¹³ Redeem with a lamb every firstborn donkey,^(A) but if you do not redeem it, break its neck.^(B) Redeem^(C) every firstborn among your sons.^(D)

²⁰ Redeem the firstborn donkey with a lamb, but if you do not redeem it, break its neck.^(A) Redeem all your firstborn sons.^(B)

“No one is to appear before me empty-handed.^(C)

²⁷ If it is one of the unclean animals,^(A) it may be bought back at its set value, adding a fifth of the value to it. If it is not redeemed, it is to be sold at its set value.

⁴⁰ The Lord said to Moses, “Count all the firstborn Israelite males who are a month old or more^(A) and make a list of their names.^{(B) 41} Take the Levites for me in place of all the firstborn of the Israelites,^(C) and the livestock of the Levites in place of all the firstborn of the livestock of the Israelites. I am the Lord.”^(D)

⁴² So Moses counted all the firstborn of the Israelites, as the Lord commanded him. ⁴³ The total number of firstborn males a month old or more,^(E) listed by name, was 22,273.^(F)

⁴⁴ The Lord also said to Moses, ⁴⁵ “Take the Levites in place of all the firstborn of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites in place of their livestock. The Levites are to be mine.^(G) I am the Lord.^{(H) 46} To redeem^(I) the 273 firstborn Israelites who exceed the number of the Levites, ⁴⁷ collect five shekels^[a](J) for each one, according to the sanctuary shekel,^(K) which weighs twenty gerahs.^{(L) 48} Give the money for the redemption^(M) of the additional Israelites to Aaron and his sons.”^(N)

⁴⁹ So Moses collected the redemption money^(O) from those who exceeded the number redeemed by the Levites. ⁵⁰ From the firstborn of the Israelites^(P) he collected silver weighing 1,365 shekels,^[b](Q) according to the sanctuary shekel. ⁵¹ Moses gave the redemption money to Aaron and his sons, as he was commanded by the word of the Lord.

¹⁵ The first offspring of every womb, both human and animal, that is offered to the Lord is yours.^(A) But you must redeem^(B) every firstborn^(C) son and every firstborn male of unclean animals.^{(D) 16} When they are a month old,^(E) you must redeem them at the redemption price set at five shekels^[a](F) of silver, according to the sanctuary shekel,^(G) which weighs twenty gerahs.^(H)

¹⁷ “But you must not redeem the firstborn of a cow, a sheep or a goat; they are holy.^(I) Splash their blood^(J) against the altar and burn their fat^(K) as a food offering, an aroma pleasing to the Lord.^(L)