Study it in the app“For every firstborn is mine; on the day I struck every firstborn in the land of Egypt, I consecrated to myself every firstborn in Israel, both of human beings and of animals; they shall be mine. I am YHWH.””
Forכִּיeveryכָּלfirstbornבְּכוֹרis mine;לִיon the dayבְּיוֹםI struckהַכֹּתִיeveryכָלfirstbornבְּכוֹרin the landבְּאֶרֶץof Egypt,מִצְרַיִםI consecratedהִקְדַּשְׁתִּיto myselfלִיeveryכָלfirstbornבְּכוֹרin Israel,בְּיִשְׂרָאֵלboth of human beingsמֵאָדָםand of animals;עַד בְּהֵמָהthey shall beיִהְיוּmine.לִיI amאֲנִיYHWH.”יְהוָה
firstborn
The son who came into the world before his brothers, with a special place in the family.
Where else “bechor” appearsday
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appearspunish
God punishes with a plague.
Where else “hakoti” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appearsEgypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appearsconsecrate
To set apart people, things or a day for God.
Where else “hikdashti” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearshuman being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appearsbeast
Animals in general.
Where else “behema” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihyu” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsGod had made the firstborn of Israel his own on the night of the Passover (Exodus 13:2, 15). Now he takes the Levites in their place.
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
12“And I, look, I have taken the Levites from among the sons of Israel in place of every firstborn, the first to open the womb among the sons of Israel; and the Levites shall be mine.
13 · This verse (above)
14And YHWH spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,
