Exodus 34:19-20

34:19 “Every firstborn of the womb ¹  belongs to me, even every firstborn ²  of your cattle that is a male, ³  whether ox or sheep. 34:20 Now the firstling ⁴  of a donkey you may redeem with a lamb, but if you do not redeem it, then break its neck. ⁵  You must redeem all the firstborn of your sons.

“No one will appear before me empty-handed. ⁶ 

[34:19]  ¹ tn Heb “everything that opens the womb.”

[34:19]  ² tn Here too: everything that “opens [the womb].”

[34:19]  ³ tn The verb basically means “that drops a male.” The verb is feminine, referring to the cattle.

[34:20]  ⁴ tn Heb “and the one that opens [the womb of] the donkey.”

[34:20]  ⁵ sn See G. Brin, “The Firstling of Unclean Animals,” JQR 68 (1971): 1-15.

[34:20]  ⁶ tn The form is the adverb “empty.”