Exodus 13, 12; Numbers 8; Leviticus 12
The Lord spoke unto Moses in that very day on which He led the children of Israel out from the land of Egypt, saying, “Sanctify unto Me every firstborn, the first begotten that opens every womb among the sons of Israel.” And Moses said unto the people, “Remember this day in which ye came out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage, for by a strong hand the Lord brought you out from thence, and you shall keep His Law. And it shall come to pass when the Lord thy God shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, as He swore unto thy fathers, and shall give it thee, 12that thou shalt set apart the first-born that opens the womb, the males to the Lord, And if thy son ask thee hereafter, saying, ‘What is this?’ then thou shalt say unto him, ‘With a strong hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. And when Pharaoh hardened his heart that he might not send us away He slew every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man and the firstborn of beast. Therefore, I sacrifice every offspring that opens the matrix, the males to the Lord, and every firstborn of my sons will I redeem. And it shall be for a token upon thine hand and immovable before thine eyes, for thus hath said the Lord Almighty: ‘Every firstborn of thy sons will ye give Me. And in the eighth day, the woman who bears a male child, she shall circumcise the flesh of his foreskin. And she shall continue in the blood of her uncleanness three and thirty days; she shall touch no holy thing nor come into the sanctuary until the days of her purification be fulfilled. And she shall bring a lamb of the first year without blemish for a whole burnt offering and a young pigeon or a turtledove for a sin offering unto the door of the tabernacle of the testimony unto the priest. And if she be not able to find what is enough for a lamb, then she shall take two turtledoves or two young pigeons, one for a whole burnt offering and one for a sin offering, and the priest shall make an atonement for her and she shall be clean. For these are given Me as a recompense from all the sons of Israel, and I have taken them and sanctified them for Myself, instead of the firstborn of the Egyptians, in the day in which I passed over and smote the firstborn of Egypt, both man and beast.’ Thus saith God Most High, the Holy One of Israel.”
COMPOSITE 6: The Reading from Exodus. (Condensed from Ex. 13, 12; Num. 8; Lev. 12)