All the firstborn are mine; for on the day that I smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I hallowed unto me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast: mine shall they be: I am the LORD. 3:13
Trivia: In Numbers 16, Korah and his companions challenged Moses's leadership. How did God respond?
"They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them." 16:1-35
Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, the first freethought / democracy martyrs, refused to follow Moses blindly, saying that everyone is holy and should be free to think for him or herself. God killed them and their families for daring to challenge Moses.
