then you must give over<n id="1" /> to the <sc>Lordsc> the first offspring of every womb.<n id="2" /> Every firstling<n id="3" /> of a beast that you have<n id="4" /> &#8211; the males will be the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s.<n id="5" />

&#8220;Look,<n id="1" /> I myself have taken the Levites from among the Israelites instead of<n id="2" /> every firstborn who opens the womb among the Israelites. So the Levites belong to me,

When Pharaoh stubbornly refused<n id="1" /> to release us, the <sc>Lordsc> killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of people to the firstborn of animals.<n id="2" /> That is why I am sacrificing<n id="3" /> to the <sc>Lordsc> the first male offspring of every womb, but all my firstborn sons I redeem.&#8217;

For they are entirely given<n id="1" /> to me from among the Israelites. I have taken them for myself instead of<n id="2" /> all who open the womb, the firstborn sons of all the Israelites.

The firstborn of every womb which they present to the <sc>Lordsc>, whether human or animal, will be yours. Nevertheless, the firstborn sons you must redeem,<n id="1" /> and the firstborn males of unclean animals you must redeem.