Thematic Bible: Of clean beasts
Thematic Bible
the First-born » Of clean beasts » Not taken from the dam for seven days
Do the same with your cattle and your flock. Let them stay with their mothers for seven days, but on the eighth day you are to give them to Me.
“When an ox, sheep, or goat is born, it must remain with its mother for seven days; from the eighth day on, it will be acceptable as a gift, a fire offering to the Lord.
the First-born » Of clean beasts » Of the ass to be redeemed with lamb or its neck broken
You must redeem every firstborn of a donkey with a flock animal, but if you do not redeem it, break its neck. However, you must redeem every firstborn among your sons.
You must redeem the firstborn of a donkey with a sheep, but if you do not redeem it, break its neck. You must redeem all the firstborn of your sons. No one is to appear before Me empty-handed.
the First-born » Of clean beasts » Not to labor
“You must consecrate to the Lord your God every firstborn male produced by your herd and flock. You are not to put the firstborn of your oxen to work or shear the firstborn of your flock.
the First-born » Of clean beasts » Not shorn
“You must consecrate to the Lord your God every firstborn male produced by your herd and flock. You are not to put the firstborn of your oxen to work or shear the firstborn of your flock.
the First-born » Of clean beasts » Could not be a free-will offering
“But no one can consecrate a firstborn of the livestock, whether an animal from the herd or flock, to the Lord, because a firstborn already belongs to the Lord.
the First-born » Of clean beasts » Flesh of, the priests' portion
But their meat belongs to you. It belongs to you like the breast of the presentation offering and the right thigh.
the First-born » Of clean beasts » Law of redemption for
You will pay the redemption price for a month-old male according to your assessment: five shekels of silver by the standard sanctuary shekel, which is 20 gerahs.
the First-born » Of clean beasts » Offered in sacrifice
“However, you must not redeem the firstborn of an ox, a sheep, or a goat; they are holy. You are to sprinkle their blood on the altar and burn their fat as a fire offering for a pleasing aroma to the Lord.
the First-born » Of clean beasts » To be redeemed
The firstborn of every living thing, man or animal, presented to the Lord belongs to you. But you must certainly redeem the firstborn of man, and redeem the firstborn of an unclean animal.
the First-born » Of clean beasts » Antiquity of offering
And Abel also presented an offering—some of the firstborn of his flock and their fat portions. The Lord had regard for Abel and his offering,