Discovery BoxExodus 34:19-20 
Context34:19 “Every firstborn of the womb 1 belongs to me, even every firstborn 2 of your cattle that is a male, 3 whether ox or sheep. 34:20 Now the firstling 4 of a donkey you may redeem with a lamb, but if you do not redeem it, then break its neck. 5 You must redeem all the firstborn of your sons.
“No one will appear before me empty-handed. 6
1 tn Heb “everything that opens the womb.”
2 tn Here too: everything that “opens [the womb].”
3 tn The verb basically means “that drops a male.” The verb is feminine, referring to the cattle.
4 tn Heb “and the one that opens [the womb of] the donkey.”
5 sn See G. Brin, “The Firstling of Unclean Animals,” JQR 68 (1971): 1-15.
6 tn The form is the adverb “empty.”
