Numbers 8:17

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Summary

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.

All the

Numbers 3:13

Exodus 13:2

Luke 2:23

On the day

Hebrews 11:28

I sanctified

Bible References

All the

because all the first-born belong to me. When I destroyed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I consecrated all the first-born in Israel for myself from human beings to livestock. They belong to me, since I am the LORD."

"Consecrate to me every firstborn male. Whatever is the first to open the womb among the Israelis, both of humans and of animals, belongs to me."

as it is written in the Law of the Lord, "Every firstborn son is to be designated as holy to the Lord."

On the day

And so at midnight the LORD struck down every firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the prisoner who was in the dungeon, and all the firstborn of the livestock.

He struck every firstborn in Egypt, the first fruits of their manhood in the tents of Ham.

He struck down every firstborn in their land, the first fruits of all their progeny.

It was the LORD who struck down the firstborn of Egypt, including both men and animals.

By faith he established the Passover and the sprinkling of blood to keep the destroyer of the firstborn from touching the people.

I sanctified

Then when your child asks you in the future, "What is this?', you are to say to him, "The LORD brought us out of Egypt, from the house of bondage with a strong show of force.

I'll consecrate the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and I'll consecrate Aaron and his sons to serve as my priests.

"If a person consecrates his house to be holy to the LORD, then the priest is to set a value for it as to its worth, whether good or bad. As the priest sets value on it, so it will stand.

Also, I instituted my Sabbath for them as a sign between me and them, so they would know that I am the LORD, who has set them apart."

how can you say to the one whom the Father has consecrated and sent into the world, "You're blaspheming,' because I said, "I'm the Son of God'?

It is for their sakes that I sanctify myself, so that they, too, may be sanctified by the truth.

How much more severe a punishment do you think that person deserves who tramples on God's Son, treats as common the blood of the covenant by which it was sanctified, and insults the Spirit of grace?

In accordance with his will he made us his children by the word of truth, so that we might become the most important of his creatures.