^8:17For all the firstborn males among the Israelites are mine, both humans and animals; when I destroyed²⁸ all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I set them apart for myself.

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Footnotes

28 The idiomatic “on the day of” precedes the infinitive construct of נָכָה (nakhah) to form the temporal clause: “in the day of my striking …” becomes “when I struck.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For all the firstborn among the people of Israel are mine, both of man and of beast. On the day that I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I consecrated them for myself,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Every firstborn male in Israel, whether human or animal, is mine. When I struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, I set them apart for myself.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

For every firstborn among the Israelites is mine, both man and animal. I consecrated them to myself on the day I struck down every firstborn in the land of Egypt.

NLTNew Living Translation

For all the firstborn males among the people of Israel are mine, both of people and of animals. I set them apart for myself on the day I struck down all the firstborn sons of the Egyptians.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For every firstborn among the Israelites is mine, both humankind and animal. On the day I destroyed every firstborn in the land of Egypt I consecrated them to me,

KJV 1900King James Version

For all the firstborn of the children of Israel are mine, both man and beast: on the day that I smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for myself.

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