Cross references

Exodus 13:2

“Consecrate to Me every firstborn male. The firstborn from every womb among the Israelites belongs to Me, both of man and beast.”

Exodus 13:2 BSB
  1. a Cited in Luke 2:23

Exodus 13:2 has 12 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 12 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Luke 2:23 (24 votes) and Numbers 3:13 (18 votes). 16 other verses point back to it. It links with 8 other books, from Exodus 4 to Hebrews 12.

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Which verses does Exodus 13:2 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Luke 2:2324 votes

    (as it is written in the Law of the Lord: “Every firstborn male shall be consecrated to the Lord”),

  2. Numbers 3:1318 votes

    for all the firstborn are Mine. On the day I struck down every firstborn in the land of Egypt, I consecrated to Myself all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast. They are Mine; I am the LORD.”

  3. You must set apart to the LORD your God every firstborn male produced by your herds and flocks. You are not to put the firstborn of your oxen to work, nor are you to shear the firstborn of your flock.

  4. You must not hold back offerings from your granaries or vats. You are to give Me the firstborn of your sons. You shall do likewise with your cattle and your sheep. Let them stay with their mothers for seven days, but on the eighth day you are to give them to Me.

  5. For the Levites have been wholly given to Me from among the sons of Israel. I have taken them for Myself in place of all who come first from the womb, the firstborn of all the sons of Israel. For every firstborn male in Israel is Mine, both man and beast. I set them apart for Myself on the day I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt.

  6. The firstborn of every womb, whether man or beast, that is offered to the LORD belongs to you. But you must surely redeem every firstborn son and every firstborn male of unclean animals.

  7. you are to present to the LORD the firstborn male of every womb. All the firstborn males of your livestock belong to the LORD. You must redeem every firstborn donkey with a lamb, and if you do not redeem it, you are to break its neck. And every firstborn of your sons you must redeem. …

  8. The first offspring of every womb belongs to Me, including all the firstborn males among your livestock, whether cattle or sheep. You must redeem the firstborn of a donkey with a lamb; but if you do not redeem it, you are to break its neck. You must redeem all the firstborn of your sons. No one shall appear before Me empty-handed.

  9. But no one may consecrate a firstborn of the livestock, because a firstborn belongs to the LORD. Whether it is an ox or a sheep, it is the LORD’s.

  10. Then tell Pharaoh that this is what the LORD says: ‘Israel is My firstborn son,

Which verses point to Exodus 13:2?

The 10 strongest of 16.