Sanctify unto me - The command is addressed to Moses. It was to declare the will of God that all firstborn were to be consecrated to Him, se…

Sanctify unto me all the firstborn. —It was a reasonable demand that the existing firstborn of Israel, spared by God when…

Sanctify unto me all the first-born. This also refers to the First Commandment, because God asserts His right over the first-born, so that…

Sanctify unto me all the firstborn
That is, of males, as the Targum of Jonathan adds, for those, and not females, we…

In remembrance of the destruction of the first-born of Egypt, both of man and beast, and the deliverance of the Israelites out of bondage, the firs…