Exodus 34:20 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“But the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb: and if thou redeem him not, then shalt thou break his neck. All the firstborn of thy sons thou shalt redeem. And none shall appear before me empty.”
Exodus 34:20 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Exodus 34:20 in 6 Bible Translations
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Exodus 34:20 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“You shall redeem the firstborn of a donkey with a lamb. If you will not redeem it, then you shall break its neck. You shall redeem all the firstborn of your sons. No one shall appear before me empty.”
Exodus 34:20 — World English Bible
Exodus 34:20 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb: and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break its neck. All the first-born of thy sons thou shalt redeem. And none shall appear before me empty. ”
Exodus 34:20 — American Standard Version
Exodus 34:20 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“and the firstling of an ass thou dost ransom with a lamb; and if thou dost not ransom, then thou hast beheaded it; every first-born of thy sons thou dost ransom, and they do not appear before Me empty.”
Exodus 34:20 — Young's Literal Translation
Exodus 34:20 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“But the firstling of an ass thou shalt ransom with a lamb; and if thou ransom [it] not, then shalt thou break its neck. All the first-born of thy sons thou shalt ransom; and none shall appear before me empty. ”
Exodus 34:20 — Darby Translation
Exodus 34:20 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“But ye first of ye asse thou shalt bie out with a lambe: and if thou redeeme him not, then thou shalt breake his necke: all the first borne of thy sonnes shalt thou redeeme, and none shall appeare before me emptie.”
Exodus 34:20 — Geneva Bible
Exodus 34:20 in Context — Exodus 34
18 The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, in the time of the month Abib: for in the month Abib thou camest out from Egypt.
19 All that openeth the matrix is mine; and every firstling among thy cattle, whether ox or sheep, that is male.
20 But the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb: and if thou redeem him not, then shalt thou break his neck. All the firstborn of thy sons thou shalt redeem. And none shall appear before me empty.
21 Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.
22 And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year’s end.
What Does Exodus 34:20 Mean?
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