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Exodus 13:1-2. Consecrate every firstborn. Disclosed instructional illustration: a Hebrew mother holds her swaddled firstborn beside a small livestock enclosure containing a ewe and lamb, her household listening quietly. Simple Bronze Age camp, no altar, priest, ceremony or visible divine figure. Bronze Age Exodus setting, not first-century staging. One 16:9 single scene. No text or lettering.
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Exodus 13:1-2

Consecrate every firstborn

Story guide: Yahweh tells Moses to consecrate every firstborn of Israel, both people and animals.

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1Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

2Consecrate to me every firstborn, the first to open every womb among the sons of Israel, among man and among beast; it is mine.

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