Numbers 8:17 BSB — MannaFest

Numbers 8:17

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.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

For all the first-born among the children of Israel are mine, both man and beast: on the day that I smote all the first-born in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for myself.

KJV

For all the firstborn of the children of Israel are mine, both man and beast: on the day that I smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for myself.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כִּ֣י	ki	for	H3588 →
לִ֤י	li	[belongs] to <the> me
כָל־	khol-	every	H3605 →
בְּכוֹר֙	be.khOr	firstborn	H1060 →
בִּבְנֵ֣י	biv.Nei	among [the] people of	H1121 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
בָּאָדָ֖ם	ba.'a.Dam	among <the> humankind	H120 →
וּבַבְּהֵמָ֑ה	u.va.be.he.Mah	and among the livestock	H929 →
בְּי֗וֹם	be.Yom	on [the] day	H3117 →
הַכֹּתִ֤י	ha.ko.Ti	struck I	H5221 →
כָל־	khol-	every	H3605 →
בְּכוֹר֙	be.khOr	firstborn	H1060 →
בְּאֶ֣רֶץ	be.'E.retz	in [the] land of	H776 →
מִצְרַ֔יִם	mitz.Ra.yim	Egypt	H4714 →
הִקְדַּ֥שְׁתִּי	hik.Dash.ti	I set apart	H6942 →
אֹתָ֖ם	'o.Tam	<obj.> them	H853 →
לִֽי׃	Li	for <the> myself

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
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.”
leads to
- Numbers 3:13
  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…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Luke 2:23
  (as it is written in the Law of the Lord: “Every firstborn male shall be consecrated to the Lord”),
- Deuteronomy 15:19
  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…
- Exodus 22:29–30
  You must not hold back offerings from your granaries or vats. You are to give Me the firstborn of your sons.
- Numbers 8:16–17
  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…
Through
Luke 2:23
(as it is written in the Law of the Lord: “Every firstborn male shall be consecrated to the Lord”),
leads to
- 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 22:29
  You must not hold back offerings from your granaries or vats. You are to give Me the firstborn of your sons.
- Exodus 34:19
  The first offspring of every womb belongs to Me, including all the firstborn males among your livestock, whether cattle or sheep.