Study it in the app“For every firstborn among the sons of Israel is mine, both among human beings and among animals; on the day I struck every firstborn in the land of Egypt I consecrated them to myself.”
Forכִּיeveryכָלfirstbornבְּכוֹרamong the sonsבִּבְנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלis mine,לִיboth among human beingsבָּאָדָםand among animals;וּבַבְּהֵמָהon the dayבְּיוֹםI struckהַכֹּתִיeveryכָלfirstbornבְּכוֹרin the landבְּאֶרֶץof EgyptמִצְרַיִםI consecratedהִקְדַּשְׁתִּיthemאֹתָםto myself.לִי
firstborn
The son who came into the world before his brothers, with a special place in the family.
Where else “bechor” appearsdescendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” 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” 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” appearsEgypt
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).
16For they are given, wholly given to me from among the sons of Israel; in place of all that first open the womb, the firstborn of all the sons of Israel, I have taken them for myself.
17 · This verse (above)
18And I have taken the Levites in place of every firstborn among the sons of Israel.
