Treasury of Scripture Knowledge But the firstling of a cow, and of a sheep and of a goat thou shalt not cause to be redeemed, because they are sanctified to the Lord. Their blood only thou shalt pour upon the altar, and their fat thou shalt burn for a most sweet odour to the Lord. the firstling Deuteronomy 15:19-22 Of the firstlings, that come of thy herds and thy sheep, thou shalt sanctify to the Lord thy God whatsoever is of the male sex. Thou shalt not work with the firstling of a bullock, and thou shalt not shear the firstlings of thy sheep. . . . thou shall Exodus 29:16 And when thou hast killed him, thou shalt take of the blood thereof, and pour round about the altar. Leviticus 3:2-5 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his victim, which shall be slain in the entry of the tabernacle of the testimony: and the sons of Aaron the priests shall pour the blood round about upon the altar. . . . Context Offerings for Priests and Levites…16And the redemption of it shall be after one month, for five sicles of silver, by the weight of the sanctuary. A sicle hath twenty obols. 17But the firstling of a cow, and of a sheep and of a goat thou shalt not cause to be redeemed, because they are sanctified to the Lord. Their blood only thou shalt pour upon the altar, and their fat thou shalt burn for a most sweet odour to the Lord.18But the flesh shall fall to thy use, as the consecrated breast, and the right shoulder shall be thine.… Cross References Leviticus 3:2 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his victim, which shall be slain in the entry of the tabernacle of the testimony: and the sons of Aaron the priests shall pour the blood round about upon the altar. Leviticus 17:6 And the priest shall pour the blood upon the altar of the Lord, at the door of the tabernacle of the testimony: and shall burn the fat for a sweet odour to the Lord. Numbers 18:16 And the redemption of it shall be after one month, for five sicles of silver, by the weight of the sanctuary. A sicle hath twenty obols. Deuteronomy 15:19 Of the firstlings, that come of thy herds and thy sheep, thou shalt sanctify to the Lord thy God whatsoever is of the male sex. Thou shalt not work with the firstling of a bullock, and thou shalt not shear the firstlings of thy sheep. Lexicon Butאַ֣ךְ (’aḵ) Adverb Strong's Hebrew 389: A particle of affirmation, surely you must not לֹ֥א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no redeem תִפְדֶּ֖ה (ṯip̄·deh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6299: To sever, ransom, gener, to release, preserve the firstborn בְּֽכוֹר־ (bə·ḵō·wr-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 1060: Firstborn, chief of an ox, שׁ֡וֹר (šō·wr) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7794: A head of cattle (bullock, ox, etcetera) a sheep, כֶּ֜שֶׂב (ke·śeḇ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3775: A young sheep or אֽוֹ־ (’ōw-) Conjunction Strong's Hebrew 176: Desire, if a goat; עֵ֛ז (‘êz) Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 5795: Female goat they הֵ֑ם (hêm) Pronoun - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 1992: They are holy. קֹ֣דֶשׁ (qō·ḏeš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6944: A sacred place, thing, sanctity You are to sprinkle תִּזְרֹ֤ק (tiz·rōq) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2236: Be here and there, scatter, sprinkle, strew their blood דָּמָ֞ם (dā·mām) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 1818: Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed on עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against the altar הַמִּזְבֵּ֙חַ֙ (ham·miz·bê·aḥ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4196: An altar and burn תַּקְטִ֔יר (taq·ṭîr) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6999: To smoke, turn into fragrance by fire their fat חֶלְבָּ֣ם (ḥel·bām) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 2459: Fat, richest, choice part as an offering made by fire, אִשֶּׁ֛ה (’iš·šeh) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 801: A burnt-offering, a sacrifice a pleasing נִיחֹ֖חַ (nî·ḥō·aḥ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5207: A quieting, soothing, tranquilizing aroma לְרֵ֥יחַ (lə·rê·aḥ) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 7381: To smell, perceive odor to the LORD. לַֽיהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel Additional Translations But you must not redeem the firstborn of an ox, a sheep, or a goat; they are holy. You are to sprinkle their blood on the altar and burn their fat as an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, you shall not redeem; they are holy: you shall sprinkle their blood on the altar, and shall burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a sweet smell to the LORD. But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, thou shalt not redeem; they are holy: thou shalt sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shalt burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a sweet savor unto Jehovah. But thou shalt not redeem the first-born of calves and the first-born of sheep and the first-born of goats; they are holy: and thou shalt pour their blood upon the altar, and thou shalt offer the fat as a burnt-offering for a smell of sweet savour to the Lord. But the firstborn of a cow, or the firstborn of a sheep, or the firstborn of a goat, thou shalt not ransom: they are holy. Thou shalt sprinkle their blood on the altar, and their fat shalt thou burn as an offering by fire for a sweet odour to Jehovah. But the firstling of an ox, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, thou shalt not redeem; they are holy: thou shalt sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shalt burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a sweet savour unto the LORD. But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, thou shalt not redeem; they are holy: thou shalt sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shalt burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a sweet savor to the LORD. "But you shall not redeem the firstborn of a cow, or the firstborn of a sheep, or the firstborn of a goat. They are holy. You shall sprinkle their blood on the altar, and shall burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a pleasant aroma to Yahweh. Only, the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, thou dost not ransom, holy they are: their blood thou dost sprinkle on the altar, and of their fat thou makest perfume, a fire-offering of sweet fragrance to Jehovah, Jump to Previous Altar Aroma Blood Burn Cow Dash Holy Offer Offering Ox Pleasant Redeem Savor Savour Sheep Smoke Soothing Sprinkle SweetJump to Next Altar Aroma Blood Burn Cow Dash Holy Offer Offering Ox Pleasant Redeem Savor Savour Sheep Smoke Soothing Sprinkle SweetLinks Numbers 18:17 NIVNumbers 18:17 NLT Numbers 18:17 ESV Numbers 18:17 NASB Numbers 18:17 KJV Numbers 18:17 Bible Apps Numbers 18:17 Biblia Paralela Numbers 18:17 Chinese Bible Numbers 18:17 French Bible Numbers 18:17 German Bible Alphabetical: a altar an and are aroma as blood burn But by fat fire firstborn for goat holy in LORD made must not of offer offering on or ox pleasing redeem shall sheep smoke soothing Sprinkle the their they to up you OT Law: Numbers 18:17 But you shall not redeem the firstborn (Nu Num.) 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