then you shall break its neck; and you shall redeem all the firstborn of man among your sons. (Maftir ·Conclusion·)

Exodus 22:29+ 22:29. Ex 22:29 [Heb Bible Ex 22:28] (#8.488): T. “You shall not delay to offer from your harvest and from the outflow of your presses” (v28) / R. Not to alter the order of separating the t'rumah ·contribution· and the tithes; the separation be in the order first fruits at the beginning, then the t'rumah ·contribution·, then the first tithe, and last the second tithe / R. Not to preface one tithe to the next, but separate them in their proper order R. Note: The second tithe is a set apart portion of tithing used for funding the tri-annual Pilgrim feast travel “You shall not delay to offer from your harvest and from the outflow of your presses. “You shall give the firstborn of your sons to me.

Leviticus 27:26+ 27:26. Lev 27:26 (Lev 27:26-28) (#10.600): T. Not to voluntarily consecrate the firstborn animal to Adonai / R. Not to change a consecrated animal from one sacrifice to another “‘Only the firstborn among animals, which is made a firstborn to Adonai, no man may dedicate it; whether an ox or sheep. It is Adonai’s.

Numbers 3:46For the redemption of the two hundred seventy-three of the firstborn of the children of Israel [God prevails], who exceed the number of the Levites [Descendants of United with],

Matthew Henry on Numbers 18:9-20

8 And the Lord spake unto Aaron, Behold, I also have given thee the charge of mine heave offerings of all the hallowed things of the children of Israel; unto thee have I given them by reason of the anointing, and to thy sons, by an ordinance for ever. 9 This shall be thine of the most holy things, reserved from the fire: every oblation of theirs, every meat offering of theirs, and every sin offering of theirs, and every trespass offering of theirs, which they shall render unto me, shall be most holy for thee and… Read the whole commentary →

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