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Pidyon Haben - Redeeming of First Born Male Child
Biblical References

The laws concerning redemption of the first-born of man are referred to in:

Sefer Shmot, Exodus  13:12-15
12. that thou shalt set apart unto the LORD all that openeth the womb; every firstling that is a male, which thou hast coming of a beast, shall be the LORD'S.
13.
And every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break its neck; and all the first-born of man among thy sons shalt thou redeem.
14.
And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying: What is this? that thou shalt say unto him: By strength of hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage;
15.
and it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go that the LORD slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the first-born of man, and the first-born of beast; therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all that openeth the womb, being males; but all the first-born of my sons I redeem.

Sefer Shmot, Exodus  22:28
28 Thou shalt not delay to offer of the fulness of thy harvest, and of the outflow of thy presses. The first-born of thy sons shalt thou give unto Me.

Sefer Shmot, Exodus  34:20
20
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.

Sefer Vayikra, Leviticus 12:2,4
2.
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying: If a woman be delivered, and bear a man-child, then she shall be unclean seven days; as in the days of the impurity of her sickness shall she be unclean.
3.
And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.
4.
And she shall continue in the blood of purification three and thirty days; she shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purification be fulfilled.

Sefer Bamidbar (Numbers) Chapter 3
45 'Take the Levites instead of all the first-born among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be Mine, even the LORD'S.

Sefer Bamidbar, Chapter 8
14.
Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel; and the Levites shall be Mine.
15.
And after that shall the Levites go in to do the service of the tent of meeting; and thou shalt cleanse them, and offer them for a wave-offering.
16
For they are wholly given unto Me from among the children of Israel; instead of all that openeth the womb, even the first-born of all the children of Israel, have I taken them unto Me.
17.
For all the first-born among the children of Israel are Mine, both man and beast; on the day that I smote all the first-born in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for Myself.
18.
And I have taken the Levites instead of all the first-born among the children of Israel.

Sefer Bamidbar (Numbers) Chapter 18
16.
And their redemption-money--from a month old shalt thou redeem them--shall be, according to thy valuation, five shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary--the same is twenty gerahs.

More about the Pidyon Haben:
Pidyon Haben: Redeeming of Firstborn Male Child, an overview
Pidyon Haben: Biblical References
Pidyon Haben: The Ceremony, the Blessings and Recitations
Pidyon Haben: Five Silver Coins
Pidyon Haben: Orthodox, Conservative and Reform Perspectives

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