For all the firstborn males among the Israelites are mine, both humans and animals; when I destroyed ¹  all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I set them apart for myself.

So I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn sons among the Israelites.

These were their descendants:Ishmael’s firstborn son was Nebaioth; the others were ¹  Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,

The sons of Ram, Jerahmeel’s firstborn, were Maaz, Jamin, and Eker.

The sons of Reuben, Israel’s firstborn: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

It eats away parts of his skin; ¹  the most terrible death ²  devours his limbs.

He struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, the firstfruits of their reproductive power ¹  in the tents of Ham.

I will appoint him to be my firstborn son, ¹  the most exalted of the earth’s kings.

He struck down all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of their reproductive power. ¹ 

Look, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have purified you ¹  in the furnace of misery.

and all the firstborn in the land of Egypt will die, from the firstborn son of Pharaoh ¹  who sits on his throne, to the firstborn son of the slave girl who is at her hand mill, and all the firstborn of the cattle.

¹ It happened ²  at midnight – the Lord attacked all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the prison, and all the firstborn of the cattle.

When Pharaoh stubbornly refused ¹  to release us, the Lord killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of people to the firstborn of animals. ²  That is why I am sacrificing ³  to the Lord the first male offspring of every womb, but all my firstborn sons I redeem.’

because all the firstborn are mine. When I destroyed ¹  all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I set apart for myself all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast. They belong to me. I am the Lord.” ² 

But you must not redeem the firstborn of a cow or a sheep or a goat; they are holy. You must splash ¹  their blood on the altar and burn their fat for an offering made by fire for a pleasing aroma to the Lord.

The sons of Leah were Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, as well as Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.

But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was evil in the Lord’s sight, so the Lord killed him.

“Do not hold back offerings from your granaries or your vats. ¹  You must give me the firstborn of your sons.

Reuben was the firstborn of Israel. The Reubenites: from ¹  Hanoch, the family of the Hanochites; from Pallu, the family of the Palluites;

The sons of Jerahmeel, Hezron’s firstborn, were Ram, the firstborn, Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah.