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First-born, Redemption of: From the beginning the office of the priesthood in each family
belonged to the eldest son. But when the extensive plan of sacrificial
worship was introduced, requiring a company of men to be exclusively
devoted to this ministry, the primitive office of the first-born was
superseded by that of the Levites
(Numbers 3:11-13) and it was ordained
that the first-born of man and of unclean animals should henceforth be
redeemed
(Numbers 18:15) The laws concerning this redemption of the
first-born of man are recorded in
(Exodus 13:12-15; 22:29; 34:20; Numbers 3:45)
(Numbers 8:17; 18:16; Leviticus 12:2,4) The first-born male of every clean animal
was to be given up to the priest for sacrifice
(Deuteronomy 12:6; Exodus 13:12)
(Exodus 34:20; Numbers 18:15-17) But the first-born of unclean animals was
either to be redeemed or sold and the price given to the priest
(Leviticus 27:11-13,27) The first-born of an ass, if not redeemed, was to be
put to death
(Exodus 13:13; 34:20)
