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Exodus 13:11
ESV "When the Lord brings you into the land of the Canaanites, as he swore to you and your fathers, and shall give it to you,
NIV "After the Lord brings you into the land of the Canaanites and gives it to you, as he promised on oath to you and your ancestors,
NASB Now when the Lord brings you to the land of the Canaanite, as He swore to you and to your fathers, and gives it to you,
CSB "When the Lord brings you into the land of the Canaanites, as he swore to you and your fathers, and gives it to you,
NLT This is what you must do when the Lord fulfills the promise he swore to you and to your ancestors. When he gives you the land where the Canaanites now live,
KJV And it shall be when the Lord shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, as he sware unto thee and to thy fathers, and shall give it thee,
NKJV “And it shall be, when the Lord brings you into the land of the Canaanites, as He swore to you and your fathers, and gives it to you,

What does Exodus 13:11 mean?

This begins the Lord's instructions about what it means to consecrate all firstborn to the Lord (Exodus 13:1–2). That requirement would begin once the Israelites were established in Canaan. The land promised to Abraham (Genesis 12:6–7; 15:13–21) was then occupied by many cultures, all of which fall under the description of "Canaanite." This territory was part of numerous guarantees given to Israel's ancestors (Genesis 17:8; 48:3–4; 50:24). Israel was expected to take this territory both as a fulfillment of their destiny (Deuteronomy 7:6; 14:2) and as God's instrument of punishment against the Canaanite people for their depraved evils (Genesis 15:16; Deuteronomy 9:4).

The first male born to any female—person or animal—would be considered God's (Exodus 13:12). People, as well as those animals that were to be kept alive, were to be "redeemed" with the sacrifice of a lamb (Exodus 13:13). This would serve as a reminder of how God rescued the people from slavery in Egypt (Exodus 12:40–41; 13:14).
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