16. Children shall be bought back at the age of one month for the fixed price of five pieces of silver, according to the official standard.
17. But the firstborn of cows, sheep, and goats are not to be bought back; they belong completely to me and are to be sacrificed. Throw their blood against the altar and burn their fat as a food offering, a smell pleasing to me.
18. The meat from them belongs to you, like the breast and the right hind leg of the special offering.
19. “I am giving to you, to your sons, and to your daughters, for all time to come, all the special contributions which the Israelites present to me. This is an unbreakable covenant that I have made with you and your descendants.”