11 Later, when Yahweh brings you into the land of the Kena’anim (Canaanites) as he promised to you and your ancestors, and he gives it to you, 12 then hand over to Yahweh all your oldest sons, and all the oldest, male animal offspring that are yours. They will then belong to Yahweh.[ref] 13 In the case of the oldest donkey foal, you must buy it back by killing a lamb instead of it. If you don’t buy it back, you must kill the donkey by breaking its neck. You must buy back every one of your oldest sons, 14 and in the future when your son asks you, ‘What’s that about?’ then you must tell him, ‘We were enslaved in Mitsrayim (Egypt) , but Yahweh used his incredible power to bring us out. 15 And so it was that when Par’oh (Pharaoh) was too stubborn to let us go, then Yahweh struck all of the oldest sons and oldest male animals in Mitsrayim. That’s why we offer all the oldest offspring to Yahweh, and why we need to buy back all our oldest sons.’ 16 So you must place a reminder on your hand and hanging on your forehead that Yahweh used his incredible power to bring us out of Mitsrayim.”